Revision as of 14:54, 4 September 2006

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

Items for Agenda consideration for face-to-face meeting Oct. 2006

• CNVC projects, includingThe Costa Rican Peace Army's request to be a CNVC project. (Descriptive file for CRPA sent to GCC members.) (Jori)
• Budgeting priorities, including governance (Jori)
• Relationship between CNVC and Marshall (Jori)
• Leadership and governance priorities (Jori)

GCC Draft Agenda - 13 September 2006 Meeting

13 September, 8am US PDT / 5pm CET / 1500 Universal Time or GMT

Celebrations

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

Consent agenda

1515 (5 minutes) (i.e., propose to consent to these items with no dialogue)

• Proposal to hire John Buck for facilitation support at the October meeting. (John W.)

• Proposal to post Draft GCC Minutes to wiki: The minutes from GCC meetings will be posted to the GCC wiki area within 12 hours of the meeting by the secretary for GCC review and revision before distribution. This new technology will enable more rapid posting of more accurate minutes, increase transparency, and increase the number of people able to contribute. After 72 hours on the wiki, the secretary will email the minutes to the the CNVC webmaster and director for posting on the CNVC website and for emailing to the network. (John W.)

• Proposal to support connectivity between members in the Network: The GCC requests that members in the IT Committee post a prototype interactive website, including key functionalities it has already identified as 'desirable', by the end of November 2006. (Rationale: acknowledges urgency of needs for connection and ease expressed by members in the Network, supports members in the IT committee in obtaining acknowledgement and attention, discourages impression amongst members in the Network they must either identify and/or build their own Internet resources or 'do without', reduces pressure on GCC members to delelop skills that would allow them to use tools such as the Wiki for purposes other than those for which they are designed.) (Liz)

• Proposal to support implementation of regional strategy: Circles aiming to establish strategic alignment in geographical regions are invited to nominate a representative to join the Scholarship Committee for any IIT taking place in that region. (Rationale: supports alignment between global and regional strategy.) (Liz)

Regular Agenda Items

• 1520 Update on Transformation of Marshall's relationship with CNVC: Valentina and possibly Marshall will offer further information on their vision and answer some questions from the GCC (John Wiley 15 min.)

• 1535 Update on Contract Negotion: John Wiley and/or Jori will update the GCC on their progress towards re-negotiating the interim Executive Directors Contract beyond October 2006. (John Wiley/Jori 5 mins)

• 1540 Face-to-face meeting in Atlanta **content and time TBA** (est. 15 min.)

• 1555 Proposal relating to CNVC's Cost of Governance: As of September 2006, the GCC agrees to invest US$10,000 or 20% of CNVC's previous annual 'profit', whichever is greater, towards its overall cost of governance. Funds may be invested against delegates' expenses and/or against services necessary to the GCC's effectiveness - e.g. training, facilitation, celebrations, etc. (Rationale: Existing governance policies refer to an amount of 'up to US$10,000', which appears to leave space for us to 'forget to invest' in governance. Setting aside a minimum amount that is no greater than the existing 'permisable' amount may contribute to a reduction in our overall cost of governance - e.g. the cost to our collective well-being when needs for connection and understanding aren't met. Allowing a potentially larger amount - i.e. a percentage of a previous year's profit/income - allows space for membership in the GCC to grow without breaking the bank.) (Liz) (est. 15 min.)
• Proposal to track our cost of governance: John Buck's fee to be logged in the accounts under 'cost of governance'. (Rationale: demonstrates commitment to effective governance, supports clarity and ease in financial decision-making over the longer term.) (Liz) (Requesting that this be included for discussion in the above proposal, instead of on the consent agenda.-Jori)

• Proposal to post Draft GCC Minutes to wiki: The minutes from GCC meetings will be posted to the GCC wiki area within 12 hours of the meeting by the secretary for GCC review and revision before distribution. (Rationale: This new technology will enable more rapid posting of more accurate minutes, increase transparency, and increase the number of people able to contribute. After 72 hours on the wiki, the secretary will email the minutes to the the CNVC webmaster and director for posting on the CNVC website and for emailing to the network. (John W.) (requesting this item be removed from the consent agenda, and be subject to further discussion, during this meeting or subsequently - Liz)

• 1610 Proposal about acknowledgement of CNVC Projects. (Jiva or Dominic Barter) (10 minutes).

• 1620 Endorsement: End War: Response to request for endorsement of 'End War in Iraq' campaign http://declarationofpeace.org (5 mins) (Marshall or Valentina)

• 1625 Endorsement: Serious Peace: Request for endorsement of 'Serious Peace Alliance' (Integral Large Scale Conflict Transformation) (as time permits) (Stefan) (5 min)

• 1630 GCC review originally scheduled for July, of April decision electing John Wiley as GCC President. (John 10 min.)

• 1640 Observer comments and check out (15 min)

Comments might include:

What did you like?

How would you have liked it to be different?

Anything else?

• 1655 GCC member check out

OBSERVER REQUEST

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

Minutes August 2006 GCC Meeting

August 2006 GCC Meeting Minutes

GCC Agenda - August 2006 Meeting

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

Minutes July 2006 Board Meeting

July 2006 Board Meeting Minutes

Board Agenda - July 2006 Meeting

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

Board Agenda - June 2006 Meeting

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

Board Agenda - May 2006 Meeting

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Board Meeting Agenda Process Proposal

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

Board Policies

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

GCC Draft Proposal

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

Click the dollowing links to view and edit (protected)

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

Criteria For CEO Selection

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

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

Leadership & the NVC Mission

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

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

CNVC IT Committee

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

How To Edit

Once Board members have logged in they can click "edit" in one of these "Protected" areas on the right margin of the section they're interested in to open an editing window and then scroll down in the text to add their own comments. Anyone can edit on the discussion page for each section. Insert empty lines to get paragraph breaks.

• Put an asterisk * at the very start of a line to make it a bullet item.

1. Put a pound sign # at the very start of a line to make it a numbered item.

If you want to create an indented line:

Put a colon : at the very start of a line to indent that line. Notice that if the line is long enough to reach the right margin, the entire paragraph will be indented. This indent continues until you create a new line in edit mode using your Enter/Return key.

With JavaScript and Images turned on (the default settings), most web browsers will display helpful buttons at the top of the editing windows that automatically create headers, etc.

You can experiment with editing just by clicking "edit" and typing something in, and then clicking "Show preview" at the very bottom (rather than "Save page") to see what your changes look like. If you don't like how it came out you can scroll down to the edit window and continue editing or just click on "cancel" to the right of "Save page" or on "article" at the top to bail out completely without making any permanent changes.

Even if you save changes you don't like, it's easy in the wiki interface to revert to previous versions. See the "history" function at the very top to get a sense of that. History is also great for finding out who made which changes and comparing different versions with colors to show which parts are different.

Be sure to also check out the "Recent changes" item in the "navigation" menu on the left. With that feature you can quickly see what has been written on the entire site, rather than looking up each item individually. Since the contributions on the site right now are mostly related to Board business, you'll probably see our discussions on the first page displayed.

If you'd like to experiment, click "edit" in the right margin next to the title of the next "Experiment" section and type in your text in the line below this one. If you have questions about how to use wiki, this would be a great place to ask them since others could see and learn from them too.

Experiment here

How To Create A New Topic

An easy way to create a new topic is to simply put the name you'd like it to have inside double square brackets, and click Save Page. That will create an empty page, and a link to it that will be red in color until there is content at that location. To create the content, just click on the red link (which takes you to that empty page and puts you in Edit mode) and then type in the content. When you click Save Page for that, the link to it will change to blue color.