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Welcome to the CNVC GCC section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC (formerly referred to as CNVC Board) members and others they might select, to edit official documents. It is our hope that two needs may be met in this way. First, the CNVC GCC will be able to collaborate on the creation of official documents by using this wiki interface. Second, anyone interested in better understanding CNVC decisions will be able to watch the documents evolve and add their own comments and suggestions in the Public Comment areas. Having GCC documents on wiki and implementing Sociocracy in meetings and GCC member selection are two strategies for improving communication and collaboration within the global NVC community.

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Proposed Agenda - October Conference Call

12 October, 8am US PDT / 5pm CET / 1500 Universal Time or GMT

Celebrations

1500 Check-in with celebrating our organization. What are we doing that is working? For meaning, connection, and inspiration. (15 min)

Consent agenda

1515 Marshall Rosenberg is invited to re-join the GCC as a full member for six months (Through April 2007). Rationale: recognizes his significant role in CNVC, ensures that his perspective is clearly understood in dialog, complements Valentina's GCC membership, and contributes to open communication within the organization. (John Wiley 5 min.)

Regular Agenda

1520 Update on Eastern Europe's intention to participate in Conference. (Monica 10 min.) 1530 Update on S/NB nomination of Kirsten Kristensen to GCC. (Jori and/or Kirsten 15 min.) 1545 Update on transformation of Marshall's role, Q&A. (Valentina/Marshall 10 min.) 1555 Requested initial format for all GCC agenda proposals: (John Wiley 5 min.)

• Proposals include rationale, time estimate, and rationale.
• Proposals focus on general governance issues rather than specifics.
• Proposals indicate who will be presenting the proposal.
• Person presenting a proposal circulates relevant information before the meeting and gathers comments to include in the presentation.

1600 The Mountain (near Atlanta) Conference formal meeting schedule (John Wiley 40 min):

• 7-8:15am Breakfast is served.
• 9am-noon - Session 1 (3 hrs.), includes 30 minutes for checkin, networking & empathy groups.
• 10:30am Break 15 min.
• 12:30-1:15 Lunch is served.
• 2pm-5pm - Session 2 (3 hrs.), includes 30 minutes for networking & empathy groups.
• 3:30pm Break 15 min.
• 6-6:45 Dinner is served.
• 7pm-9:30pm - optional night session (2.5 hrs.), w/30 minutes for networking & empathy groups.
• 8:15pm Break 15 min.

Note: Liz' suggestion of Connection/Networking times within schedule for connecting with individuals and small groups and/or ad hoc subcommittee meetings has been formally incorporated in this schedule, and additional informal time will be available before/during/after meals. Total time available if evening sessions are held is 7-3/4 hours daily in formal meetings.

• Initial Agenda Proposal for Conference - time allocation in Italics (John Wiley 30 min.)

Note: general informational items have been suggested for the first day, in order to gain an overview of major factors likely to strongly affect the first few days of meetings. Subsequent days are deliberately left more vague in both time and topics. Request: Please consider making changes or proposals for agenda items via the GCC list and wiki in advance of the meeting.

DAY 1 - Sun. 10/22

Session 1

• Check-in - (all 1/4 hour).
• Financial report - (Jori 1/4 hour).
• Report and discussion on transformation of Marshall's role - (Marshall & Valentina 1/2 hour).
• Initial report and discussion of Organizational and Leadership Review - (Stefan 1/2 hour).
• BREAK 1/4 hour
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• Report and discussion of IT Committee dynamic website plan - (John Wiley 1/2 hour).
• Report and discussion of Sociocratic Circles and their relationship with CNVC - (Liz 1/2 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).

Session 2

• Check-in - (all 1/4 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• Report and discussion of CNVC projects - (Jori 3/4 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• BREAK 1/4 hour
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• Budgeting priorities, including governance (Jori 3/4 hour).
• Agenda planning - (John Wiley 1/4 hour).
• Check-out - (all 1/4 hour).

Session 3

• Empathy circles, networking, cleanup of leftover items from today, nothing new.

DAY 2 - Mon. 10/23

Session 1

• Check-in - (all 1/4 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• Further discussion on transformation of Marshall's role - (Marshall & Valentina 3/4 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• BREAK 1/4 hour
• Review of the Aim of CNVC (Katherine 1/4 hour).
• Leadership and governance priorities (Jori 1/2 hour).
• Further report and discussion of Organizational and Leadership Review - (Stefan 1/4 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).

Session 2

• Check-in - (all 1/4 hour).
• Review of Sociocracy's role in CNVC. (John Wiley 1/4 hour).
• Review of the GCC Proposal, consider change(s) - (Liz & Stefan 3/4 hour).
• Empathy groups of three - (all 1/4 hour).
• BREAK 1/4 hour
• Further discussion on transformation of Marshall's role - (Marshall & Valentina 3/4 hour).
• Further report and discussion of Organizational and Leadership Review - (Stefan 1/2 hour).

