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Update on Sociocracy Workshop, Brisbane (March 2012)

What: Sociocracy Workshop
When: March 16-17, with an additional, optional Advanced Training day on March 19 (1.1mb PDF flyer)
Where: Synapse Conference Room, Level 1, 262 Montague Rd., West End, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

This is an update on a previous advert for the Sococracy workshop we ran on this site recently.

Due to popular demand, and a bit of last minute finessing, we’ve managed to reduce the cost of the upcoming Sociocracy to make it more accessible. The two day workshop has been reduced to $350, but will still provide you with the practical tools to implement a fairer, more engaging, more effective decision making system that’s already been used for over 40 years. If you’re sick of seeing community initiatives fall over because of a failure to make decisions or deal with power fairly, then it’s time to learn more about Sociocracy.

We’re also now planning to run a one hour introduction to Sociocracy on Friday night, the 16th of March. For more information or to register for any of the Sociocracy workshops, please go to sociocracyworkshop.wordpress.com.

This workshop is about governance and decision making, and while it’s not directly linked to growing food, it is an important part of permaculture’s definition as ‘Permanent Culture.’ Sociocracy is a system of decision-making that’s been bubbling away for over 100 years in one form or another, and is now being used to great benefit in community organisations, intentional communities and even corporate situations. See Wikipedia for more of a background on Sociocracy.

Sociocracy has been called ‘permaculture for people’. It expresses many of the design principles of permaculture in the way that it operates. It’s also an excellent structure for decision making in common permaculture projects, like community gardens and ecovillages. There are a couple of links below that talk in greater depth about the links between permaculture and sociocracy — well worth reading.

The workshop is happening on Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th of March and is at Level 1, 262 Montague Road, West End, Brisbane. It costs $350 per person for the two days — great value as it will be highly practical and you’ll be able to implement the tools straight away. There may be a small number of partly subsidised places depending on reaching target numbers, so people are encouraged to get in touch if they have a specific plan for using the knowledge they’ll gain from the workshop, and need our help to take part.

To book for the event or to get in touch, go to the event website: sociocracyworkshop.wordpress.com

Download: Workshop flyer (1.1mb PDF)

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