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==Current Announcements==
You are invited to attend the GCC teleconference scheduled for
June 25 (Wed) 1800 GMT, noon US-MT, 2 pm-ET, 2000 Paris, 2am Singapore (Thurs)

To participate: US Dial-in number +1.712.432.0150 Access Code: 536995#

For complete information on the Global Community Circle, please go to http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en:

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes @ http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8BE8cER7iPEsuBV8jpuJDg or
http://tinyurl.com/2ry6u5

== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
Play Back Number: 1.641.985.5033
Access Code: 297165#

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2008-06-25T16:07:36Z

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==Current Announcements==
You are invited to attend the GCC teleconference scheduled for
* June 25 (Wed) 1800 GMT,
* noon US-MT, 2 pm-ET, 2000 Paris, 2am Singapore (Thurs)

To participate:
* US Dial-in number +1.712.432.0150
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Proposed agenda
18:00 GCC Vision and Mission (see below), Opening Round
18:15 Observer Policy (see below)
Next meetings 1800 GMT/UT (4th Wed of each month unless previously
changed)
--24 July (Thur) 2000 Paris, Noon US-MT, 2am Singapore (Fri)
Decision re: August in "Content" section below
--24 Sept (Wed) 1800 GMT, 2000 Paris, Noon US-MT, 2pm-ET, 2am
Singapore (Thurs)
Acceptance of Agenda
18:25 GCC Member Role Description Proposal:
– Worldwide perspective
– Attend and prepare for GCC meetings including reviewing and
commenting on proposals,
– Be a radiant core supporting NVC consciousness, living empathy and
honesty with each other and the community,
– Report to GCC members about what is happening in the NVC community,
including a brief written report to notetakers and members before each
meeting,
– Support GCC coordinator in maintaining communication between LT and
network,
– Support NVC areas in knowing what each other is doing,
– Support NVC areas in learning from each other – by sharing what is
working and questions about what is not working,
– Contribute to support and connection throughout the NVC community,
sustaining existing circles, including project-focused circles, and
helping to cultivate new circles,
– Support groups sharing organizational and business methods and
projects that promote efficiency and sustainability and NVC
consciousness,
– As large networks of NVC circles form, encourage election of
representatives to sit on the GCC to support communication,
development, and cooperation.
Term of this role description: 1 year
18:40 Proposal on Terminology and Roles:
1) Representative FROM the GCC to more local circle
– Selected by the GCC.
– Participates in the more local circle as a full member, with the
consent of the more local group
– Supports development of the more local circle, in harmony with the
mission of the worldwide community
2) Representative TO the GCC from more local circle
– Selected by the more local circle.
– Participates as a GCC member, with the consent of the GCC
– Maintains a focus on the aims of the worldwide NVC Community and
supports all groups in fulfillment of our shared vision
3) Coordinator
– Selected by the circle itself. The GCC may choose an initial
coordinator to support the development of a new circle.
– Holds the big picture of the circle, and the perspective of the
larger community
– Maintains focus on the group’s aim and from there leads/supports
the group in achieving its aim
– Ensures the “day to day” work of the circle is maintained
– Groups may consider whether it will be needs-meeting to have the
coordinator be a representative from or to the GCC
Term for this terminology: 1 year
18:50 Proposal: Welcome Irmtraud Kauschat as German-speaking member of
the GCC, serving as GCC representative of the Europe-Africa Circle
(English-speaking).
Term: 3 months
19:00 Proposal: Welcome Jerry Koch-Gonzalez as Representative to GCC
from the Americas Circle (English-speaking).
Term: 3 months
19:10 Proposal: Kirsten as member of GCC for 4 months (6 months from
end of previous term)
19:20 Proposal: To hold a GCC face-to-face meeting Aug 24-27 in
Budapest. (Eva)
19:35 Reports & Plans - 3-5 min per person including questions
19:55 Celebrations (appreciation and mourning) on Transition of Jim /
Jori from coordinators
20:10 Glenda as coordinator of GCC (transition from consultant)
Term: 1 year
20:15 Closing Round
20:30 End

For complete information on the Global Community Circle, please go to http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en:

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes @ http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8BE8cER7iPEsuBV8jpuJDg or
http://tinyurl.com/2ry6u5

== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes @ http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8BE8cER7iPEsuBV8jpuJDg or
http://tinyurl.com/2ry6u5

== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2008-02-29T02:14:39Z

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes @ http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8BE8cER7iPEsuBV8jpuJDg or
http://tinyurl.com/2ry6u5

== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==Current Announcements==
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes will be published soon on the Google group!
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
Play Back Number: 1.641.985.5033
Access Code: 297165#

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
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(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

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(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

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(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==Current Announcements==
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'''Scheduled GCC meetings:''' 

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes will be published soon on the Google group!
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2008-02-28T00:07:01Z

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==Current Announcements==
To listen to our JANUARY 2008 teleconference, call
Playback Number: +1.641.715.3432
Access Code: 536995#
NEW!!! DOWNLOAD the JANUARY 2008 recording by clicking here: http://tinyurl.com/ypmutw

For some reason, the recording feature did not work for February 2008. I recorded the call with another device and will post a way to download the call soon.

''For more current information on the GCC please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/web/main-page''

'''''To connect with the members of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post'''''

'''Scheduled GCC meetings:''' 

27 February 1800 GMT, 19:00 CET, 11 am US MT, 3 pm Brazil (Rio), 1pm US ET 
31 March 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
28 April 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
3 June 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
25 June 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
24 July 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
'''25-29 August Face-to-face Meeting, Denmark''' 
24 Sept 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
22 Oct 1800 GMT, 20:00 CET, Noon US MT, 3pm Brazil (Rio), 2pm US ET 
19 Nov 1800 GMT, 19:00 CET, 11 am US MT, 4pm Brazil (Rio), 1pm US ET 
'''29-2 Jan 2009 Face-to-face Meeting, Munich''' 

More time conversions at http://timeanddate.com/
*To join the next Teleconference:
**US Dial-in number '''+1.605.990.0150'''
or any of the European numbers below.
**Participant Access Code: ''' 536995#'''

'''NOTE: NUMBERS in TEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES!'''
Please check your local rates to determine the most economical use of your resources.

*This are special/high rate/premium numbers. Please check with your service provider, it might be cheaper to call the US number.

*European Numbers: Participant Access Code: 536995#
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Observers welcome.

For complete information on the Global Community Circle, please go to http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en:

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes will be published soon on the Google group!
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes will be published soon on the Google group!
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==Current Announcements==
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes will be published soon on the Google group!
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC Board

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=Proposed Agenda for January 2008 Board Meeting=
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Proposed agenda - please add any additional items:
===(21:00) Check in===

===(21:10) Administrative matters===
* Announcements (All) 
* Next meeting: February 22-24, 2008, in-person in Albuquerque 
* Documents for meeting: Financial report (Margo), proposed changes to Board Duties and Decision Table 
* Acceptance of minutes of November 1-4 and December 12 meetings 
* Acceptance of today's agenda (should any other action items be added or order of items on agenda changed?) 

===Content===
* (21:20) Financial report (Margo)
* (21:27 Update on Pierre issues (Valentina)
* (21:35:15) Request to review and comment/consent to proposed changes in Decision Table and Board Duties documents by January 18 - per comments on draft letter to NVC Community (Robert)
* Review status of priority action items from Nov 1-4 meeting
*# (21:40) Action Item: Translation policy and GCC is a priority. Margo to schedule meeting regarding these two items. 
*# (21:48) Action Item: Admin Team is happy to assure an announcement is made to the network ASAP concerning the certification process re-opening soon; and Action Item: Robert - to be involved in development for assessors training and ongoing training for certified trainers. (Note: date of certification reopening needed for Robert's letter) 
*# (22:00) Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a grant writer paid on percentage of award basis. Review decision in one year. 
*# (22:06) Action Item: Admin Team to hire Administrative Coordinator for support of grassroots fundraising and other administrative tasks in 2008. Review decision in one year. 
* Quick update on other priority items
*# (22:11) Action Item: Admin Team to hire up to two in-house trainers on the education services team. Decision to be reviewed in one year. 
*# (22:15) Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a Media Coordinator.
*# (22:19) Action Item: Ann Wiley will consider taking on recruiting new Board Members; related Action Item: Valentina - to send list of possible board members to Margo. 
*# (22:23)Action Item: Have Expanded forum every 3 months attended by AT, LT coordinators, and a 2nd person nominated from each LT team (observers invited)(Admin Team) 
* (22:27) If time, comments on other action items:
*# Action Item: Board establishes an Evolution Committee, Review decision in one year. 
*# Action Item: Admin Team (AT) to communicate the communication committee’s guidelines. What do we communicate – information (ask and/or tell), decisions (observations & needs met?), feedback requests How do we communicate it? Who do I communicate it to? 
* (22:30) Ideas for objectives and agenda items of February in-person meeting - heartstorm 

===(22:45)Check Out===
===(23:00)End Meeting===

=Proposed Agenda for December 2007 Board Meeting=
December 12, starting at 19:00 GMT, teleconference 
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==(20:30 GMT)Check in==

===(20:40) Administrative matters===
* Announcements (All) 
* Next meeting: January 16, 2008, teleconference 
* Schedule of 2009 in-person Board meetings (Margo) 
* Documents for meeting: Financial report (Margo) 
* Acceptance of Nov 1-4 minutes 
* Acceptance of today's agenda (should any other action items be added or order of items on agenda changed?) 

==Content==
* (20:50) Margo financial report
* Review status of action items from Nov 1-4 meeting
*# (21:00) Action Item: Translation policy and GCC is a priority. Margo to schedule meeting regarding these two items. 
*# (21:04) Action Item: Admin Team is happy to assure an announcement is made to the network ASAP concerning the certification process re-opening soon. 
*# (21:08) Action Item: Robert - to be involved in development for assessors training and ongoing training for certified trainers. 
*# (21:12) Action Item: Ann Wiley will consider taking on recruiting new Board Members; related Action Item: Valentina - to send list of possible board members to Margo. 
*# (21:14) Action Item: Have LT coordinators meeting every month attended by AT and LT coordinators. (Admin Team) 
*# (21:18)Action Item: Have Expanded forum every 3 months attended by AT, LT coordinators, and a 2nd person nominated from each LT team (observers invited)(Admin Team) 
*# (21:22) Action Item: Admin Team to hire up to two in-house trainers on the education services team. Decision to be reviewed in one year. 
*# (21:26) Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a grant writer paid on percentage of award basis. Review decision in one year. 
*# (21:30) Action Item: Admin Team to hire Administrative Coordinator for support of grassroots fundraising and other administrative tasks in 2008. Review decision in one year. 
*# (21:34) Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a Media Coordinator.
*# (21:38) Action Item: Board establishes an Evolution Committee, Review decision in one year. 
*# (21:42) Action Item: Admin Team (AT) to communicate the communication committee’s guidelines. What do we communicate – information (ask and/or tell), decisions (observations & needs met?), feedback requests How do we communicate it? Who do I communicate it to? 
*# (21:46) Action Item: Valentina - to send package of notes developed with Barbara Larson regarding synergy Ann. 
* (21:54) Consider any needed adjustments in priorities, resources, or guidance to the Admin Team.
==(22:15) Check out==
==(22:30) End meeting==

=Minutes November 2007 Board Meeting=
Thursday, November 1 (Executive session - not open to public) 
*1:00pm Executive Session, to include selection of facilitator(s) for all sessions.
Friday, November 2 (open session) 
*9:00am - Check-in (Observer Request):
:Observers
:Board
*9:15am - Acceptance of September Board meeting minutes, announcements, plans to visit new office space later in day, agenda additions/changes.
*9:25am - Leadership Team reports
* Financial Report (Admin Team)
* Report on Office (Admin Team)
* Report on GCC (GCC team leaders)
* Education Team report, including certification update (Educational Director)
* Synergy Team report (Synergy team)
* Report on IT infrastructure improvements (IT team)
* Empathy groups (all)
*1:00pm - Strategic Plan/Evolution Plan, 2008 Budget Review (Admin team)
*4:00pm - Check-out
:Observers
:Board
*4:10pm - Leave to visit new office space
Saturday, November 3 (start 9:00am) 
*(Morning) Clarification of LT role and discussion with a view to resume LT meetings (Stefan)
*(Morning) Communications Committee (Robert)
*(Afternoon) Board member recruiting and retention discussion with goal to develop and implement (Margo)
*(Afternoon) Election of board officers (all)
*(Afternoon) LPL investment papers to sign by Board of Directors (Margo)
*(Afternoon) Review and possible revision of decisions made during previous meetings
Sunday, November 3 (start 9:00am) 
*(Morning) Generative thinking (i.e., time to let visions and dreams roll)
EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE GENERATIVE TOPICS
* For consideration: Program for NVC Excellence in analogy to Maryland Program for Mediator
Excellence (John B)
* Marshal Rosenberg Peace Center
* What does networking mean? Synergy with other organizations doing social change.
*(Morning) Review of action items
*(Morning) Celebrations

==Day 1 - Thursday, 11/01/07 Closed Session==
In Attendance:
:Board Members: John Wiley (President) , Valentina Rosenberg (Treasurer), Margo Pair (Interim Secretary), Robert Gonzales , Jori Manske, Marshall Rosenberg
:Board Member Absent: Stephan
:Observers: John Buck (Meeting Facilitator), Jim Manske, Anne Wiley, M.J. Wheeler (note taker)

===Discussion===
*Robert requested clarity on intention of this closed session. After discussion it is determined the intention is to find mutual understanding, trust, and learning to avoid similar issues in the future.

