Cohousing-L Mailing List: Portland Consensus Workshop, May 15

[Tree Bressen (tree]

Hello, please forward as appropriate:

Consensus: Decisions That Bring People Together

Workshop with Tree Bressen

Sunday, May 15
4:30-9:30pm
Tryon Life Community Farm
11640 SW Boone's Ferry Road
Portland, OR

Bringing together the wisdom of the group for the best possible 
decisions--it sounds like a nice ideal, but how do groups do it 
effectively?  This workshop will offer a coherent approach to consensus, 
including the official structures (agreement, standing aside, blocking), 
the principles underlying them, and what it takes to make them work.

This workshop is sponsored by Tryon Life Community Farm.  To register 
contact TLC Farm at 503-245-3847 or edu [at] tryonfarm.org.

Workshop Leader:
Tree Bressen is a group process consultant working with a wide variety of 
organizations on how to have meetings that are lively, productive, and 
connecting.  Her focus is on helping groups put their ideals into 
action.  Her base is in intentional communities--groups of people who live 
together and have to deal with each other every day!  Tree's workshops 
consistently receive enthusiastic reviews for being engaging, practical, 
and informative.  Her website http://www.treegroup.info offers free 
articles and resources.  Tree lives at Walnut St. Co-op in Eugene, Oregon.

Fee:
Tree is currently operating on a gift economy basis.  While she does rely 
on this work for her livelihood, she requests participants to pay an amount 
that feels good & fair & right to you, that you can afford, and that you 
can give joyfully.




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Tree Bressen
1680 Walnut St.
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 484-1156
tree [at] ic.org
http://www.treegroup.info