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Discussion Items for 2006/11/18 10am(PT) LT Call

• LT functional leader self-funding (MBR).
• IIT and Certification organization and management (MBR).
• Certification to be followed by CT integration with network (MBR).
• Review and discussion of reports (below) from Jori & Jim, and Anne & John.
• Roles and responsibilities of LT functional leaders.
• "ED" roles, responsibilities & support (Orchestrator, office, implementation, etc.).
• Mechanisms for "ED" funding and "authority."
• Title for redefined E.D. (Leadership Coordinator, ??).

Jim and Jori’s Report as Coordinators of the GCC

• Mission: To develop and sustain NVC teams/circles contributing to the vision and mission of CNVC
• Aim: NVC teams/circles in every country by 2017
  • Next GCC meeting scheduled for 1300 GMT / 8am US Eastern Time / 2pm Central European Time
• Functions:
  • Functional leaders of the GCC
  • Collaborate with other members of the LT to mutually support all the functional areas identified for the LT for information and feedback
  • Work to create a team of functional leaders for the GCC
  • Create global NVC Team policies with GCC which work for the LT
  • Liaison between LT members and GCC
  • Encouraging members of the network to connect with others in their area (or area of interest) for support
  • Inspiring and strengthening NVC culture in all NVC organizations through tying the use of the NVC to accomplishing our work
  • Provide resource suggestions to facilitate connection (e.g. wiki, yahoo groups, CNVC web infrastructure as it develops, blogs, etc)
  • Coaching local and regional leaders in clarifying their outcomes in relation to CNVC's mission, vision, and aims
  • Coach and train in organizational skills for developing teams to support learning and development of NVC consciousness, power with relationships, and social change
  • Offer Training in mediation and facilitation skills
  • Mediate disputes within the network as needed
  • Facilitation of meetings as needed
• Funding for Jim and Jori
  • Request: $4300 per month plus expenses directly related to functions (eg travel, phone), payable to Peaceworks, contract labor, no employee expenses nor benefits.
  • Potential funding sources: We estimate an increased net financial contribution for CNVC
    • On the ground Organizer for selected IITs/Special Sessions/Other Trainings in Albuquerque, NM
      • 3 IITs planned in NM: avg organizer commission $14K ea = $42K
    • Manage book sales @ events (Estimated profit $3k per event = $12K
    • Participate as trainers providing community-building support at CNVC trainings (eg: Community, NVC Leadership, Social Change, Practice and Sociocracy).
      • Potential savings for CNVC: $3600/IIT
    • Community building/fundraising events (Unknown income)
    • Facilitating of meetings, coaching, and training in the Network with contributions payable to CNVC (Unknown income)
    • Mediate disputes within the Network with contributions payable to CNVC (Unknown income)
    • NVC Training /Teleclasses
    • Income from Certification Assessments/mentoring (Jim has begun this process in conjunction with Rita-still "in training" (Unknown income)
    • Income from Certification in-take incorporating feedback from circles (Unknown income)

John's Report on "E.D." Role Analysis

Major issues I believe are associated with the "E.D." (new title needed) position:

• M&V have many good connections in the network due to their travel and contacts.
• Those connections are irregular due to M&V's schedule and other interests.
• For them to function as Leaders, their connections with CNVC and LT are key.
• They need clarity, information, understanding, and peace of heart & mind.
• They need their policies and strategies to be implemented by CNVC and the network.
• They need concise, timely and effective feedback from CNVC and the network.
• Sustainability of their role is crucial, with time for rest and creativity.

My conclusion: An unidentified core role for the E.D. is facilitating a feedback loop between M&V and CNVC/LT. One label for this role might be "Chief of Staff" as portrayed in popular views of the U.S. President's "E.D." That person speaks on behalf of the leader, and conveys information from the organization to the leader. Here is a short list of activites I imagine could be listed under such a role, excerpted from my notes in the References section of this email.

• Liaison between MBR/Valentina and LT/staff.

• Work closely with Office and each functional role on LT.

• Attend all Office meetings related to policy, and facilitate LT meetings.
• Gather information on implementation of M&V/LT policy/strategy.
• Collect feedback, requests and information from Office/LT/network.

• Create weekly briefings for M&V/LT, summarizing this with references for details.
• Review strategic plans, financials and other information for reports to M&V & LT.
• Draft policies on resource allocation in consultation w/M&V and LT.

My impression now is that some understood that we agreed at the Conference NOT to have an E.D. playing such a "Chief of Staff" role, because we'd instead have weekly meetings of the LT which includes M&V. We'd do all this collaboratively, with LT functional roles (Media, Network co-Coordinators, E.D./Office, Certification, Synergy, Fundraising, Projects, etc.) operating in mutuality and harmony. Given M&V's schedule and the lack of any planning for such meetings since the Conference, I'm wondering if implicit in that was a notion that those functional roles would be operating autonomously with occasional M&V contact.

