[SSC] Training on Consensus decision making, in Lincoln

[Joss Winn]

Thanks for doing this Sandie. I'd be happy to take two days off work in
June to participate in this workshop. I think it would be a great
opportunity to learn how to make consensus-based decision making work,
both at the SSC and in other areas of life! I'm sure that the £150-200,
won't be a problem.

If people are interested in participating in this workshop, please
complete this form:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDh5Y2xJWFRaOHFLM2k3cFJZN0J6LXc6MQ&ifq

Results are here:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnDuUd71vXr4dDh5Y2xJWFRaOHFLM2k3cFJZN0J6LXc&hl=en_GB&authkey=CPfvj7wE

Joss

On 17/03/11 22:10, Sandie & Geoff Stratford wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> See below.  Is this premature?  Would enough people be wanting training
> to make it worthwhile?  If you think so, shall we suggest dates?  My
> guess is weekends are more likely to suit us.
> 
> Sandie
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kathryn"
> <kathryn at seedsforchange.org.uk>
> To: <strats at phonecoop.coop>
> Cc: "Hannah Lewis" <hannah at seedsforchange.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Training on Consensus decision making, in Lincoln]
> 
> 
> 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
>> ----------------------------
>> Subject: Training on Consensus decision making, in Lincoln
>> From:    "Sandie&  Geoff Stratford"<strats at phonecoop.coop>
>> Date:    Wed, March 16, 2011 8:19 pm
>> To:      oxford at seedsforchange.org.uk
>>           lancaster at seedsforchange.org.uk
>> Cc:      "Winn, Joss"<joss at josswinn.org>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> 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
> 
>