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Intentional Communities, Sociocracy

Diana Leafe Christian is author of Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities, about forming successful communities and ecovillages  and Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community

 She is former publisher Ecovillages, an online newsletter http://EcovillageNews.org, and formerly edited Communities magazine in the US for 14 years.

• Diana Leaf Christian lives in an Ecovillage in the Mountains of North Carolina

• 2:55  90% of Ecovillages fail, only 10% succeed
• 4:23   The ingredients to Success
• • A shared vision, mission and purpose
  • A fair and participatory method of self-governance
  • Sociocracy
  • Clear Agreements in writing
  • Communication skills - Non Violent Communication recommended
  • Restorative circles
  • Method of accountability
  • Community glue
  • Project management
  • Clear and thorough membership process
• What is Sociocracy?
• What is consensus
• 13:45 It can happen that an idea will never make it off the ground if consensus is abused - premature proposal death
• 14:29 How to reach Diana https://dianaleafechristian.org
• 14:47 A bit about the San Diego event
• 17:27 different types of community formation
• 17:33 Diana's book: Finding Community
• 19:00 Co-Housing neighborhoods
• 21:00 Shared Group Household
• 21:42 Eco Village
• 23:47 Housing co-op
• 25:31 A virtual neighborhood
• 26:34 Rural retreat and conference centers
• 27:47 Other kinds of rural communities - sexual orientation or interest based
• 28:06 Rural back to the land communities
• 29:00 Commune
• 31:00 Restorative Circles/ Restorative Justice
• 36:00 Event at Emerald Village in Vista, CA
• 37:00 Sociocracy explained
• 38:28 Four kinds of benefits
• • Meetings go better
  • Get more done
  • Better organized, more transparency and accountability
  • More connection and good will
• Brief overview of Sociocracy
• • Governance
  • Decision making
  • Feedback loops
• 7 parts
• • Series of circles with clear objectives
  • Continuous improvement through feedback loops
  • Creating proposals
  • Considering and deciding Proposals
  • Selecting people for roles
  • Feedback
  • Consenting to circle members
• 47:30 3 day sociocracy workshop in San Francisco Eco Village

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