I predict that autonomous functioning of LT personnel will lead to confusion and ultimately conflict with M&V. Without frequent contact and proactive maintenance of clarity, M&V's leadership will not be clearly understood or implemented as they intend and LT/network feelings and needs will not be clear to M&V. I'm doubtful that we all agree on the importance of or strategies for frequent and effective communication between M&V and the organization, and I'm confident that their ability to sustainably provide leadership depends upon it.

REFERENCES

Below are my notes thus far after dialog with Jori, Jim and Anne; and reviewing the Conference notes.

Proposed roles of co-Executive Directors (John and Anne)

• Liaison between M&V and LT/Office/network.

• Develop and implement policy for M&V contacts, in consultation with M&V/LT.
• Work closely with Office and each functional role on LT.

• Attend all Office meetings related to policy, and facilitate LT meetings.
• Gather information on implementation of M&V/LT policy/strategy.
• Collect feedback, requests and information from Office/LT/network.

• Create weekly briefings for M&V/LT, summarizing this with references for details.
• Review strategic plans, financials and other information for reports to M&V & LT.
• Draft policies on resource allocation in consultation w/M&V and LT.

• Create executive policy with M&V and LT.
• Fundraising oversight, including use of restricted funds, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Legal oversight, including Trademark issues, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Ongoing review and evolution of organizational structure (especially Office), developing recommendations for and implementing strategies/policies from M&V and LT.
• Supervise office Administator.
• Review weekly agenda for office staff meetings and attend by Admin/staff request, and attend all staff meetings that include policy proposals.
• Fiscal responsibility, including supervision of investment funds management, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Oversight and signatory on accounts and government reporting, along with Admin, Board VP and Treasurer, and two selected staff members (LT rep.-Danielle, and C-D Assistant-Diana).

Proposed roles of Administrator

• Manage office and supporting staff:
  • IIT registrar and fulfillment
  • bookstore manager including inventory control
  • donations processing and reporting
  • financial, A/P, A/R
• Create office policy in collaboration with staff and ED, and consultation with M&V and LT.
• Employee benefit implementation, based on established policies of ED, M&V and LT.
• Administrative support for ED, M&V and LT.
• Produce financial analysis and P&L reports for all CNVC functions and projects.
• Nurture the culture of NVC in the office through training and commitment to living NVC.
• Contribute to design of an IT system including database and web tools to support Office and CNVC functions and NVC network services in collaboration with ED, M&V, LT and consultants.
• Contribute to workflow analysis, streamlining and redesign of office functioning in collaboration with ED, M&V, LT and consultants.

Proposed roles of Network coordinators (Jori & Jim) (adapted by John Wiley)

• Create NVC Team policies in collaboration with E.D., LT and GCC.
• Coaching local and regional leaders in clarifying their outcomes in relation to CNVC's mission, vision and aims, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Liason between E.D., LT/CNVC and NVC Teams and geographic projects.
• Encouraging members of the network to be connected with others in their area.
• Develop teams in collaboration with E.D. and LT to support learning and development of NVC consciousness, power with relationships, and social change.
• Mediate disputes in collaboration with E.D. within the network as needed and at direction of M&V and LT.
• Faciliation of GCC, circle and group meetings as needed, in collaboration with E.D.
• Providing organizational skills for team development in collaboration with E.D.
• Training in mediation and facilitation skills, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Inspiring and strengthening NVC culture in all NVC organizations through tying the use of the NVC to accomplishing our work, in collaboration with E.D.

Proposed roles of Media Coordinator

• Create media policy in connection with LT and in collaboration with E.D.
• Coordinate media requests and authorization to develop media materials in collaboration with E.D.
• Promote NVC related programs through mass media, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Develop broadcast, DVD, VHS, online, and print media materials and brochures in collaboration with E.D.

Proposed roles of Training Certification Coordinator

• Create certification and training policy in connection with LT and in collaboration with E.D.
• Expand training delivery by including in-house trainers, at direction of M&V and LT.
• Review proposals for additional trainer categories in collaboration with E.D., N.C. & LT.

Diagram of Admin/ED role Draft Proposal (PDF)

File:Admin-ED~v2.pdf

"E.D." Roles cited in Conference Minutes Addendum

• Guidance on operational matters, e.g. office organization, location.
• Responsible for overall operational functioning of organization across all key functions (finance, fundraising, legal, online).
• Assist in hiring/firing decisions and implementation.
• Responsible for implementing strategic plan.
• Develop recommendations to Marshall, Valentina and LT.
• Manage/advise core staff and collaborate with circle/project leaders etc.
• Primary point of contact between Marshall & Valentina, and network/CNVC (to protect their time and thus increase the effectiveness of information flow).