*John Buck read letter from Valentina to Board regarding various issues.

*Discussion re: Pierre Piront possible legal issues, and filming of Marshall's works.

*Comment by Marshall: Contributing to pain
:1) Connections critical to be made and are not being made.
:2) Some people have more than one role, some as part of the organization and some that are not.

Rosenberg’s as individuals and also CNVC, Manske’s with their own business and CNVC. Needs clear connections to avoid conflict of interest. Past conflict in network. Important to work out details ahead of time to avoid conflict and encourage connections.
Contact is critical issue. Wants organization to come to some decision regarding communicating to achieve organizational clarity.

*Margo: Appreciate comments. Emphasizes communication & contact is critical. Recognizes challenge for this organization in communication. Relevant stakeholders should all be involved in decision making process. How do they connect? Development of communication infrastructure is needed.

===Action Item===
Valentina shared informaion: The Law Office of Anne Mccoy, who is working directly with Marshall & Valentina Rosenberg regarding the Pierre issue, recommends continued communication between the Rosenberg’s and CNVC regarding the issue. The Law Office is unable to provide a legal opinion or risk assessment concerning CNVC exposure or advise whether or not to obtain separate counsel. Depending on the nature of interaction which has taken place between CNVC representative(s) and Pierre Pirpont CNVC may need to obtain an attorney separate from the Rosenburg’s to avoid a conflict of interest.

===Decision===
John Buck to facilitate remainder of Board Meeting.

===Check Out===
*MJ: Interesting. Satisfying

*John Wiley: Hoping for some healing. Move forward on logistical issues. How can we more effectively collaborate in the network?

*Anne: Feels honored to be here. Appreciates what happened interpersonally. Happy because it models what we want. Positive start

*Margo: Focusing on silence. Openness and non-judgment honored. Deeply held appreciation for openness and integrity of discussion.

*Robert: Tired. Pleased here together. Heaviness & pain surrounding interpersonal issues. Pleased at willingness to communicate. Hopeful. Curiosity: What is it that disconnects people? Peaceful.

*Valentina: Tired. Deeply touched with everyone’s presence. Celebrating taking responsibility for her own needs. Grateful for everyone being here.

*Marshall: Deep respect for how much work Valentina put into issues discussed today.

*Jori: Appreciating lightness and tenderness in the room. Sadness (?) Needs release of intensity of feelings. Mourning things done came back different from intentions. Established more clarity. Peace with feelings.

*Jim: Gratitude to Marshall. Grateful to John Buck for facilitation and feedback. Grateful for clarity of Valentina in gathering information presented today and goal of clarity, connection, healing. Grateful to Robert for focus. Disheartened that we’re having to deal with disconnect some interpersonal disconnects. Scared about lack of information.

:Ajourn 5:45pm

==Day 2 – Friday 11/02/07==

Present: Marshall, Valentina, Robert, Margo, Stephan, Jori, John Wiley 
Observers: John Buck (Facilitator), Jim Manske, Abbey Wells, M.J. Wheeler (note taker)

Review September 25, 2007 . Approved.

===Discussions & Reports===

'''Margo: Admin. Team Report''' 
*Financial Statements reviewed.

'''Margo: Office Report''' 
*Provided an overview of personnel & office functions
*Office is still operating out of a temporary space, with plans to be in new commerical facility by November 1st.

====Leadership Team Reports====
'''Jim: Global Community Circle (GCC) Report''' 

*Review vision, mission, and aims
*Reviewed concerns and requests from groups in key locations
*Review activities and action from groups in key locations

'''Action Items''' 
*Action item: Jori to investigate status of sect labeling review in French area
*Action item: Jori to contact Dominique Barter regarding contact info to Marshall for trip to Portugal

'''William (LT): IT Infrastructure Report''' 

*Web site project update
*Functions to add for users: online newspaper, multi-lingual site, forum & email integration on website
*Developing new look & feel for new site for more professional image

*Translation languages: Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, English, going in steps, will be translating the top dozen pages most accessed first then the rest as possible.
*Work w/GCC to establish relationships with circles to plug in w/web administrator.
*Tech side: tested, running smooth. Big issue with translation is performance. Cannot predict needs until up and running. May need to allocate budget for tech upgrades related to usability with translation. Critical with worldwide users for speed of loading
*Integration for forum and email to help drive website forum content. Will help drive traffic to website and by extension bookstore, etc
*William received feedback from current forums that they would be willing to utilize new forum
*Develop theme and look & feel of website
*Looking at tagging information 5 or 6 different categorized, can be tagged by category, geographically, users
*Stephan: Re: online newspaper, consider initially restricting online newspaper content posting ability to only certified trainers in order to get that part of the site up and running sooner. Also, consider introducing new content and look & feel as it is ready, rather than waiting for the total website to be completely finished. Need a good balance between going live ASAP and other considerations:
*3 points:
**Content & positioning updated
**Look & feel
**Focus on news function in efficient way

*Margo: Wish to acknowledge the background work which has taken place, thank you William and those on the ITC. We all still have concerns with current site being outdated both in image & content giving the wrong impression to website visitors. Concerned about copyright and trademark issues being presented more prominently but in the spirit of NVC to give it the importance it needs. Needs someone with a NVC conciousness to assist in editing and writing content to support the work being done.

*John Wiley: Appreciation to William regarding all his work.

'''Anne: Synergy Team''' 

*Anne’s Experience: Organized ideas received from members. Needs some kind of organizational plan. Suggests preparation of informational presentations for higher level and lower level pieces. Also how do we connect different entities work together. Needs more organizational structure before able to proceed with project. Need to know what we are presenting before we can proceed.

*Marshall: Image is to connect our network with other networks with a similar mission.

'''Action item''' 
Action item: Valentina to send package of notes developed with Barbara Larson regarding synergy Ann.

'''Education Team Report''' 

*Certification: The timeframe for certification renewal will be extended for an extra 2 months this year due to changes in certification process.

*Certification will be open soon.

*Rita and Marshall have worked together developing instructions and guidelines including social change considerations for assesors to reflect changes in certification program. Once completed an announcement re-opening certification will be made.

*Re: Germany, Isolde will work as assessor with a team using same criteria that all assossors use. New criteria will be translated and forwarded on to Isolde. Isolde would like to certify 20 people who are ready. Feels excited and ready to go.

*Rita is a major part of training for existing trainers.

*Margo: There have been several meetings with Rita identifying areas where trainers and assessors could use support.

'''Action Item:''' 
Action Item: Admin Team will assure an announcement is made to the network ASAP concerning the certification process re-opening soon.

*Valentina: Currently amending materials to define and expand on the term social change to make it clear what activities constitute social change. Verification of social change activities will be through review of information in annual trainers report. Include guidance for assessors in this process.
Existing trainers should review new criteria and see if what they’ve already done will fit new criteria include it in renewal report for this year. If not, they can describe plans for such activities in the coming year.

*Robert: Would like to be involved in development for assessors training and ongoing training for certified trainers.

*Valentina: CNVC will be giving priority to 1st time participants in IIT training before allowing previous participants to attend. We are currently developing in-house procedures to support the intention.
'''Action Item:''' 
*Action item: Jori will update Valentina on suspended trainer status from prior year.

*Margo: Grateful for the ongoing support of current assessors. Also we need new assessors. Open up certification again to include social change requirement. In notification, clarify why certification was put on hold – CNVC’s concern about validity.

===Board Member Recruiting and Retention===

'''Decision:''''Our need for the following type qualifications and expertise in prospective Board Members.

*Finances (budgeting, investing)
*Legal environment – International
*Experience running international non-profits – provide synergy with other boards
*Fund raising
*Social Change
*Media and Public Relations
*Connections with international NGOs
*Marketing
*Technology
*Artist/writer

'''Action Items''' 
*Action Item: Approach Ann Wiley regarding taking on recruiting new Board Members (Ann take into consideration.)
*Action Item: Valentina to send list of possible board members to Margo

===Strategic Plan===

'''John Buck:''' Review Strategic Initiative matrix and projected budget 2008. 
'''Recommend moving forward for 2008 on:''' 
*Continue current income-generating activities
*Certification
*In-house trainers
*Fundraising
*Media
*Regional Offices/local organization (GCC)

'''In-house training:''' 
*Valentina: She and Marshall are working to hire in-house trainers sooner than mid-2008, probably producing income beginning March 2008
*Stephan: Instead of an on staff in-house trainers and incurring an ongoing expense possibly define a short-list of existing trainers to take on those trainings that Marshall will not do and pay the trainer a fee.
*Marshall: Wants a clear-cut division between outside and inside trainers.
*John Buck: Value to having in-house trainer is building staff for ongoing operations.
*Valentina: Also note already have booking requests for in-house trainers for 2009
*John Buck: There may be an issue bringing on staff an existing in-house trainer who already has a practice.
*Margo: The Admin.Team with assitance from Barbara Larson has developed a draft contact to hire trainers that are a good fit for the type of request we have received.

'''Decision''' 

Board supports the concept of adding in-house trainers to the education services team for two trainers. Decision to be reviewed in one year.

'''Fundraising:''' 

*Jori: Grant writers often fund their own positions and take a percentage of the award.

*Robert: TechSoup recently put out a training for fundraising for non-profits

*Stephen: Build up grant fundraising expertise and then share it across the network. Grassroots can be handled through circle with local Admin support.

'''Decision''' 

*Hire a grant writer paid on percentage of award basis. Review decision in one year.

'''Decision''' 

*Hire Administrative Coordinator for support of grassroots fundraising and other administrative tasks in 2008. Review decision in one year.

==Day 3 – Saturday 11/03/07==

Present: Marshall, Valentina, Robert, Margo, Stephan, Jori, John Wiley
Observers: John Buck (Facilitator), Jim Manske, Abbey Wells, M.J. Wheeler (note taker), Anne Wiley, Danielle

===Discussion===
====Letter from MBR====

'''In response to a Board request Marshall has written a letter for an evolution plan and evolution plan committee: November 3, 2007. The goal of this Board topic and Marshall's letter below, is to clarify our goal of planning for any changes that might occur in Marshall's role and is not any change being planned. So this will help us to prepare the groundwork in case a change ever is needed.''' 

Dear Board Members and CNVC Community, 

I am writing in response to the suggestion that we prepare for how the role I have been playing in our organization will be succeeded when I will no longer be with the organization. 

First, I hope that it is clear to all that I have been addressing the question of my evolution from the time I became aware of the power of the process we call Nonviolent Communication. I wanted to be sure that its availability was not dependent on me. Mainly for this reason I created our organization and have been preparing trainers. I believe these efforts have been successful and I can see that the organization can presently survive and sustain itself extremely well without me. 

At the same time, I would like us to look at how whatever I am adding of value at present that has not yet been built into the organization be built into it. I can see that one element of this would be for me to have key people spending more time with me when I am on strategically important trips or engaged in other strategically important work. Of course, an important issue is who these people might be. I am thrilled that one of these people is my wife, Valentina Rosenberg. Not only has she been traveling with me and understanding the complexity and problems of our network, but the way I see her living her life in harmony with the consciousness that Nonviolent Communication was created to serve, leaves me feeling very confident in her being part of the team to sustain the process. 

I suggest the following. I suggest a committee be formed with the purpose of insuring that whatever I have been offering the organization be left within the organization when I leave. Notice I haven’t put this in terms of who will succeed me. I can imagine that the position I have been fulfilling might no longer be necessary or could be done by breaking it up into parts that different people could play, etc. To repeat I am suggesting that the committee’s task would be to assure that I am leaving the organization with that which would be of value to the organization. 

The membership of this committee would be very important to me and I would like to select them. My choice would be the following: Valentina Rosenberg, John Kinyon, Barbara Larson, Robert Gonzales, Margo Pair, Klaus Karstadt, Katherine Singer, Andy Basu, and Lucy Leu. Ican imagine this committee meeting with me periodically, perhaps twice a year for the next three years. 

I would appreciate your feedback to my suggestion for a committee to determine evolution issues. If you are in harmony with the suggestion, I would also appreciate your feedback about my suggested membership on the committee. 

Warmly, 

Marshall Rosenberg

===Decision===
In response to the Board’s request, the Board establishes an Evolution Committee. Per the attached letter, prepared by Marshall Rosenberg for the purpose of insuring the qualities Marshall provides the organization be left within the organization when he leaves. The Evolution Committee will make suggestions and recommendations to the Board. The Evolution Commitee and will provide a report after each meeting to the Board. Proposed committee members would be Marshall Rosenberg, Valentina Rosenberg, John Kinyon, Barbara Larson, Margo Pair, Klaus Karstadt, Katherine Singer, Andy Basu, Lucy Leu, and Robert Gonzales. Committee members proposed term will be three years. Details of operations and funding of the committee to be determined at a future time.

