Sociocracy Weekend with Gina Price

on behalf of the Blue Mountains cohousing group I would like to thank all the people who joined us to this very insightful Sociocracy workshop. Thanks to Jasmine for organising this and to Gina for sharing her knowledge with us.

we had a great weekend where we learnt and practice how to run meetings in an efficient way. Gina was wonderful and very helpful in getting us through this.

the advantages of this governance tool over other existing tools which aimed at achieving consensus, lies in its efficiency , its measured hierarchy which from my point of view empowers the participants to be part of decisions making and take responsibility for her actions.

if your group struggle at times to reach consensus try Sociocracy ...

Sociocracy Workshop Coming Up

Dear Friends - you might like to attend this! please forward if you think appropriate.  We feel that this has great potential for community and non profit organisations.

Sociocracy workshop: 
Friday 28th October 7-9pm (intro) and
Saturday 29th October 9am to 5pm
Sociocracy is a decision-making and governance method, based on recent discoveries in systems theory, that allows an organisation to manage itself efficiently, while incorporating the wisdom of every member.
This enables groups to be dynamic, rejuvenating, and foster egalitarian relationships. It is of benefit to businesses, educational bodies, community groups and non-profit organisations. Sociocracy invites participation, inspires leadership and allows
an organisation to flourish in a changing environment. Ultimately it can throw light on today’s big issues, whether it be climate change, water management or the energy crisis.
Trainer:  Gina Price is a certified trainer in Sociocracy.  www.ginaprice.com.au
Gina is based in Western Australia and we are fortunate to have the opportunity (at lower than usual costs) on the dates below.   Places are limited and bookings are essential!

Location:  Mid Mountains Community Centre, New Street, Lawson. Lawson is 90km from Sydney, with accommodation is available at “The Blue Mountains Hotel”. Venue has wheelchair access and car parking, and is a 5-minute walk from Lawson railway station.

Childcare:  Mobile Minders childcare is available on-site – bookings essential by Tuesday 25 October.

Cost:

• Friday 28 October:  Evening Workshop and BBQ   6pm start   $25/head   Please advise if you are vegetarian.
• Saturday 29 October:  All-day workshop   9am-5pm   $80-$120/head
• Friday 28 October +   Combined booking  $90-$130/head
• Saturday 29 October:  Book    for    both    workshops    and    save!
•   Sliding scale dependent upon income –    discuss with organiser below if you wish to volunteer in return for lower fee

For bookings and additional information, contact Jasmine Payget: Mobile:  0406 045 044   Email:  jasmine.marcia@gmail.com

Hosted by Blue Mountains Cohousing Group
For more information contact Gilo on 0424 490 554 or visit
http://sydneycohousing.blogspot.com/
Auspiced by Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre

Cohousing in Australia Article

Cohousing in Australia article featured in 
A R O U N D  T H E  H O U S E | The newsletter of Shelter NSW

Cohousing communities are
neighbourhoods which feature
common facilities, sustainable
living practices and good
connections with neighbourresidents,
with residents actively participating in the
design, planning and operation
of their own neighbourhoods.
That is, cohousing is a form of
intentional community.


http://www.shelternsw.org.au/docs/rpt11aroundhouse85.pdf

Sketch Your Vision Exercise

In our pursuit for a common vision for our future cohousing neighbourhood we talk and discuss theoretically what we want our life to look like in such community, we think about our homes our wider neighbourhood and how we envision them to be. but since its mostly theoretical it's hard for many of us to comprehend the physical scale of both our homes and community.

This vision realisation exercisethat I did to the Blue Mountains Cohousing group is the first of many, which its main purpose is to ground the group in thinking first about their individual homes by sketching it, and we do the same for the community,we then analyse the sketches.



This process helps raise questions about our wants and needs, how these correlates with our vision. it opens our eyes to the various possibilities and better understanding of what cohousing is. this exercise will also prepare the group for future design workshop if we hopefully reach to the stage where we have a land to build on.

cheers

gilo

‘Taste of Sociocracy’ Presentation

A full house of diverse and interesting people joined us in Katoomba neighbourhood centre for our ‘Taste of Sociocracy’ Presentation also known as Dynamic Governance. 
Lovely Lyndall gave us an insight of Dynamic Governance, what it means and how it works, and it sure did left us a taste for more.

Sociocracy Presentation in Sydney

 

 

Blue Mountains Cohusing Satll

Cohousing Stall

the Blue Mountains Cohousing will have a stall @ the BM Food Co-Op Fair In Blackheath.

come and meet us, learn more about the collaborative neighbourhood model while enjoying the beautiful mountain atmosphere

 

see you there

Sydney CoHousing Next Meeting

Saturday 19 Feburary 2011
Around 2:30PM
16a College Rd South
Riverview 2066

for more details contact Myung Jin
@ 0405 129 756

‘Taste of Sociocracy’ Workshop

a 2-3 hour ‘Taste of Sociocracy’ presentation  also called Dynamic Governance, by Lyndall Parris [Sydney Coastal Ecovillage]. Sociocracy assists in promoting more inclusiveness, transparency accountability and creativity. aim of the workshop is to assess its relevance and suitability as a form of governance.

 

Wednesday March 16

18:00-21:00

@

Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre, Blue Mountains 

8 station Street

Cost- $15
Food-Co-Op , Transitioning & Cohousing Members $10 

Discover a decision-making and governance method that allows an organisation to manage itself  efficiently while incorporating the wisdom of every member. Sociocracy utilises four principles derived from systems theory which guide groups of people to self-organise. The self-organised system that results is dynamic, rejuvenating and provides a framework for: 

. honouring the viewpoint of every member

. promoting egalitarian relationships

. encouraging active leadership, and

. developing individual and group discipline




 RSVP essential 
[limited spaces]  Contact Gilo  at  gilo.permatecture@gmail.com


Lyndall will run another workshop  in Sydney, details soon

Blue Mountains Cohousing

 the

  

next meeting will be held 

Sunday February 20 

the meetings are still open for new members.

meetings will run every 3rd weekend of the month

usually between 2-5pm

for more details contact Gilo

HAPPY   NEW 

 

YEAR