Requirements cited in Conference Minutes Addendum

• Giraffe consciousness and NVC skills.
• Managerial knowledge.

Marshall's Statement to the NVC network

My wife, Valentina, and I would like to share our celebrations with you stimulated by the October CNVC Conference. We celebrated that CNVC now has NVC groups working in 65 countries on every continent and about 1/4 million people per year are receiving our training. We then shared our vision that within the next 10 years we would like to have NVC teams in every country and NVC reaching millions of people through mainstream media outlets.

We want to share with you how touched and celebratory we are feeling at the response of everyone present to this vision. To achieve these two visions we are radically transforming our organization.

• Valentina and I will be leading a Leadership Team, (LT) formalizing what has been our unofficial role.
• We are encouraging all trainers to operate, not on their own, but in association with local NVC circles so that they work together to support the NVC mission. To support this organizing effort, Jim and Jori Manske will focus on building the Global Coordinating Council (GCC).
• We are also taking steps to synergize with other organizations who are also working for a transformation in consciousness.
• We will expand the number of NVC trainers on the CNVC staff to better meet the number of requests for training and ensure continuity of CNVC’s services.
• We are also creating means of making our training available through the media.

With Love and Gratitude, Marshall and Valentina Rosenberg

Note: this letter was edited slightly for clarity and wiki formatting by John Wiley, CNVC President. The original unedited version will be posted elsewhere.

Deutsch: Nachricht an das Netzwerk von Marshall

Meine Frau, Valentina und ich möchten gerne unser Feiern mit Euch teilen, das vom kürzlichen Boardmeeting des CNVC in der Nähe von Atanta, Georgia, angeregt wurde. Das Center for Nonviolent Communication hat nun GFK-Gruppen, die in 65 Ländern und in jedem Kontinent der Erde arbeiten mit über 1/4 Mio. TeilnehmerInnen an den Trainings, die dort gegeben werden. Beim diesem Boardmeeting haben wir über unsere Visionen gesprochen: dass wir innerhalb der nächsten 10 Jahre GFK-Teams in jedem Land der Erde haben und dass die Gewaltfreie Kommunikation Millionen Menschen durch die Haupt-Medien (mainstream media outlets) erreicht.

Wir möchten mit Euch teilen, wie berührt und voller Dankbarkeit wir uns fühlen durch die Reaktionen von allen, die diese Vision teilen. Um diese beiden Visionen erreichen zu können, werden wir unsere Orgnaisation grundsätzlich verändern.

Valentina und ich werden ein Leading Team (LT) führen, dadurch werden wir nun formell das tun, was bisher unsere inoffizielle Rolle war.

Wir ermutigen alle TrainerInnen, nicht mehr alleine zu wirken, sondern zusammen mit den lokalen GFK-Kreisen, damit sie zuammenarbeiten, um die Mission der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation zu unterstützen.

Damit die organisatorischen Bemühungen vorangehen, werden sich Jori und Jim Manske darauf konzentrieren, das Global Coordinating Council (GCC) aufzubauen.

Wir werden auch Schritte unternehmen, um Synergien mit anderen Organisationen zu erreichen, die auch auf eine Bewusstseinsänderung hinarbeiten.

Wir werden die Anzahl der GFK-TrainerInnen in der CNVC-Belegschaft erhöhen, um den vielen Anfragen nach Trainings besser nachkommen zu können und um den Fortbestand der CNVC-Dienste abzusichern.

Wir werden außerdem Wege finden, unsere Trainings durch die Medien verfügbar zu machen.

In Liebe und Dankbarkeit

Marshall und Valentina Rosenberg

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LT Agenda - November 15, 2006 Meeting

LT Agenda November 15, 2006 Meeting

Minutes October 21-25, 2006 CNVC GCC/Board Conference

Minutes October 21-25 CNVC GCC/Board Conference

GCC Minutes October 12th, 2006 Conference Call

GCC Minutes October 12th, 2006 Conference Call

GCC Agenda - October 2006 Meeting (phone)

GCC Agenda - October 2006 Meeting (phone)

Documents from 2004 Board Meetings

GCC Documents from Prior Meetings

Minutes September 2006 GCC Meeting

September 2006 GCC Meeting Minutes

GCC Agenda - September 2006 Meeting

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Minutes August 2006 GCC Meeting

August 2006 GCC Meeting Minutes

GCC Agenda - August 2006 Meeting

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Minutes July 2006 Board Meeting

July 2006 Board Meeting Minutes

Board Agenda - July 2006 Meeting

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Board Agenda - June 2006 Meeting

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Board Agenda - May 2006 Meeting

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Board Meeting Agenda Process Proposal

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Board Policies

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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.

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• 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.

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Leadership & the NVC Mission

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

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CNVC IT Committee

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Sustainable Leadership Arrangements

Sustainable Leadership Arrangements - A Short Briefing & Process Update

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