===Leadership Team (LT) role clarification and discussion===

*Stephan: Was initiated to create connection at the core and allow for intelligent management but is not happening. Explore as a strategy for connection and inclusion. Continue with notion of LT or not?

*Margo: Wanting communication and mutual creativity

*Valentina: Wants to find a way for LT meetings to be productive.

*Robert: 3 questions: Continue with LT or not? Reestablish team meetings. How to make them productive?

*Jori: Proposal – Meet but not to do the admin stuff but to report and talk about what is alive in the projects we’re doing and get feedback and coordination.
Specify who meets. Routine exchanges heads of committees. Circle meetings w/reps from committees.

*John Wiley: Philosophical choice: Eliminate Admin Team (AT) and go with LT only? King vs. circle?

*Margo: Define and discuss how circle’s work within each individual circle.

*Robert: How are decisions made in circles and how are those decisions to communicate?

*Jim: Like to find a way to report briefly and clearly.

*Jori: How to measure the feedback and be very clear about what needs feedback. Also welcome open door for feedback.

*Stephan: Key distinction around accountability and function. Accountability: small group of full time people who are accountable about overall progress and success. Concerned its now too distributed. Define frequency of communication.

*John Wiley: Collaborative structure could really address issues. But can it be done? If we can get it to work it would serve our mission.

*John B: “King” has plus & minus. Advantage is a center point for communicate. Negative ignore people and not taking into account needs. Need to have the AT position so that someone has an overall view of what is happening.

*Marshall: would be scared about going in the direction of no leadership

*Robert: Leadership, Damaging labels (king), What is missing is communication. Enlightened leadership has a big heart and gives a high value to communication and consideration of needs of everyone. Is the structure a channel for life?

*Stephan: Like us to stay away from the abstract, unhelpful. Talk about our needs and stakeholders needs. Any strategy should link back to that.

'''Discussion tabled until after Communication Committee presents.''' 

===Communications Committee Report===

*Robert: Original strategy to create a specific role, internal communications coordinator. Ombudsman. Role to support greater communication flow. Greater problem identified as not having clarity about all of the circles and communications flow. Need to create a structure to enhance communication flow.

*One strategy: Orientation package as part of clear communication for anyone involved in any circle or any new board member.

*Jori: The committee saw a primary need as strategic collaborative plan with functioning circular system.

*Margo: Encompassing simplicity, ease and ability to duplicate.

*Marshall: We need to be able to measure where we are not communicating.

*John Wiley: Look at it systemically in a distributive collaborative model, rather than have one person only responsible make it collaborative within the circle. Need documented strategy and guidelines.

*Marshall: Coordinator’s role would be to facilitate that.

*John Wiley: Not investing enough in expanding and clarifying roles and documenting that information.

'''Identified Needs:''' 

*Effectiveness
*Clarity
*Sense of collaboration
*Accountability

'''Decision''' 

All meetings must document in their minutes the following questions which have been asked at the end of the meeting. 

:1.What do we communicate – information (ask and/or tell), decisions (observations & needs met?), feedback requests 
:2.How do we communicate it? 
:3.Who do I communicate it to? 

Admin Team (AT) to communicate this decision to all coordinators live conversation. 
Communications Committee to evaluate this decision in 2 months and report to the Board 

===Continuation of Leadership Team (LT) discussion:===

*John B: Two types of meetings:

*Staff meetings (AT & heads of circles) and coordinating/collaborating meetings to communicate policy, make decisions, etc.

*Circle meetings that step back to look at how we are operating, make policy recommendations on how to work together better.

*John Wiley: Look at no AT as decision maker/central contact point but rather LT and possibly facilitator role?

*Questions: Are we going to have an LT staff meeting? Are we going to have an LT circle meeting?

*Coordinator’s Forum meets at least once a month, coordinator’s of circles must attend, others may be nvited

*Occasional (Town Hall) meetings in lieu of forum to include both coordinator’s and upward links.

*“Expanded LT Meeting” instead of “Town Hall”.

 Decision''' 

:1.Have LT forum every month attended by AT and LT coordinators. 
:2.Have Expanded LT forum every 3 months attended by AT, LT coordinators, and a 2nd person nominated from each LT team. 

Margo to set forum schedule and communicate schedule to circles and teams. 
Review this decision in 6 months. 

===Election of Board Officers - President, Vice-President, Secretary===

'''Terms for one year''' 

'''Decision''' 

President – Robert Gonzales

'''Decision''' 

Vice-President – John Wiley

'''Decision''' 

Secretary - Margo Pair

'''Decision''' 

Board approves hiring of a full charge bookkeeper, salary plus benefits.

===Misc. Discussion Topics===

Margo: Clarification of budget item for expenses to Board members to attend board meetings. Policy establishes annual funds in support of in-person Board meeting is still in effect.

'''Discussion''' 

Update CNVC Policy regarding frequency and means of Board Meetings.

'''Decision''' 

Paragraph 1.F.3. of CNVC Board Policy is amended to say: ”The CNVC Board will meet at least every three months, ideally every month, by teleconference or other means as deemed appropriate. CNVC encourages in-person Board Meetings to support connection and quality of decision-making, frequency and duration of such meetings to be determined by the Board as considered appropriate in a given year.

'''Discussion''' 

Margo: Review and revision of bylaws and policies of CNVC Board is needed. Were last updated in 2003. Also, an updated ethics and conflict of interest policy should be adopted by the Board would be helpful to this organization and the network. Transparency makes sure Board has all information to make recommendations and informed decisions as needed.

'''Decision''' 

Margo to form a committee to review and recommend updates and revisions to the CNVC bylaws and Board policies. To be presented at next in-person Board meeting. Effort to include Ethics Policy and Conflict of Interest Policy.

Action item: Distrubute proposed amended bylaws and policies of CNVC to each Board member for review and comment at next in-person meeting.

'''Discussion''' 

Margo: Board policy requiring CNVC to keep a minimum of six months operating expense saved as assets liquid. Currently we are easily conforming to those policies.

Concerned with need to reinvest matured CDs. Also need to update name on account as well as designate who can give instructions regarding investments.

Action Item: Remove Gary Baran from existing accounts and reinvest funds as deemed appropriate by Treasurer. Establish accounts by Board position rather than an individual name.

'''Discussion''' 

'''Action Item:''' Margo to form a committee (Board members and others) to assist in the development of New Board Member Recruitment and Orientation package.

===Check-out===

Margo: Thrilled, encouraged by the way things flowed today 
Marshall: Relief. 
Valentina: Hopeful. Relief. Gratitude 
Robert: Relief. Relaxation into alignment between all of us. Celebrating clarity. Scared about time commitment. Excitement. Hope. Inspiration. 
Jim: Tired. Pleasantly surprised. Encouraged. 
Jori: Exhausted. 
Stephan: Thrilled by progress we’ve made. 
Danielle: Excited 
M.J.: Excited. 
John B: Tired. Worried about time restrictions for rest of meeting. 
John & Anne Wiley sang the song "It's You I Like" © 1971 Fred M. Rogers 

==Day 4 - Sunday 11/04/07==

Present: Marshall, Valentina, Robert, Margo, Stephan, Jori, John Wiley 
Observers: John Buck (Facilitator), Jim Manske, Abbey Wells, M.J. Wheeler (note taker), Anne Wiley, William, Danielle 

*Scheduled Board meetings during 2008 are
*February 22nd to 24th
*November 14th to 16th

'''Action Item:''' Margo add “Schedule of 2009 Board meetings to agenda of next Board teleconference meeting.

===Discussions===

Robert read draft letter he proposes to send to communicate message to CNVC community to offer quick summary of highlights from meeting. Address communication structure and continuing evolutionary process. 

'''Action Item:''' Robert to email draft letter to Board Members for review and discussion.

'''Discussion''' 

*Review, discuss, and modify 2008 draft budget.

*Figures are estimated based on this year figures along with known or estimated changes for next year.

*Marshall is looking forward to CNVC identifing enhancements to income stream which might include ways to increase donations through CNVC events in local communities with GCC. Income estimates unknown at this time.

===Decision===

*Board consents to draft budget.

'''Discussion''' 

Reviewed material on the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence (MPME) presented by John Buck to give Board an example of “generative thinking” – that is, exploring new ideas and perspectives. CNVC might want to adoptan approach similar to the MPME for promoting excellence among NVC practioners, whether or not certified. John recommended more time for generative thinking in future Board meetings.

'''Discussion''' 

*Need for a Media Coordinator

*Robert, define strategies to develop media priorities

*Valentina and Deanna have summarize media successes with opportunities that are already being considered in the future with Valentina and Marshall.

*John Wiley, we need to define, research, and begin search for media coordinator immediately.
*Margo, estimate budget item to support positon until addtional research is done.

===Decision===
Agreed to hiring a Media Coordinator to the 2008 budget.

==Check out==

Stephan, thrilled, energy regarding possibilities, excitement. 
John Wiley, peaceful, calm, serene. 
John B, sadness, enjoyed assisting with process, 
Abbey, eager to contribute, overwhelmed 
M.J., thankful, 
Anne, happy, growth and inspiration 
Marshall, grateful to John B., 
Valentina, happy, delighted with progress, grateful, 
Robert, excitement, fear and concern, mobilized where to focus passionate energy and needs for connection to family, sense of trust lets fear relax, gratitude, feeling you get right before you jump on a roller coaster 
Jim, gratitude, uneasiness about what’s left unfinished, 
Jori, gratitude, anxiety 
Danielle, glad 
William, good, enjoyed connections, happy to be a part of this 
Margo, clear, excited, 

===Action Item Summery===

*Action Item: Margo will coordinate review of these minutes.When they are posted on the wiki, there will be an announcement on trainers and friends lists.

*Action Item: Jori will share with Margo the means she’s developed for easy tracking of completion of action items

*Action Item: John B will submit to Vice president and Secretary a list of decisions to review and items from the flip charts that could be on future Board agendas.

*Action Item: Margo will breakdown budget items by month and prepare monthly Progress Against Budget reports for each Board meeting.

*Action Item: Jori will forward to Robert a suggested statement regarding welcoming ideas from network to Board & AT for possible inclusion in his letter.

*Action Item: Translation policy and GCC is a priority. Margo to schedule meeting regarding these two items

*Action Item: Jori - to investigate status of sect labeling review in French area

*Action Item: Jori - to contact Dominique Barter regarding contact info to Marshall for trip to Portugal

*Action Item: Valentina - to send package of notes developed with Barbara Larson regarding synergy Ann.

*Action Item: Admin Team is happy to assure an announcement is made to the network ASAP concerning the certification process re-opening soon

*Action Item: Robert - to be involved in development for assessors training and ongoing training for certified trainers.

*Action Item: Jori -will update Valentina on suspended trainer status from prior year.

*Action Item: Ann Wiley will consider taking on recruiting new Board Members

*Action Item: Valentina - to send list of possible board members to Margo.

*Action Item: Admin. Team to hire or contract with up to two in-house trainers on the education services team, approved within.

*Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a grant writer paid on percentage of award basis, approved within budget. Review decision in one year.

*Action Item: Admin Team to hire Administrative Coordinator for support of grassroots fundraising and other administrative tasks in 2008, approved within budget. Review decision in one year.

*Action Item: Board establishes an Evolution Committee, as noted in Marshall's letter to the board, November 3, 2007.

*Action Item: Admin Team (AT) to communicate the communication committee’s guidelines.
**What do we communicate – information (ask and/or tell), decisions (observations & needs met?), feedback requests
**How do we communicate it?
**Who do I communicate it to?
*Action Item: Have LT forum every month attended by AT and LT coordinators.

*Action Item: Have Expanded LT forum every 3 months attended by AT, LT coordinators, and a 2nd person nominated from each LT team

*Action Item: Margo - to set forum schedule and communicate schedule to circles and teams. Review this decision in 6 months.

*Action Item: Margo - to form a committee to review and recommend updates and revisions to the CNVC bylaws and Board policies. To be presented at next in-person Board meeting. Effort to include Ethics Policy and Conflict of Interest Policy.

*Action Item: Margo - Distribute proposed amended bylaws and policies of CNVC to each Board member for review and comment at next in-person meeting.

*Action Item: Margo - Remove Gary Baran from existing accounts and reinvest funds as deemed appropriate by Treasurer. Establish accounts by Board position rather than an individual name.

*Action Item: Margo - to form a committee (Board members and others) to assist in the development of New Board Member Recruitment and Orientation package

*Action Item: Margo - add “Schedule of 2009 Board meetings to agenda of next Board teleconference meeting.

*Action Item: Robert - will draft letter he proposes to send to CNVC community offering highlights from meeting. Address communication structure and continuing evolutionary process. Email draft to Board members for review and discussion.

