Our collective is focused on creating an supportive community, where all members are respected and where their is a true balance of power, so that we can move forward and co create the necessary infrastructure to live sustainably and independently of the state. All,Whilst living in harmony with the earth.
This has been our main focus, but we have run into difficulty whilst organizing ourselves. Time, is one of our main currencies, so when we come together we want to make sure that we are using our time wisely and effectively. In the past our meetings have lacked structure and it was really frustrating to watch so much valuable time go to waste, with so much time spend going backwards and forwards, with no resolution in sight. We would also end up repeating a lot of information over and over as more people joined our collective. Time management was a big problem.
We wanted to develop the skills needed, so that we could become a lot more productive and also become very clear about our needs and how we can meet them. We have a tendency to jump into things, because so many of us are very enthusiastic about the collective and wish to be more proactive, but this at times, ended up with a lack of structure in groups. In the end holding us back.
So how best to move forward? We were really lucky, that the right person came to us at the right time, with the skills needed to help us formulate a new way.
Sociocracy is all about implementing a more productive way in which to organize ourselves so that needs of the community, of each individual and the environment are met. Where we focus on empowering each other and our collective.
The first step is identifying the needs of the collective so that we can then create a mission statement, where everyone is involved and it is agreed upon by consensus. The collective had an original mission statement but it is not one that was created by the group or voted upon by the whole. Integration is another key element of Sociocracy.
As we evolved, we also found that it was always the same people who were pro active and those people became part of a core council, which also focused on organizing the weekly meetings. But we realized that we really needed more people to become involved, to balance out the work load and to balance out the power within the group. It is very important for me that everyone feels equal within the collective and that no one person or persons hold more power in the group.
Over the last year, we realized that we we needed to organize ourselves into smaller groups which are more focused. We have tried to do this, but found it hard to keep the momentum going, as more pressing topics would arise and we would deal with them. It didn't help, that it was always the same people who offered to promote awareness, create the magazine, do legal research and offer support.This is a huge part of Sociocracy and this week, we began to work on identifying those groups and the roles within each one.
Each circle/group has a leader, facilitator, delegator and admin person. There will be a main circle/hub where 2 people from each circle will meet to discuss the overall progress and to ensure we are committed to the vision and achieving our aims.
We spend 5 days in Non Violent Communication training, which has been an excellent foundation on which to learn and develop our Sociocracy skills. It has been very exciting, to see all of this take place, to see our group grow and evolve. We still have another day, in which we will focus on group facilitation and feedback. I feel very positive about the impact that this will have on our collective and our ability to be more productive.
Didn’t know about that concept, seems like a good way to get things done. I kind of became disappointed in the power of the collective precisely because of the issues you mentioned, but I could try and go for those structures. Glad to know things are looking up over there!
You really should look it to it, I have one more day of training next week, but it is such a wonderful way to organize groups. Sending you love xxx
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Amazing post! Thanks for going so deep into detail. I love how determining the mission statement, the core philosophy is the starting point! Like a seed that needs to be defined in its DNA so that we can all be clear and aware of what structure will flow out of it and the specific resources to nurture it!
Thanks for letting us in your community's progress, it's very interesting to learn about new things such as sociocracy!
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Thank you, I am very excited to learn about it and to now be implementing it. One more day of training left xxxxx
Looking forward to hear your wrap up then hehe xxx much success!
hmmm... you just inspired me to write on this today, thanks <3
Well, I would say so far so good, especially considering the "village" is something various cultures have been perfecting for thousands of years. This post and the aims of your collective reminds me of life in the Cambodian countryside, at least as far as the mentality goes. I am trying to envision such a problem in Cambodia and how it would be handled.
I guess ultimately the village chief would take responsibility for situations like this, and any shortages in rice, social problems, or even a damaged road would all fall on this person's shoulders. Keep up the good work, you all seem to be highly motivated and committed to this, and I'm sure things will manifest.
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Beautiful to see this coming together!
It must feel wonderful to be part of such a collective!