[SSC] Fw: Training on Consensus decision making, in Lincoln

[Sandie Stratford]

> Training in how to make decisions in a non-hierarchical way?  SEEDS for 
> CHANGE will help!

A reminder: to sign up, if you are interested in participating in this 
workshop, please
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> >>
>> Hello Sandie
>>
>> Thanks for your email. I had a quick look at the website and your
>> project sounds great. We at Seeds Oxford would be very happy to work
>> with you on building your skills in making decisions by consensus and
>> facilitating your consensus meetings. How long were you thinking the
>> workshop would be? If we had a day together then we could look at the
>> consensus process, what it is and how it works and have some time to
>> practice making some decisions, if we did it over two days we would have
>> much more time to work on facilitation consensus decisions and more
>> people would get to practice facilitating.  What do you think?
>>
>> Great that you have a venue in mind, ideally it would be quite spacious
>> so we can work in small groups without overhearing each other, easy to
>> regulate the temperature in the room and with lots of natural light
>> (thats a wish list anyway!) Thank you for the offer of food and
>> accommodation, we may need to take you up on that depending on the
>> timing of the workshop. How many people do you think will want to
>> participate in the workshop, ideally there would be a minimum of 5
>> people and no more than 20?
>>
>> Most of our weekends are busy through to the end of May, but we
>> currently have some weekends free in June. Could the group do weekdays,
>> when we tend to be less busy? Let me know and I can send some potential
>> dates.
>>
>> We offer our workshops for free to grassroots groups, but we do ask that
>> groups pay our travel costs and if possible make a donation as well to
>> help us continue our work with other grassroots groups less able to
>> pay.  Would the members of your group be able to make a donation, others
>> in similar situations to your group (ie setting up new coops and
>> projects) often donate in the region of £150 - £200.  But we don't want
>> money to be a factor in your deciding not to work with us, so we are
>> happy to work with you for less.
>>
>> Please feel free to give us a call to discuss workshop content, dates etc
>>
>> with best wishes
>>
>> Kathryn
>>
>> On 17/03/2011 13:36, Seeds for Change - Oxford Collective wrote:
>>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>>> ----------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> We are setting up an alternative higher education cooperative in 
>>> Lincoln,
>>> which seems to be equidistant from Oxford and Lancaster!  See
>>> www.socialsciencecentre.org.uk
>>>
>>> I wonder if you could help with some training in consensus decision
>>> making, which is fundamental to our ethos.
>>>
>>> We can certainly provide a space, some food and beds for the night.  We
>>> were thinking about May or June.
>>>
>>> Sandie Stratford
>>
>>
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