*Action Item: Valentina – will work with Deanna to summarize media successes and opportunities that are already being considered.

*Action Item: Admin Team to establish hiring committee to hire a Media Coordinator.

=[[Board Agenda & Minutes - 09/25/07]]=
=[[Board Agenda & Minutes - 08/15/07]]=

=[[Board Agenda & Minutes - 07/11/07]]=

=[[Board Agenda & Minutes - 06/13/07]]=
=[[Board Agenda & Minutes - 05/23/07]]=
=[[Board Agenda & Minutes - 04/13/07]]=
=[[Board Minutes - 03/14/07]]=

=Minutes - [[Board & LT Conference, February 24, 2007]]=

=[[Agenda - February Board/LT Conference]] (Albuquerque)=

=[[Board Agenda - January 10 Meeting]]=

=[[Board Minutes - December 2006 Meeting]]=

=[[Board Agenda - December 2006 Meeting]]=
===  Jim and Jori's [[Report as Coordinators of the GCC]]===

===  John Wiley's [[Initial Report on "E.D." Role Analysis]]===

=[[Marshall's Statement to the NVC network]]=

=[[Minutes October 21-25 CNVC GCC/Board Conference]] (N.Carolina)=
:Note: A major decision at this meeting was redefining LT, Board and GCC.

=Older Documents - [[GCC Before LT Creation]]=

CNVC GCC

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
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==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=

== '''CNVC Global Community Circle finishes first face-to-face meeting in Munich January 2, 2008== '''
Minutes will be published soon on the Google group!
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2008-01-02T16:43:22Z

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==Current Announcements==
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

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==Current Announcements==
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-10-22T18:23:51Z

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==Current Announcements==
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'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-coordinators of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

'''Next GCC meetings: 
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
Play Back Number: 1.641.985.5033
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
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(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

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(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

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(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-10-22T18:22:39Z

Jm4nvc: /* '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council */

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (September), call
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''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

'''Next GCC meetings: 
31 October 1800 GMT, 19:00 Paris, noon US MT, 4:00pm Brazil, 11:30pm Mumbai 
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More time conversions at http://timeanddate.com/
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Community Circle== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
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(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-10-22T18:22:06Z

Jm4nvc: /* Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC */

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (September), call
Playback Number: +1.641.715.3432
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''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

'''Next GCC meetings: 
31 October 1800 GMT, 19:00 Paris, noon US MT, 4:00pm Brazil, 11:30pm Mumbai 
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More time conversions at http://timeanddate.com/
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or any of the European numbers below.
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Vision, Mission and Aims of the Global Community Circle of CNVC==
'''THE VISION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

Anyone can be part of a welcoming global community of NVC practitioners who support and inspire one another. These learning communities are working together to realize CNVC's vision of a world where people are meeting needs mutually and reliably and resolving conflicts nonviolently. People in these communities support one another to interact with empathy and honesty.

'''THE MISSION OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE:'''
Consented 22 Aug 2007

The GCC serves to contribute to the realization of the GCC's vision by nurturing, sustaining and making visible a global community to which people want to belong.

The GCC supports the Center for Nonviolent Communication in achieving its vision and mission by:
*1. Facilitating an effective flow of communication throughout our NVC network, and between our network and other networks, to link existing and emerging teams of change agents committed to contributing to life-enriching systems.
*2. Cultivating teams for the public to contact locally, regionally and globally.
*3. Demonstrating, as a "radiant core", what is possible when an organization commits to living the values of NVC consciousness, thus providing a flow of mutual inspiration and appreciation.

'''AIMS OF THE CNVC GLOBAL COMMUNITY CIRCLE'''
Consented 13 Sep 2007

The GCC intends to be responsive to the needs of the network by
facilitating the availability of the following materials and services
between people seeking to live and share NVC to create life-enriching
systems:

*1. Regular teleconferences and communications that link and inform the NVC community and CNVC leading circles through a flow of
information and feedback.
*2. A listing of existing and emerging NVC communities who identify with the Vision and Mission of CNVC, including an interactive map on the CNVC website.
*3. Collection of shared materials for developing and sustaining NVC circles and projects (e.g. proposals for projects and grants, meeting and tracking formats, legal documents for non-profit status, organization structures, roles and responsibilities, etc)
*4. Mediation and facilitation tools and services, which will be encouraged locally and offered worldwide, to support circles and projects in resolving conflicts and moving forward effectively together.
*5. A mechanism on the CNVC website for gathering and sharing GCC documents and communication in an ever-increasing number of languages and a variety of media.

The GCC is committed to finding ways to support these services which are financially sustainable for all involved.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-10-22T18:16:41Z

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (September), call
Playback Number: +1.641.715.3432
Access Code: 536995#

''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

'''Next GCC meetings: 
31 October 1800 GMT, 19:00 Paris, noon US MT, 4:00pm Brazil, 11:30pm Mumbai 
28 November 1800 GMT, 19:00 Paris, 11:00am US MT, 4:00pm Brazil, 11:30pm Mumbai'''

More time conversions at http://timeanddate.com/
*To join the next Teleconference:
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or any of the European numbers below.
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Community Circle (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-09-16T08:57:40Z

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (September), call
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''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

'''Next GCC meetings: 
31 October 1800 GMT, 19:00 Paris, noon US MT, 4:00pm Brazil, 11:30pm Mumbai 
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
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(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T19:22:52Z

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (July), call
Playback Number: +1.641.715.3486
Access Code: 369785#
'''NEW!''' Quick Link to Download Recording to your PC: [http://www.freeconferencecall.com/mediadownload.asp?accesscode=536995&phonenumber=(605)+990-0150&passcode=855275&name=Jim+Manske&email=nvctrainer@gmail.com]

''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

=='''Next GCC meetings: August 22, 2007; September 26, 2007.
1800 UT, 8:00 am Hawaii, 8:00pm CET, 12:00pm US MT, 3:00pm Brazil, 11:30pm Mumbai'''==

More time conversions at http://timeanddate.com/
*To join the next Teleconference:
**'''NEW''' US Dial-in number '''+1.605.990.0150'''
or any of the European numbers below.
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

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Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T18:48:57Z

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==Current Announcements==
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=='''Next GCC meetings: August 22, 2007; September 26, 2007.
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

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Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T18:19:34Z

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

Pour celles et ceux qui se débrouillent en anglais : on peut trouver un rapport détaillé de chaque rencontre téléphonique (et même un enregistrement audio N° à composer: 001.641.985.5033 Code d'accès: 297165#)

Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T18:16:48Z

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (July), call
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''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

=='''Next GCC meetings: August 22, 2007:
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

Pour celles et ceux qui se débrouillent en anglais : on peut trouver un rapport détaillé de chaque rencontre téléphonique (et même un enregistrement audio N° à composer: 001.641.985.5033 Code d'accès: 297165#)

Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T18:11:11Z

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference (July), call
Playback Number: +1.641.715.3486
Access Code: 369785#

''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

=='''Next GCC meetings: August 22, 2007:
1800 UT, 8:00pm CET, 12:00pm US MT, 3:00pm Brazil'''==

More time conversions at http://timeanddate.com/
*To join the next Teleconference:
**'''NEW''' US Dial-in number '''+605.990.0150'''
or any of the European numbers below.
**Participant Access Code: ''' 536995#'''

'''NOTE: NUMBERS in TEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES!'''
Please check your local rates to determine the most economical use of your resources.

*European Numbers: Participant Access Code: 536995#
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**UK: 0870 35 204 78
Observers welcome.

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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

Pour celles et ceux qui se débrouillent en anglais : on peut trouver un rapport détaillé de chaque rencontre téléphonique (et même un enregistrement audio N° à composer: 001.641.985.5033 Code d'accès: 297165#)

Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T18:09:13Z

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==Current Announcements==
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

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==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-25T18:08:27Z

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==Current Announcements==
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

Recording of the call until the next meeting is available @ Free Conference Call
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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

Pour celles et ceux qui se débrouillent en anglais : on peut trouver un rapport détaillé de chaque rencontre téléphonique (et même un enregistrement audio N° à composer: 001.641.985.5033 Code d'accès: 297165#)

Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
1325
(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

1335
(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

1405
(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
1430
(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.

CNVC GCC

2007-07-17T16:51:50Z

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==Current Announcements==
''To hear our most recent teleconference, call
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''To see notes from our most recent teleconferences please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/web/minutes-june-2007''

'''''To connect with Jim and Jori, co-leaders of the GCC,
post a message @ http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc/post or write to gcc@cnvc.org'''''

=='''Next GCC meetings :July 25, 2007 & August 22, 2007:
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==WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN/BIENVENUE/BIENVENIDOS==
Welcome to the CNVC Global Coordinating Council (GCC) section of NVCwiki. The goal of this area is to enable CNVC GCC members and Network Coordinators to connect and co-edit documents.

We invite your comments and questions under the "discussion" tab.

:'''Note:''' This section is now distinct from the '''[[CNVC LT]]''' section. Also see our [[Sociocracy in NVC]] section.

Willkommen zum CNVC Globalen Koordinierenrat (GCC) Abschnitt von NVCwiki. Das Ziel von diesem Gebiet soll CNVC GCC Mitglieder und Netzekoordinatoren zu verbinden ermÃ¶glichen und co Dokumente redigiert.

==Aim of the Global Coordinating Council of CNVC==
'''NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. Resources are developed to enable NVC teams to begin and sustain their projects. Teams will be organized sociocratically with double-linking.'''

An NVC Project Team is composed of at least one CNVC certified trainer and one CNVC supporter with a common aim which is in harmony with the vision of CNVC. Each team develops its own mission and aim(s) inclusively inviting interested community members to participate within their circle. Teams operate with autonomy to fulfill their goals while working interdependently within the guidelines and policies of CNVC. Teams are connected to support mutual learning.

Individual members of teams cultivate an ever-increasing ability to "live the process" of Nonviolent Communication. As multiple teams emerge within a given area, they work cooperatively together to build life-affirming systems of mutual support, focusing on the vision and mission of CNVC.

=News=
== '''New Google Group for CNVC Global Coordinating Council== '''
We have created a Google group for the use of GCC members and friends. To participate, please go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/cnvcgcc?hl=en

== '''Inclusion/Non-exclusion/Open-Door Teleconference Friday May 12th== '''
Some Notes (in plain text) and ''Reflections (in italics)'' by Dilip Soni

Attendees include Dilip Soni, Mercedes Frace, Bob Gaynor, Anjali Corrine, and Jim and Jori Manske

*Aim: "Growing a GCC attuned to the needs of all people and cultures, especially cultures with barriers such as language, limited technological infrastructure, poverty, illiteracy, a history of oppression, corruption and/or colonization, current violent conflict and/or health crises."

**Possible variations:
***Open door with an invitation to join
***Create bridges to peoples and culture
*Possible Strategies:
**Create a safe and supporting environment
***Make it safe
***Give voice to people. Jori: Tension wanting acknowledgement of people taking their own responsibility to speak up.
***Support: translation; space of silence to speak
***Allow them to make mistakes, e.g., Miki: “It will be awkward but hang in there.”
***Greater sense of acceptance
***Example from a training: Allowed a trainer to speak in his own language while others took it even though they did know the language
***Bob: AA meetings and Co-counseling groups make this possible. Eg. Those maginalized speak first.
***''How do different cultures create such an environment?''
*Jim: How do you bring people to the open door?
**Dilip: Making it relevant to their context
**Jim: Welcoming: e.g., Potluck to welcome new neighbours
***''What do other cultures do to welcome relatives, friends, neighbours, strangers?''
**Anjali: Ask for testimonials and personal stories from trainers and practitioners all over the world; make them available to all sharing NVC as well as on the CNVC website.
***''What kinds of testimonials are relevant and inspiring for different cultures?''
**Dilip: Songs, stories, street theater have been the traditional methods of spreading a message in India
**Anjali: Stories, laughter, fun, play, joy, celebration – all make “it” easier. She is working on the for early childhood
***''Somehow the line between drawing people to NVC vs. GCC was blurred. Both are important; however, I assume we are focusing on bringing them to GCC open door.''
***''Sometimes the open door may need to go to people rather expect people to come to it. For example, informal schools in India are often held where the children are. I can imagine GCC periodically rotating its meeting venues.''
*Jori: Practice NVC and create deeper connections with people
**Bob: “Listening Table at the Farmers’ Market” in Berkeley.
**Ask: “Are you fighting with someone? I am here to listen.”
**People have started their own practice groups after being listened to.
**''Do other communities have such forums? What are they?''
**Jori: Weekly dialogues, which are at present open to trainers. She will consider opening them to the community. Overwhelming!
***''How do other communities and cultures hold such dialogues?''
*Transform these strategies into questions to inquire how other cultures and communities do it.
**Inquire vial email, e-groups, …
**Pose them to your neighbours, friends, …
**''Pose them to people working at the grassroots level as Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny have suggested. Request them to suggest their own strategies.
*Dilip: Doubts about walking through the open door:
**Do I belong there?''
**Will I understand them? Will they understand me?
**''Only English is spoken there and I do not know English
**I am not sure whether I understand enough to contribute
**Will they listen? If they listen, will they act on it?''
*Anjali: Book written by her mother: “Cultures of the World” for school children
*Mercedes: How do we ensure that the results of the teleconference would be acted upon?
*Dilip: How do we connect in between teleconferences?
**Jim will create a e-group on Google. Send email to NVCTrainer@gmail.com
**''Would like to be better prepared.''
**''The work begins now; we have only taken a first step. How do we work on this issue in between teleconferences?''
**''t is not possible for everyone in India to participate in these conferences regularly. Costs can be a barrier. We need to make alternate arrangements to confer and get contributions from people.''
*''Assumptions we make about life and cultures are sometimes deep rooted and subconscious. Example: “In India, people will use Hindi or English.” Sometimes it requires being immersed in the culture.''
*''GCC and Translation: Imagine that a certified trainer, with the ability to connect with many many people in her country, walked through that open door of GCC. Suppose that she did not know English or any of the other European languages. How would GCC welcome and support her? For example, would GCC be willing to have online translations to have her included or would it still carry on in English?''
**''I can imagine non-European-language speakers being members and facilitators of GCC.
**''If GCC wants a project in every country, can it afford to connect to project leaders/members only through intermediaries? Risks are enormous as demonstrated by many NGOs in India.''
**''The language issue has been described very well by Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny.''

