Cohousing-L Mailing List: Date correction: Dynamic Governance-Sociocracy workshop June 16-17 in Boston MA

[Jerry Koch-Gonzalez (jerry]

*oops, date correction: that is June 16-17 not June 15-16*

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Jerry Koch-Gonzalez <jerry [at] 
cohousing.com>wrote:

> If you are not getting to the Cohousing Conference this June 16-17 you
> could go to the Jamaica Plain Cohousing Community for a two-day Dynamic
> Governance/Sociocracy workshop. To be presented by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez, 18
> year resident of Pioneer Valley Cohousing in Massachusetts,  and a member
> of The Sociocracy Consulting Group.
>
> A number of cohousing communities in formation (sucha s green haven in
> Commecticut and Cohabitat Quebec in eastern Canada) have adopted sociocracy
> and some already existing communities like Pioneer Valley Cohousing are
> considering the shift from consensus to sociocracy for their decision
> making process and organizational structure. Diana Leafe Christian who
> wrote  *Creating A Life Together *and Ann Zabaldo, Takoma Village cohousing
> resident and organizer
> of the Mid-Atlantic Cohousing network both previously advocated consensus
> now are encouraging communities to organize on the basis of Dynamic
> Governance.
>
> Sociocracy/dynamic self-governance
>
> A New Way to Organize How We Live and Work
>
> Sociocracy: governance by the “socios” – those who work together. Dynamic
> Self-Governance is an effective participatory decision making process based
> on equivalence of power of all participants regardless of their position in
> an organization’s managerial hierarchy. Sociocracy redesigns traditional
> organizational decision making, transforms ownership structure, and offers
> a vision of society based on power-with!
>
> An Experiential Workshop with Jerry Koch-Gonzalez of The Sociocracy
> Consulting Group
>
> *June 16-17, 2012 9:30am-5:00pm*
>
>  in Boston, MA 02130
>  at the Jamaica Plain Cohousing Community
>
> Requested contribution: sliding scale $150-100
> Lunch and snacks included. All are welcome regardless of ability to
> contribute financially.
>
> A limited amount of low-cost local housing available.
>
> Information and Registration online at Both-And.Net, NewEnglandNVC.org or
> call (413) 549-1747
>
> PS: there will also be a one day pre-cohousingconference workshop on June
> 14 led by John Schinnerer and another 2-day session on July 16-17 at World
> Fellowship retreat center in Conway NH with Jerry Koch-Gonzalez.
>
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> Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
> 413-549-1747
> Both-And Consulting
> Dynamic Governance/Sociocracy
> Certified Trainer in Nonviolent Communication
>
>