Session 3

• Empathy circles, networking, cleanup of leftover items from today, nothing new.

Other Agenda Items

Note: Above agenda items may be revisited in subsequent Sessions as the conference develops, and the following items will be integrated with items discussed during this phone meeting and scheduled for remaining conference Sessions. A final proposed agenda will be circulated via email and on the wiki before the conference.

• Revision of the Board Governance Policies (Liz)
  • Establish a strategy to revise the current Board Governance Policies
  • Establish a timeline for the publication of revisions
• Requests from S&EA/O that may or may not require GCC attention:
  • That CNVC appoints a ‘Regional Coordinator’ chosen by us with authority to use CNVC-conferred title in correspondence. (Rationale: moves S&EA/O towards a goal of establishing a more powerful regional identity, allowing contributing countries to develop national identities thereafter. Provides S&EA/O with credibility in its negotiations with funding bodies.) (Liz)
  • That an agreement made between Jori and its members that allows inclusion of a representative elected by us in any scholarship committee that is considering applications for IITs scheduled to take place in our region be documented (in order to avoid confusion in the event CNVC's leadership configuration might change). Also, we might like to notice this agreement being extended to include scholarship committee deliberations around Special Sessions. (Rationale: supports our execution of a regional development strategy that includes participation by key players learning opportunities for key players.) (Liz)
  • Inclusion of one or more trainers chosen by us at IITs taking place in our region, starting with Bali 2007. (Rationale: cements regional relationships and allows follow-through to happen.) (Liz)
• Sociocratic agenda planning process: (John Wiley)
  • What are the factors and steps for creating an agenda?
  • How to formulate proposals and consent agenda items.

Check Out

• 1630 Observer comments and check out (15 min.)

Comments might include:

What did you like?

How would you have liked it to be different?

Anything else?

• 1645 GCC member check out (5 min.)

OBSERVER REQUEST

We ask non-GCC members to reserve any comments until the time we have set aside for Observer feedback (up to 15 minutes toward the end of the meeting) when we will have direct discussion with observers and others in attendance who have honored us with their presence. We may also include other times for feedback, as our need for that arises and when there is sufficient time to listen to and address those comments.

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Documents from 2004 Board Meetings

GCC Documents from Prior Meetings

Minutes September 2006 GCC Meeting

September 2006 GCC Meeting Minutes

GCC Agenda - September 2006 Meeting

Click here to view and edit (protected) the GCC Agenda - September 2006 Meeting.

Minutes August 2006 GCC Meeting

August 2006 GCC Meeting Minutes

GCC Agenda - August 2006 Meeting

Click here to view and edit (protected) the GCC Agenda - August 2006 Meeting.

Minutes July 2006 Board Meeting

July 2006 Board Meeting Minutes

Board Agenda - July 2006 Meeting

Click here to view and edit (protected) the Board Agenda - July 2006 Meeting.

Board Agenda - June 2006 Meeting

Click here to view and edit (protected) the June 2006 Agenda.

Board Agenda - May 2006 Meeting

Click here to view and edit (protected) the May 2006 Agenda.

Board Meeting Agenda Process Proposal

Click here to view and edit (protected) the Board Meeting Agenda Process proposal.

Board Policies

Click here to view and edit (protected) the Board Policies.

GCC Draft Proposal

This is a working document adopted by the CNVC Board May 2006 to create a global leadership group that is inclusive, responsive to, and representative of the entire global NVC community (for example by including sociocratically selected members) and linked into the CNVC board in a manner that allows for effective overall cooperation. The Global Coordinating Council (GCC) will include members nominated by councils of people from large geographic areas and populations made up of representatives of smaller more localized organizations and will thus provide linking of our community at the local level and to the global level providing the connections that can support our perspective and growth.

Click the dollowing links to view and edit (protected)

• The GCC Draft Proposal
• An Update on GCC Proposal (updated 18 August 2006)
• An Update on implementation of Sociocracy (posted 10 June 2006)

Criteria For CEO Selection

A draft outline of characteristics offered for consideration in generating a List of Criteria for selection of a CEO for CNVC.

Click here to view and edit (protected) the Criteria For CEO Selection.

Leadership & the NVC Mission

A draft for discussion purposes to assist members in the GCC in their dialogue around possible leadership configurations.

Click here to view and edit (open space) the Leadership & the NVC Mission document.

CNVC IT Committee

Click here to visit the CNVC Information Technology (IT) page on NVCwiki.

How To Edit

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How To Create A New Topic

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