==Notes from Teleconference 4 April 2007==
Start 1500 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

'''ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS'''
*Members: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Andy Basu
**note: Dominic Barter, proposed member, was with us for a short time. We regret that we did not post the time of the meeting in Brazil. This will be corrected for future meetings.
**Observers: Isabell Peters, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Rita Herzog, Kathy Hartman, Jenny Edwards, Fabiola Fuentes, Meta Hough, Peirre-Marie, Markus Sikor, Michael Dillo, Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Kirsten, Laura
* Next meeting date-TBA May 2007, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, Noon Brazil, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Note: CONSENT indicates consent by the members of the GCC noted above.
* Acceptance of agenda for today; CONSENT

'''CONSENT ITEMS'''

*Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*Andy and Dom as members of the GCC with 6 month terms; Proposal modified to Andy as member of GCC for six month term (because Dom was not in attendence at the time of the consent round.) CONSENT

'''CONTENT'''

*'''LT Report''':
**CNVC moving to Albuquerque; opening for buisness May 7, 2007.
**Suspension of Certification Assessments; Rita reported that the Certification team was "pulling back to look at the whole picture", that several questions need to be addressed, and that the "bottom line is gaining clarity on the relationship between the Certification Team and Marshall." She added, "My view is that we were stuck for a long time; now we are letting go of old structures in order to re-create the new...this can be very healthy...in a way, it is fulfilling a dream for me."
*'''GCC Report''':
**Web-based presentation of structure of CNVC in progress
**Map and census of all existing circles in progress
**"Registration of Circles" plan being designed with CNVC Information Technology leader; web-based plan to dynamically update circles, teams, etc. on CNVC's new website.
*'''African NVC Circle''':
Anne reported that the seed of a new African circle was recently planted by two African trainers currently living in Belgium: Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo and Pierre Muanda Ngoma. (Note: Jim will send an email of connection to Jean-Baptiste and Pierre by way of Anne to ensure clarity of translation.)
Dunia has been informed and has "sent his blessings."
*'''Request for Committee of Inclusion''' (Jim)
**Following on the issues raised at the March meeting of the GCC, Jim offered the following:
**Seeking 2-5 volunteers to form a circle with the aim of solving
the puzzle of inclusion
**Request circle to meet at least once before next GCC and report on
progress toward clarifying the aim and next steps
**A round, including all observers included the following issues:
"prefer non-exclusivity to inclusion-indicates the door is open""likes the idea-a way to get the GCC more common to everyone"
"appreciate the ideas of others, finding value in that."
"make sure it is not distinct from the GCC."
"concerned that the issue be dealt with by the central circle"
"interested and grateful"
"not easy to connect with people in Africa (technology wise)"
"important to get a true representation"
"gratitude for Dunia opening the door to Africa"

***'''PROPOSAL''': The GCC will form a committee of non-exclusivity, to help foster the understanding that "our door is open". Jim will facilitate formation of the committee. CONSENT
Note: Jim agreed to send Dunia an email and to invite folks on the call to participate with the committee.
**'''Structural picture forming''' (Jori)
Jori expressed the dilemma faced by the GCC in working out a structure that facilitates ease of communication~language vs. geography. She sees the power pf language as a CONTACT POINT. She asked for reactions from members:
***Andy: the joy of sharing in English mixed witht he sadness of being unable to express fully in my mother tongue.
***Eva: for many it is easier to speak from the heart in English, free from the habits of native language.
***Anne: wondering how we can make that happen-language is not the only problem. Let's try and see what happens
***Jori invites email connection from all to explore further. nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com
**'''Proposal from the Nordic Baltic Circle''' (Kirsten)
Just had second meeting of NB Circle-lots of connection and enthusiasm! Would like the Eastern Europeans to decide for themselves how to link to the GCC; also wanted to express unity of all Europe and invite to join through the English-speaking "western" link to the GCC.
***Reactions:
****Eva: very touched with what she hears. Will ask Eastern European network for feedback. Would personally prefer to connect through English-speaking "other" to GCC. No clear on what it means on a practical level. Working on a different image of the structure. Many Eastern countries need financial support.
****Jori: touched; likes linking Eastern and Western Europe. Unclear about practical; need for economic balance.
****Anne: celebration that people are gathering and building community; puzzled; not sure about best strategy for connection
****Laura: really like the care and appreciate the invitation. all positive reactions.
***Jim agreed to post the invitation in the minutes: "The Nordic Baltic circle would like to have the Eastern Europe Circle be double linked to the English
Western Circle, because we see us all as Europe, and many of the
countries are members of the EU, and both circles speak English."
**'''Structure proposal''' (Eva)
***I would like to send out an invitation: each local circle are
welcome to choose a representative to the GCC. These people would be
voting members of GCC. If the number goes above 10 we would
reorganize ourselves. I believe 10 is the maximum number for an
effective phone conference.
***Jori's reactions: worried about personal agendas; need for global vision; wants equal access to GCC but not necessaily voting members.
PROPOSAL: Table agenda item and sit with it- Send any suggestions for reformulation to Eva eva@rambala.hu CONSENT

CLOSING ROUND
*Cathy: grateful to connect back in with the community glad to be a part. look forward to more.
*Alison: warmed; very happy with sense of more possibilities for inclusion with GCC and contributing.
*Fabiola: (via Jenny) feeling disappointed about the balance towad Administrative issues; annoyed, wanting respect
*Jenny: Heavy heart; despairing; wanting ways of working and communicating with rest of world; not confident in present strategy. this is a big crisis for me. would like more opportunity for a say and a vote, to find ways to hear, understand, and address fully.
*Isabelle: concerned about structure; would like more preparation on agenda items. would like to offer reports to be read before meeting and then have oppoprtunity for clarification. I miss the upward links. mixed feelings.
*Markus: torn; very grateful to hear the voices and how you facilitate; would have liked more time to discuss Eva's proposals. Triggered about "personal agenda, global perspective" comment. Sad about that.
*Laura: energized; mixed feelngs hearing some of the fedback. One of the the most alive conference calls; i liked going with the life!
*Kirsten: Felt very good when closing round began; now I feel concerrn. Really enjoyed what we have been doing. Would like focus on a double link between circles. I don't know what to say about not being involved. I'm not experiencing a lack of connection. I would welcome people taking responsisbility for making connection. I have so much to say but will stop now.
*Jerry: enjoying the sense that what people want is connection. see very different strategies. would like to see the structure built.
*Andy: grateful for the time t set up and participate in the meeting. excited, still have "sweaty hands" about getting involved. Like the "non-exclusivity"
*Eva: peaceful; i licked the connection. Sad that Dom was not present more. Make invitation more clear.
*Anne: Celebrating and trying to ebrace everything I heard. Touching to see difference in reactions; enjoying that we are all of this. i'm enoying that are trying and that we share a dream. feeling honored. i express gratitude to observers and Jim and Jori.
*Jori: feeling a poignancy about needs not met and celebrating that they are here, included and considered, then can be met. g.ad t table issues and give time for the heart. its so easy to facilitate when everyone has NVC consciousness.

Meeting closed at 1708.

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==Notes sur la Téléconférence du 4 Avril 2007 (en français)==

Les membres officiels du GCC (Conseil de Coordination Général) sont à ce jour :
- Jori et Jim Manske, comme leaders de ce groupe ;
- Eva Rambala comme représentante des Anglophones dont l’anglais n’est pas la langue maternelle ;
- Anne Bourrit comme représentante des Francophones ;
- Andreas Basu comme représentant des Germanophones et Néerlandophones depuis cette rencontre téléphonique-ci ;
- Dominic Barter est pressenti comme représentant des Lusophones et Hispanophones, mais n’a pas encore pu être élu, car n’était pas présent aux rencontres téléphoniques ou ‘éjecté’ par une mauvaise liaison téléphonique depuis le Brésil où il réside).

Tous les représentants élus l’ont été pour six mois.
Le GCC se réunit au rythme d’une conférence téléphonique par mois environ.

Présents à la conférence téléphonique du 4 avril, tout ou partie du temps :

Jim et Jori : leaders
Andreas, Anne, Eva : membres élus
Rita Herzog (USA), Cathy Hartman (USA), Jenny Edwards (GB), Fabiola Fuentes (Colombienne vivant en GB), Alison Harper (GB), Isabell Peters (DE), Markus Sikor (DE), Louise Romain (Anglaise vivant en FR et DE), Laura X (HU), Michael Dillo (CH), Pierre-Marie Lamielle (FR), Dominic Barter (Anglais vivant au BR), Kirsten (DK), Jerry X (USA) : observateurs, dont certains ont été appelés à participer, par Jori ou Jim.

Le CNVC déménage et s’installe au Nouveau Mexique

A partir du 7 mai, voici la nouvelle adresse du CNVC et ses coordonnées téléphoniques :

The Center for Nonviolent Communication
PO Box 6384
Albuquerque, NM 87197
Phone: +1.505.244.4041
Fax: +1.505.247.0414

Marshall et Valentina sont déjà installés là-bas, Jim et Jori Manske également.
Danielle Beenders et William Cerf ont fait le choix de les suivre.
Dee Soule (certification) et Miguel ne se sont pas encore décidés.
Ont choisi de rester en Californie : Sol, Gina et Cristina.
Ce grand changement demande une organisation différente, une nouvelle personne a été engagée pour diriger le bureau, elle s’appelle Margo Pair.

Les nouvelles orientations en cours permettront à Marshall de consacrer davantage de temps à l’écriture et de voyager moins.
Les frais de fonctionnement du bureau devraient être réduits (le niveau de vie au Nouveau Mexique est plus bas qu’en Californie).

Demandes de suspension de toutes certifications

Rita Herzog, responsable de la commission internationale de certification, fait savoir que l’arrêt complet des certifications durant deux mois demandé par Marshall sert en fait à trouver un nouvel accord entre Marshall et l’équipe certificatrice.
Elle célèbre la clarté qui vient, tout en reconnaissant être passablement secouée et être passée par des hauts et bas (et surtout des bas !) : « Nous sommes en phase de déconstruction dans le but d’aller vers du neuf. Le chaos peut être très sain. Nous avons tant besoin de ce qui est en cours d’émergence… Nous cherchons des chemins plus au service de la Vie et plus sains. »

Cette suspension des certifications a été mise au service d’une réflexion proposée à toutes les personnes faisant partie de l’équipe internationale de certification (personnes chargées de l’évaluation des candidats ainsi que coordinateurs/trices de la certification). Le réseau francophone a transmis ses réflexions à Marshall, Valentina et à l’équipe de certification.

Nomination d’un nouveau représentant au GCC

Andreas Basu est élu comme représentant du réseau germanophone.
Avant de dire oui à son élection, il est vérifié qu’Isolde et les autres personnes qui viennent de proposer la création d’un centre européen seront prises en compte. Andreas est proche d’Isolde (certificatrice germanophone) et a signifié son intention de rester en contact et en dialogue avec elle et les autres signataires de cette proposition, ceci de concert avec Jori et Jim, pour une poursuite de l’échange et une écoute des souffrances qui ont été au point de départ de leur initiative.

Le réseau en Allemagne connaît une période d’agitation, Markus Sikor (coordinateur de la certification en Allemagne) espère que ce chaos va permettre au réseau germanophone d’émerger dans une énergie différente, dans une énergie au service de la Vie.

Création du cercle africain

Le GCC est en questionnement concernant l’accès aux infos de certains pays ou régions ou personnes dans le monde. Trois personnes d’expression anglaise (Alison, Jenny et Fabiola) avaient exprimé leur inquiétude à ce sujet lors de la réunion téléphonique précédente et par des courriels très élaborés au GCC. Elles aimeraient être rassurées que le GCC démarre son fonctionnement en incluant dès le début des représentants des pays moins favorisés sur le plan économique.

Anne fait part de la création toute récente d’un premier cercle africain, dont Pierre Muanda Ngoma est le 1er lien et Jean-Baptiste Ndikuriyo le 2e lien. Elle ajoute que Dunia Hategekimana, coordinateur des projets africains, a été informé et a donné sa bénédiction aux personnes en question. Jenny fait part de son regret de ne pas voir Dunia invité à faire partie du GCC, alors qu’il pourrait y être une personne ressource. Jim se promet de prendre contact rapidement avec lui.

Invitation de chacun à rejoindre le GCC

Eva Rambala propose que n’importe quel cercle existant qui en aurait le goût puisse envoyer un représentant au GCC. Quitte à gérer le chaos ensuite, si plus de dix représentants apparaissaient en peu de temps ! Des craintes sont émises par la plupart des autres membres du GCC. Finalement, la décision est prise de constituer une ‘commission d’inclusion, ou de non exclusion’, pour favoriser la reliance au GCC autrement qu’aujourd’hui. Jim en sera le responsable.

Création d’un nouveau cercle Baltique

Kirsten Kristensen annonce la création d’un nouveau ‘Cercle Baltique’ composé de personnes du Danemark, de Norvège, de Suède et de Finlande ; ce cercle souhaiterait se relier au GCC via Eva Rambala et ainsi établir des liens privilégiés avec l’Europe de l’Est. Eva se réjouit de la possibilité symbolique de rassemblement des pays aisés avec des pays ayant moins de facilité sur le plan économique. Aucune décision n’est prise pour le moment.

Temps de célébration

Le partage final est mitigé.
Certains sont inquiets ou découragés, d’autres remplis d’énergie.

Pour celles et ceux qui se débrouillent en anglais : on peut trouver un rapport détaillé de chaque rencontre téléphonique (et même un enregistrement audio N° à composer: 001.641.985.5033 Code d'accès: 297165#)

Rapport rédigé par Anne Bourrit et Martine Marenne le 10 avril 2007

==Notes from Teleconference 7 March 2007==

AGENDA:

Start 1600 GMT, 5pm Paris, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5am NZ

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Attendees: Jim, Jori, Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabell Peters, Chris Ranjendram, Dominic Barter, Louise Romain, Laura Liliom, Alison Harper, Towe Widstrand, Shantigarbha, Jerry Koch-Gonzales
*Next meeting date-4 APR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ
*Acceptance of agenda for today with additions by Alison and Eva

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT

CONTENT
*a. LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the recent Albuquerque Board and LT face-to-face meetings. Main points covered were re-focusing of CNVC mission on Social Change and mutual understanding about aim of GCC to focus on NVC Project Teams operating in every country of the world by 2017. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)
*b. Report on SEA&O Circle; Jim reported on a brief conversation with members of the SEA&O circle. He heard them say that they would like to determine for themselves how to connect with the GCC, rather than the GCC doing a survey.
*c proposal: Functional leaders will reply to letters sent to the GCC, and include all those who were included on the message. CONSENT
*d Expression of concerns by Allison, Fabiola and Jenny from UK: (Please see letter posted on the discussion page.)
**After a round of responses by participants, a PROPOSAL was made that "We all sit with our needs around this and come with proposals to the next meeting." CONSENT
*e. Proposal that the GCC select Dominic Barter (S/P), and Andreas Basu (G) for the initial term of 6 months as members of the GCC. TABLED
*f. English-Western Council member (Jori) TABLED
*g. Heartstorming: How do we get the information on GCC out to the network?
**Current strategies used include:
***posting agenda to the wiki
***posting minutes to the wiki
***recording the meetings and making them available through a link on the wiki
**Some issues identified include:
***Discover ways of communicating that do not require electricity/internet
***Email invitations to the network about GCC meetings both one week before the meeting and one day before the meeting
***Utilize all e-group lists for notifications
***Encourage conversations between Jim and Jori and "key people on each continent"
***Continue formation of circles at both the grass roots level and from the GCC level toward more concrete levels.
***Discover strategies for transmitting information from "person-to-person".
***Create a clear list of who is participating in GCC meetings to ease between meeting contacts.
***Add GCC information to CNVC website (Note: new dynamic website is nearing completion and the GCC will be a part of that)
**h.Update on a map and census of all existing circles.
***Jim hopes to have a report to present at the next meeting
*h. Heartstorming: How do we create systems for building Initial Circles and an extended network? TABLED because we ran out of time.

CLOSING ROUND

*Jerry: Glad to get connected; impatient; aware that we are dealing with a number of layers at the same time
*Alison: Tired and delighted to connect; glad we are willing to stay with the difficulty
*Towe: Grateful for the work of Jim and Jori. Amused. Expereince of deja vu. Aware that what we want to do is happening anyway. Confident, grateful and pleased.
*Shantigarba: Happy to hear people's voices.
*Eva: Disappointed. Wants more clarity about fruit of meeting.
*Isabell: Inspired by number of people present. We need "staying power".
*Chris: Left call early
*Dom: Unsatisfied with conference call format, missing sense of warmth of connection
*Jori: Grateful and sad and fear. Mourning lack of communication with Network. Worried about going over and ove the same thing. Wants some effective strategies.
*Anne: Grateful for efforts and goodwill; sad and discouraged
*Louise: Tingling. I trust life is unfolding.
*Laura: Mixed feelings; some overwhelm; can learn a lot from this.
*Jim: Also mixture of feelings. Grateful for the feedback from Alison, Fabiola, and Jenny. Irritated that we spent so much time on it because we've spent time on it before. Wants understanding that we are not trying to find the best solution, just want some movement so that we can grow the network and learn from our mistakes.

1805 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from Teleconference: 26 Jan, 2007==
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ
Present on the call: Eva Rambala, Anne Bouritt, Isabelle Peters, Pierre Marie, Louise Romain, Shantigarba, Kirsten Kristensen, Jim Manske, Jori Manske

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting. CONSENT to all present on the call to participate
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-7 MAR, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

CONSENT ITEMS:
*a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
*b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
*c. Jim and Jori propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) be selected for the initial term of 6 months.
**Proposal was modified to: The GCC will select Eva (E-ew), and Anne (F) for an initial term of 6 months to the GCC. CONSENT

CONTENT
*Proposal: Selection of a German/Dutch and an English-speaking "Western" functional leader member at the March meeting; 6 month term. **Discussion: who might enjoy this position:
***German/Dutch possibilities include: Markus Sikor, Klaus Karstaedt, Andreas Basu, Imtraub Kauschat
***English-Western possibiliies include: Jeff Brown, Bridget Belgrave, Gina Lawrie, Godfrey Spencer, Towe Widstrand, Maria Arpa, Shantigarba
**Other ideas discussed - having a "second" also selected to attend meetings, especially in the event that circumstances prevent the functional leader form attending. The French circle selected Martine Casterman as second.
**Concern was expressed that we don't know who else might be interested in participating in the GCC. How do we get the information out to the network?
**These qualities were identified as some of the criteria to consider:
***passion for NVC and the mission and aim of the GCC
***experience organizing
***time available to contribute to the GCC
***fluency in NVC and knowledge of sociocratic method

*Proposal-Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; 6 month term.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims). The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED

*LT Report: Jori and Jim updated folks on the upcoming Albuquerque face-to-face meeting and the activities of the LT since the October meeting. (Minutes of previous LT meetings are at: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/CNVC_LT)

*Is Aust/NZ Western or other or will they decide themselves? PROPOSAL: To utilize surveymonkey to gain feedback from the network in Australia and New Zealand about how they would like to connect to the GCC. Jim will write a brief survey. Louise will assist Jim in getting an email list to send the survey to. The survey will be distributed via email to the folks in Australia and New Zealand. Results of the survey will be posted to the wiki and there will be a report at the next GCC meeting. CONSENT

*GCC link to the LT:
**Currently neither the GCC nor the LT are developed and ready for linking.
**Proposal to select an observer to the LT at the March GCC meeting. CONSENT

*Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim - harvesting ideas. Some issues identified include:
**desire for a map of all existing circles.
**difficulty of getting in touch with "less assertive" cultures; how do we include all, including "first nations", aboriginals, etc?
**idea of folks "wandering around" to foster contact and connection
**concern about funds available for some strategies (like the wanderers)
**fostering connections between countries where NVC teams are present with neighbors in bordering countries that do not yet have NVC teams
**convene around multi-day sociocracy training and "network" day; use as opportunity to form structures, circles, and to create clarity of functions

CLOSING ROUND
*Kirsten: Enjoyed the connection, feeling your voices. I like what we're doing. (Left meeting early to participate in a training because training partner was ill.)
*Shantigarbha: Mourning phone problems on his end and the expense of making the call with cell phone. Really enjoyed hearing people's voices. Quite pleased and relaxed. Satisfied. Curious to discover the landscape.
*Pierre Marie: Very happy to attend, especially enjoyed the opportunity to participate. Nodding with pleasure. Aprreciate Jori's pace and reflections. Really grateful. Hope to see you all in person soon. Enjoyed that people spoke slowly.
*Louise: Dropped from call?
*Eva: Dropped from call?
*Isabell: Also grateful for speakers talking slowly for those whose first language is not English. Full of peace, confidence and gratitude.
*Anne: Very pleased with what happened. Received lots of information that I enjoyed. Likes the image of pieces of the puzzle coming together. Liked that those present were here, wishing for others to participate as well.
*Jori: Huge grin on my face; muscles tired from smiling so much. Fed by the quality of connection, feedback and interaction. Many pieces coming together. Sometimes feel a strong urgency to move toward more clarity, but this is the only need not met.
*Jim: Happy to participate in spite of technical difficulties. Missed Dom. Sorry that Eva disappeared from the call. Grateful for the sense of community and support!

1757 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 29 Dec 2006==

29 December , 2006
Start 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm Pune, 5 am NZ

Present for some or all of the call: Jim Manske, Jori Manske, Chris Rajendrum, Eva Rambala, Kirsten Kristensen, Dominic Barter, Meta Hough (Observer), Isabell Peters (Observer).

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
*Announcements that might affect the meeting: Observer Requests* CONSENT
*Length of Meeting 2 hours CONSENT
*Next meeting date-26 Jan, 1600 UT, 5 pm CET, 8 am US PT, 9:30 pm Pune, 5 am NZ CONSENT
*Acceptance of agenda for today CONSENT

*CONTENT
**1. Consent Items:
***a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; CONSENT
***b. Jim as notetaker today; CONSENT
***c. Members on the call today are the network selected links and GCC Selected members. CONSENT; Observers were invited to participate at will since there were only 2 present.
***d. All GCC activities are open and transparent. (Notes and recordings are publicly available. Anyone can observe and offer feedback.) CONSENT

**2. PROPOSAL: For GCC Organizational System and Membership: (based on issues discovered at last meeting)
***a. GCC linked with the following 4 Initial Circles:
****1. French/Italian-speaking (F/I),
****2. German/Dutch-speaking (G/D)
****3. Spanish/Portuguese-speaking (S/P), and
****4. English-speaking (E)
****Other language Circles can be added later (e.g. Mandarin or Indonesian)
We chose the language proposal to contribute to needs for clarity, communication, and effectiveness; we include the geographic dimension within the language circles.

After considering clarifying questions, clarification of the GCC's aim and reactions to the proposal, the proposal was amended to:
***a. GCC linked with 5 Initial Circles to begin with to provide some common languages:
****1. French-speaking
****2. German/Dutch-speaking
****3. Spanish Portuguese-speaking
****4. English-speaking-"Western" -(North America and Western Europe) (Jim senses this includes Australia and New Zealand although this was not clarified during the meeting; he intends to bring it up for clarity at the next meeting.)
****5. English-speaking-Everywhere else-(Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, et. al.)
****Local, regional, or country circles can choose to connect to the GCC through their preferred language circle. The GCC will continue to work to create clarity on criteria for GCC circles and membership.
****This form will be revisited by the GCC in 6 months;
****more language circles can be added when necessary, eg Mandarin or Indonesian.
CONSENT

***b. PROPOSAL: for GCC membership (to contribute to effectiveness, clarity and inclusion):
Total of 10 people composed of:
****i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.)
****ii. Four (4) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 4 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC.
Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process.
We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months.
We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term.
****iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle.

The proposal was considered in pieces; some parts were consented, some amended and consented, some tabled.
**i. Functional leader(s) appointed by the LT and consented to by the GCC. (Currently Jim and Jori Manske for a one year term, through October 2007.) previously CONSENTed, November 2006
**ii. Five (5) Selected members (Functional leaders) of the 5 Initial Circles; members consented by the GCC. CONSENT
**Selected members can be consented to either by proposal or by a Sociocratic Selection process. CONSENT
**We propose that Dom (S/P), Eva (E), and Anne (F/I) be selected for the initial term of 4 months. TABLED after a brief discussion, due to time constraints.

The rest of the Agenda was TABLED until future meetings:
**We would like to select a German/Dutch member at the January meeting for a 3 month term. TABLED
**iii. Four (4) Network Elected links from Initial Circles; membership consented by GCC; term through June 2007.
Links will be selected by each of these circles when they are functioning as a community with a common aim (or aims).
The Functional Leader will help to form their Initial Circle. TABLED
**3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: TABLED

*CLOSING ROUND
**Meta: enjoyed the meeting, feeling more connected
**Isabel: grateful for the meeting; grateful for the consideration of folks speaking slowly which contributed to me
**Kirsten: I feel good! I have many words that I did not yet say. I like what we have done. Would like more clarity about relationship of GCC-LT-CNVC Board. Wondering about how to welcome people joining the call in the middle in an effective way.
**Eva: I enjoyed it and I like it. Quite happy with the clarity and glad to be a part of the meeting and for what we have to do.
**Dom: I like the decisions and I feel some shock hearing Jori say that the functional leaders may replace the project leaders. That doesn't give recognition to what already exists. Unwilling to move forward without a process of recognition.
**Jim: Honored to be a part of the group with so many people I admire. I feel amazed and grateful.
**Jori: Like the life and the honesty! Experience that as support; feel hopeful we can fulfill our needs previously met and include some that have not been met.

*1758 Closing of Meeting

==Notes from teleconference, 28 Nov 2006==

Greetings friends,

We've just completed our first teleconference for the new GCC. I'm feeling a mixture of gratitude, inspiration, frustration and regret. The regret is around a typo in the Participant Access number in the email invitation that was sent. The number on the wiki was correct. I remain puzzled as to how this happened since I thought I copied from one to the other.

*Present on the call today were:
**Linda Rysenbry, SEA&O temporary representative, Sydney, Australia
**Ann Bouritt, French Circle, Geneva, Switzerland
**Jeff Brown, ENACC representative, St. Louis, USA
**Jan, Observer, Idaho, USA
**Jerry Koch-Gonzales, Observer, Massachusetts, USA
**Laura Liliom, Eastern European Circle, Budapest, Hungary
**Chris Rajendram, Sri Lanka
**Kirsten Kristensen, Nordic/Baltic Circle, Denmark, from the Canary Islands
**Jim Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA
**Jori Manske, GCC, from Jacksonville, USA

*Regrets:
**Dominic Barter, Brazil, communicated via email, appended to bottom of report
**Ron Ngata, New Zealand, couldn't connect because of typo :(
**Eva Rambala
**Kumarjeev
**Aniruddha

*Following check-in, we handled the following consent items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; consent
**b. Jim as notetaker today; consent
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; consent
**d. Aim of GCC; consent, with addition of "groups will be organized sociocratically with double-linking."
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. consent
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today. consent, after clarifying discussion of balance and equality and term of this meeting.

**Additionally there was consent that the observers could act as full participants for today's meeting.

{Note on sociocratic consent-generally in sociocracy, if a person does not attend a meeting, their consent is implied. Inclusion is protected because any item consented at one meeting can be brought back up for consideration at a future meeting by anyone withdrawing consent to that item. Thus, Dom's lack of consent, via email, to some agenda items can be re-visited at the next meeting. -Jim}

*Following the consent round, we began exploring the issues around the systems and structures that could best support the aim of the GCC. Jori shared some ideas that she and Jim generated than asked for responses:

**What is the GCC? The GCC is a circle that links to the Leadeship Team and the Network; it is a policy building circle focusing on network connections; the policies being tested at both the LT and the network level.

**We suggest starting with a planning team, initially seeking those in the network who have built successful projects; that are willing to work together to create templates in support of new projects being formed as a vehicle for mutual learning.

*Main issues identified by the group to consider:
**How to bring the GCC to concrete form
**Wondering about languages, navigating the differences
**Different ways of passing information through the network
**The size of the GCC "body"
**How many levels/layers could be required
**How to determine the makeup of the GCC to best serve the needs of the network
**Managing the number of people involved in a given meeting/call
**How to deal with time zone differences spanning the globe
**Clarifying the relationship of the LT and the GCC
**How to balance including "successful team leaders" with representation from "new countries that have not yet had a successful project".
**Acknowledging the need for both appointed and elected members of the GCC
**Acknowledgment of financial cost of involvement, wondering about support for those with less resources.
**The need for the system to acknowledge both language differences and geographic differences

*At this point Jori shared some ideas she and Jim had been discussing for beginning with a system that consisted of four language groups.
**These languages are spoken in virtually every country of the world either as a primary or secondary language. The example is India, where there are many languages, united by a common language of English. In Vietnam, many speak both Vietnamese and French.
**Each of the four languages would have an appointed leader on the GCC and also an elected representative; thus the GCC would be composed of at least 10 people, including Jori and Jim.
**(French, German, English, Spanish/Portuguese/Italian [Romance languages other than French])

*Reactions:
**Excitement about focusing on 4 language groups that cover virtually every country as a starting place
**Need to Consider translation and interpretation strategies
**Utilize written word for clarity, ease of interpretation, and spanning time zones, eg Dom's ideas around "soc-e-ocracy".
**Suggest keep circle size of 12 or less
**Some worry about difficulty between understanding in Sp/Portuguese circle
**Some worry that language differences can stimulate conflict...
**Some concern that language is subsidiary to geography...how to deal with people who share geography but not language, eg Quebec
**Some concern for maintaining geographic representation for policy roles and appreciation for the simplicity of language groups
**Concern for maintaining global awareness
**Geography "primary" over language for global overview and local connection?
**Wants A GCC small enough to function yet insures inclusion through connection to the larger network

Closing Round:

Linda: Glad to be a part of the call; values being aware and connected to some of the issues; enjoyed picture-making; looking for clarity re planning team and gcc; seeing important to begin with knowledge things will be refined/changed.

Ann: In touch with the complexity of the matter, enriched by reactions of others; our experience in the French speaking circle is that the more organized we get, the more we see people from other areas wanting to connect and get in touch; its important to focus on starting, not focus as much on the how of starting; grateful for presence of everyone and for Jori's facilitation.

Jeff: Energized, excited, glad that Kirsten and Chris could join the call; excited about the potential to get people connected; the most excitement about organizing by language; could facilitate cross-cultural connection if we were to organize it that way; happy we're having the conversation and moving forward; deep trust in the NVC process and that whatever we come up with will serve the network.

Jan: Admiring and celebrating willingness to hold and consider issues; more aware now of the complexity; grateful; hopeful; beginning is important-to try something and have a "reconsideration point" chosen to check in if "it" is working.

Jerry: Pleased with care and consideration and some sense of motion; enjoyed inclusion of observers; concerned about inclusion of observers for efficiency of future meetings; not clear yet on who holds decision-making responsibility.

Laura: (No check-out, lost connection?)Oh, I got kicked off at the end closing round.
But I would like to then give final feedback by email:

I enjoyed being part of our call very much, I am at this moment suppressed by the weight of the complexity of this task that is ahead of us now, and also would like to thank Jori for this â€“ to me â€“ wonderful facilitation. I feel a deep appreciation to her facilitation talent and skills. I am really impressed.

I felt the conference call was efficient, although we did not cover the whole agenda.
I celebrate that I was able to be part of this call now and was able to help one person to join the call and also that I had this time to connect with NVC people from all around the world.

Kirsten: (No check-out, lost connection?)

Chris: Enjoyed joining even if late; I understand now what was blocking me from the conversation-we are killing each other (in Sri Lanka) because of the language. I'd like another way of uniting us and getting a central circle functioning; more clarity; grateful for inclusion; glad to have heard voices.

Jori: Like the increased creativity and grateful for all the feedback

Jim: Excited about the connection; regret about the typo that may have prevented Ron, Eva, Aniruddha, and Kumarjeev from participating and delayed Chris' connection; grateful to have the support of the folks who participated today; moving closer to clarity about structure and systemic issues; hungry for feedback about other picture forming agenda item; suggest we try using email and the wiki to explore it.

Meeting was closed after 2 hours.

==Request from the notetaker:==
I'd like to invite folks to edit their closing round comments for clarity and brevity. I'd also enjoy you clarifying any issues in the picture-forming if they do not reflect your thoughts, feelings, or needs, or if fresh insights arise. My preference is that you use the wiki; if you are not yet comfortable with the wiki, you can email me your edits and I will edit for you.

Respectfully submitted with joy and gratitude,

Jim Manske
nvctrainer@gmail.com

(PS Additions receeived via email from Dominic Barter are below)

Dear all,

I am disappointed to miss this meeting, as I already had teaching activities planned for this time.

I am eager to connect with you all and test the decision making abilities of this group configured in this way. I continue to experience much energy for co-creating CNVC, after almost 4 years of participation in committees and meetings of this sort, tempered by many, growing doubts about the directions taken during this time.

One of them is the lack of any current mechanism for participating except by being present at this call, something I imagine many - of not all - of us will experience at some point. So, with this e-mail, I hope to create such a mechanism:

Please see - and voice/include/consider and respond - to the comments I make after each item.

Please also add to the agenda discussion on the development of a time-scale for selecting meeting agendas (how many days before a meeting they are proposed, how each participant may contribute to them (wiki, etc.)).

Or - why not? - let me know if this would not be fun.

On 27 Nov 2006, at 16:44, Jim Manske wrote:

Time: 1300 UT/GMT, 8 am US EST, 2pm Central Europe Time (CET), 6:30pm India Time

Please canvass the time zones we are all mostly in most of the time and include all at th top of each agenda.

Please propose a way for making participation relatively equally economically viable for all participants (can CNVC provide the Skype credits for those living in high cost phone countries to dial in this way? Or....?)

(15 min) A. OPENING ROUND
Requests: Name, Where calling from, Present feelings and needs, hopes for participating in the call; Requests for additional agenda items

Dominic; writing from Porto Alegre, Brazil; satisfied, meeting need for contribution and play; hoping call will nurture all with a sense of purpose, possibility and potential; see above for adicional agenda items, plus:

I would like to propose we implement a decision making proceedure that does not depend on all of us being on a call together at the same time.

When I first began dreaming of this last year I called it soc-e-ocracy, for fun. I have a class beginning in 5 minutes and am still sitting on my bed, so won't go into details on how this might work just now, but I would lik to be able to move faster than I predict we will if we meet on the phone at a frequency I would find doable.

Agenda item: Please write to me if you would be interested in collaborating on finding a way to do this between December 12th and 20th, test it in practise between December 21st and 28th, and then present it at the December 29th (or whenever) meeting.

8:15 am
(10 min) B. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS â€“ Facilitated by Jori

- Next meeting date: Wed Dec 29, 1600 UT, 5pm CET, 8am US PT, 9:30pm India Time

I would like this date to be suspended, pending a check to see if it is fisable for those intending to be present on the call, and a satisfactory mechanism for 'distant participation' (like this e-mail, or...?).

The date is good for me and I intend to be on the call that day.

- Acceptance of agenda for today

CONTENT
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(10 min) 1. Consent Items:
**a. Jori as meeting facilitator today; yes
**b. Jim as notetaker today; yes
**c. Jim and Jori as functional leaders of GCC for one year; Withhold response pending a description of more information: where does this group fit in in the proposed overall organising structure of CNVC? What specific functions is this group expected to enact?

Request: Jim and Jori - do you consider you currently have the clarity, time and willingness to post the answer to these questions to us all? {Note from Jim: I am preparing a FAQ and will include these questions. Thanks, Dom}

Request - that this agenda item be moved to next meeting, after all have had opportunity to read and clarify understanding of your responses.
**d. Aim of GCC; As for c)
**e. Nonviolent governance utilizing consent, feedback, linking. Though I understand the principles referred to here, I have doubts as to the implementation of this way of working by groups like the Board over the last year and a bit and thus respond:
as for c)
**f. Participants on the call today are the initial planning team for today.
Request: count me in

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(30 min) 2. Picture Forming of Organizational System: What could the GCC look like to support our aim? What forms and flows could support the free movement of information, and growth of the global network? What other questions could we be asking to clarify the structure? Who else to consult about a workable structure?

Jim: please post the minutes to this piece in technicolour detail, to support our informed response to 1.
{Note from Jim: I would enjoy your feedback to see if your need for technicolour is met!}

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(25 min) 3. Picture Forming of Strategies to move toward Aim: What are the next steps? What strategies might be considered to help us move toward our aim? What problems might confront us? Who could help us? What capabilities might we need to acquire?

Jim: idem.
{Note from Jim: We did not address this agenda item yet. I propose we try to gain some depth and clarity through the wiki or emai!}
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(30 min)
D. CLOSING ROUND Facilitated by Jori
- Observer Feedback (15 minutes)
-Feedback on meeting effectiveness + Future Agenda items
- Whatâ€™s alive now? Celebrations and Mournings (15 minutes)

I'm feeling engaged and curious, having met my need for participation and creativity and noticing a tingling unmet need for connection.
Would anyone enjoy sharing a written response to this e-mail and / or the voice meeting?

1500 Closing of Meeting

Love to all,

Dominic

==UK Sociocratic Circle==
On Nov 22, 2006, Jori and Jim joined the UK Sociocratic Circle for a teleconference.

==Eastern Europe==
Monica Reu writes: "The Eastern European Network had its monthly teleconference meeting Nov 10, 2006 and following a sociocratic election process Laura Liliom from Hungary was elected to represent our network in the teleconference on the 28th of November."

==ENACC==
*[[CIA2006 Session Summary]]
On Nov 5, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the ENACC (The NVC English-speaking North American Coordinating Circle).

==S&EA/O==
*[[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle]]
On Nov 2, 2006, Jim and Jori participated in a call of the S&EA/O (South and East Asia/Oceania Circle).

The [[S&EA/O Sociocratic Circle| S&EA/O Circle]] hosted [[A Gathering of Leaders in NVC|A 2006 NVC Leadership event]], and is considering one in 2007.

==INVITATION / EINLADUNG / L'INVITATION/INVITACION==

===INVITATION===
Dear Community,

We invite you to consider how you would like to be linked to others practicing NVC in your local area and to the broader NVC community. Would you like to contribute to this connectivity?

As sociocratically selected leaders of the new GCC for the coordination of NVC communities worldwide, I am delighted that Jim and I will working together to support the connectivity that could fuel global social transformation through the growth of NVC consciousness. We are committed to the fulfillment of the vision of having NVC teams in every country in the world. We will be working to help build teams in areas that do not have them, and learning from and supporting connection with existing NVC groups. This is one of the major areas of functionality identified for CNVC at the recent Board meeting.

We will be meeting later this month with the representatives previously nominated by existing circles to explore the structures and strategies that will provide representation and mutual connection that will support us all in fulfilling our shared vision of the growth of compassionate giving, joy, and nonviolence in the world.

We welcome your feedback about what support you would like in building your community, or in healing any lack of connection currently for you in connecting with CNVC or others practicing NVC in your community.

With warmth and delight,

Jori and Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===EINLADUNG===

Liebe Gemeinschaft in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation,

Wir laden euch alle ein, darÃ¼ber nachzudenken, in welcher Art ihr verbunden sein wollt mit Menschen, die die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation leben, sowohl in eurer Region und auch in einem weiter gefassten Rahmen der NVC-Gemeinschaft.
MÃ¶chtet ihr zu dieser Verbundenheit beitragen?

Als soziokratisch gewÃ¤hlte Leiter des neu eingerichteten GCC (Weltweiter Koordinierungsrat), der die Arbeit der NVC-Gemeinschaften weltweit koordinieren soll, bin ich froh darÃ¼ber, dass Jim und ich zusammenarbeiten werden, um die Verbundenheit zu unterstÃ¼tzen, die zu einem Wachsen des Bewusstseins fÃ¼r gewaltfreie Kommunikation beitrÃ¤gt und dadurch die globale soziale Transformation vorantreibt.

Wir haben den Willen, an der ErfÃ¼llung unserer Vision zu arbeiten, Teams in Gewaltfreier Kommunikation in jedem Land der Welt zu haben. Wir werden unterstÃ¼tzend beim Aufbau von Teams mitwirken in Gegenden, wo noch keine existieren. Dabei werden wir die Verbindung zu den Teams unterstÃ¼tzen, die es bereits gibt und von ihnen lernen. Dies ist eine der Hauptaufgaben fÃ¼r das CNVC, wie wir auf dem letzten Board Meeting herausgefunden haben.

In Laufe dieses Monats werden wir uns mit den kÃ¼rzlich von den bereits arbeitenden Kreisen aufgestellten ReprÃ¤sentanten treffen, um Strukturen und Strategien zu untersuchen, die eine ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitige Verbindung leisten kÃ¶nnen.
Von dieser ReprÃ¤sentation und gegenseitigen Verbindung erhoffen wir uns eine breite UnterstÃ¼tzung, um diese uns gemeinsame Vision von wachsendem MitgefÃ¼hl, Geben und Nehmen von Herzen, Freude und Gewaltfreiheit in der Welt, mehr und mehr ins Leben holen zu kÃ¶nnen.

Wir freuen uns Ã¼ber RÃ¼ckmeldungen, welche Art von UnterstÃ¼tzung ihr braucht, um eure Gemeinschaft aufzubauen oder eine momentan fehlende Verbindung zu heilen, und um euch mit dem CNVC und anderen "gewaltfrei" Aktiven in eurer Gemeinschaft zu verbinden.

With warmth and delight, (Etwa: Mit WÃ¤rme und Freude)

Jori und Jim nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===L'INVITATION===

Cher(chÃ¨re) membre de la CommunautÃ© CNV,

Ce message est une invitation Ã rÃ©flÃ©chir Ã la maniÃ¨re dont vous souhaiteriez Ãªtre reliÃ©s aux autres personnes pratiquant la CNV dans votre rÃ©gion ou, plus largement, dans le monde. Voulez-vous contribuer Ã la mise en place de liens entre nous?

Jim et moi avons Ã©tÃ© Ã©lus sociocratiquement directeurs du nouveau Cercle GÃ©nÃ©ral de Coordination chargÃ© de coordonner les communautÃ©s CNV de par le monde. Je me rÃ©jouis de nous voir travailler ensemble au service d'une telle mise en lien qui, grÃ¢ce Ã la conscience CNV, contribuera au changement social dans le monde. Nous nous sommes engagÃ©s Ã rÃ©aliser la vision consistant Ã mettre en place des Ã©quipes CNV dans tous les pays du monde. Nous aiderons Ã la crÃ©ation d'Ã©quipes dans les rÃ©gions oÃ¹ elles sont inexistantes. Nous nous inspirerons et encouragerons les liens dÃ©jÃ Ã©tablis entre les groupes CNV existants. Il s'agit d'une des missions principales confiÃ©es au Centre pour la CNV lors de la derniÃ¨re rÃ©union du Board.

Dans le courant de ce mois, nous rencontrerons les reprÃ©sentants prÃ©alablement dÃ©signÃ©s par les cercles existants afin d'explorer les structures et les stratÃ©gies propres Ã assurer la reprÃ©sentation et le niveau d'Ã©change qui nous aideront tous Ã rÃ©aliser notre vision commune: voir la bienveillance, la joie et la non-violence grandir dans le monde.

Nous serions ravis de savoir comment nous pouvons vous aider Ã crÃ©er votre communautÃ© ou Ã remÃ©dier Ã un Ã©ventuel manque d'Ã©change avec le Centre pour la CNV ou avec d'autres personnes pratiquant la CNV autour de vous.

TrÃ¨s chaleureusement, au plaisir de vous lire,

Jori et Jim

nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

===INVITACION===

Estimada Comunidad,

Los invitamos a que consideren la forma en que quisieran estar ligados a las otras personas practicantes de la ComunicaciÃ³n No Violenta en su Ã¡rea local y en la comunidad mÃ¡s amplia de CNV. Les gustarÃa contribuir con esta conectividad?

Como lÃderes sociocraticamente elegidos de la nueva GCC para la coordinaciÃ³n de las comunidades CNV en todo el mundo, estoy complacido de que Jim y yo estemos trabajando para apoyar la conectividad que podrÃa fortalecer la transformaciÃ³n social a travÃ©s del crecimiento de conciencia de la CNV.

Estamos comprometidos con alcanzar nuestra visiÃ³n de tener equipos de CNV en cada paÃs del mundo. Estaremos trabajando para ayudar a crear nuevos equipos de trabajo en Ã¡reas donde Ã©stos no existen y, por otro lado, aprender y apoyar la conexiÃ³n con los grupos existentes. Esta es una de las Ã¡reas de mayor funcionalidad identificadas por el CCNV en su mÃ¡s reciente reuniÃ³n de junta directiva.

Nos estaremos reuniendo a fin de mes con los representantes nominados anteriormente por los cÃrculos existentes con el fin de explorar las estructuras y las estrategias que proveerÃ¡n la conexiÃ³n y representaciÃ³n mutua que nos ayudarÃan a alcanzar una mayor visiÃ³n de expansiÃ³n de la alegrÃa, el dar compasivamente y la no violencia en el mundo.

Aceptamos cualquier sugerencia o recomendaciÃ³n de la forma en que le gustarÃa recibir nuestro apoyo para la creaciÃ³n, el fortalecimiento de su comunidad o bien cualquier impedimento de comunicaciÃ³n con el CCNV.

Con cariÃ±o y felicidad,

Jori y Jim Manske nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com

==FUNCTIONS OF THE GCC==
The GCC functions include contributing to support and connection throughout the CNVC network, sustaining existing circles and helping to cultivate new circles. We have a goal of having an NVC team in every
country of the world by 2017. Our aspiration is that the GCC and these teams will live the process of NVC as fully as possible.

The GCC, like all the circles, is both an autonomous and interdependent entity empowered with determining and implementing strategies to fulfill its functionality within mutually determined guidelines. It will be linked to the decision-making in the Leadership Team through membership of its functional leaders and representatives.

As part of a sociocratic system, communication and power will be both "top down" and "bottom up". The GCC is one of a few "top level" circles of the LT and the functional leader(s) of the GCC are thus members of the LT which is responsible for the overall functioning of the organizations day-to-day business. Eventually, there will be an elected representative from the GCC as well that will sit on the LT, fulfilling the aspiration of double-linking.

We hope to have a GCC representative on the LT by the end of 2007. This will require clarity about the structure of the GCC which we are currently working on.

The leaders of the GCC are Jim and Jori Manske, elected sociocratically by the LT in October, 2006. To communicate via email with Jim and Jori, send mail to nonviolentcommunication@gmail.com; Jim's Skype name is jimjori; Jori's Skype name is jorijim.

=GCC CONTACT WITH CIRCLES=
=='''South and East Asia/Oceania Circle'''==
===Minutes of meeting with SEA&O, 3 November 2006===
Hi everyone

These notes have been posted on our yahoo group as well. If anyone present at the meeting is unhappy with how I have recorded an aspect of the meeting please do let me know. I I have omitted anyone in the apologies please also let me know.

with care,
Linda

Minutes for extra-ordinary meeting of SEA&O November 3, 2006

Present: Linda Rysenbry, Liz Gay, Cate Crombie (initially), Cherie Scott Jim & Jori Manske

Apologies: Shari Macree, Dorset Campbell Ross, Chris Rajendram, Ron Ngata

Checking-in:
Linda â€“ Grateful for Lizâ€™s impulse for this meeting and grateful for Jori and Jimâ€™s enthusiasm to get together.
Liz â€“ Hopeful of getting clarity and understanding and looking forward to the call
Cherie â€“ grateful to have managed to get on to the call by phone and happy to be here
Jim â€“ Enjoys community and remembering recently assisting another group in establishing connection and a circle and looking forward to contributing to SEA&O and others. Contributing to community is the â€˜juiceâ€™ he enjoys.
Jori â€“ met Jim in community and is looking forward to an increase in connection in the Network. Sees the power of creation is in connections we make. Celebrating the restructuring designed in Atlanta is based on functionality rather than geography and therefore more in alignment with sociocracy.

Exchange around the intention of the meeting during which Jori â€“ expressed intention for the meeting to be about connecting and then seeing how we decide to remain connected ongoingly and Liz â€“ expressed desire for answers to questions she had about the output of the Atlanta meeting.

Through questions and discussion we:

Â· looked at the minutes from Atlanta â€“ in particular the new structure â€“ http://en.nvcwiki.com/images/Minutes_Addendum_v3.pdf

Jori clarified that the structure is intended and agreements have been made, that support freedom to act by individuals who fulfil leadership roles eg. The Network managers Jim & Jori and Marshall & Valentina in their leadership roles, in circumstances that are extraordinary have the prior agreement of the team/GCC to take action as they see fit.

Liz sought clarifications and received empathy

Cherie â€“ expressed that it matters very much to her HOW things are actioned. And not knowing details felt concerned about HOW actions had been taken regarding Liz gayâ€™s membership Of the GCC.

Jim and Jori shared personal mourning in connection to the above.

Linda â€“ acknowledged Joriâ€™s personal mourning and expressed desire to hear a collective expression from the GCC (if it was true for them) of mourning. Feeling concerned about there being a â€˜groupâ€™ that made the decision and now not having a sense of connection to the â€˜groupâ€™. Empathy around fears connected to groups acting in a way which individuals later have misgivings about. Accepting that all were doing their best at the time; needing safety and to know that something has been harvested that might support us not repeating this.

Jori â€“ expressed her personal harvest relating to having not taken action when she heard one more word than she would enjoy to hear. Enquired as to whether Linda would enjoy to contact all the GCC members and hear their harvest.

Checking out

Cherie â€“ Glad to have taken the time to be present on the call and appreciating the connection having been heard.

Jim â€“ Pleased with what was accomplished and sensing that we are part way toward where we want to be. Looking forward to the next part. Proposed another meeting be scheduled â€“ all agreed.

Linda â€“ Feeling light and very happy to have connected to need for harvesting and learning. Appreciating Jim and Jori having taken on the role of Network managers and looking forward to how we grow from here.

Liz and Jori remained on the line.

Next meeting date and time to be forwarded when established.