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Recaps of regular meetings can be found here:
Recaps of regular meetings can be found here:


* 2024 https://www.loomio.com/d/QBtcgaOq/organizing-circle-recaps-2024-
* '''2024''' https://www.loomio.com/d/QBtcgaOq/organizing-circle-recaps-2024-


== How we work ==
== How we work ==


We strive to provide synchronous and asynchronous engagement as well as document decisions as they are being made. Meetings are held every other week for 90 minutes virtually. Agendas for each meeting are posted prior the call on https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop-organizing-circle/ as their own thread. Live notes are taken during the meeting and a recap synthesized afterwards and copies of both are posted to the meeting's loomio thread. Relevant sections of the recap are also copied over to topic-based loomio threads and to a general recap thread (e.g. https://www.loomio.com/d/QBtcgaOq/organizing-circle-recaps-2024-).
We strive to provide synchronous and asynchronous engagement as well as document decisions as they are being made. Meetings are held every other week for 90 minutes virtually. Agendas for each meeting are posted prior the call on the Loomino group as their own thread. Live notes are taken during the meeting and a recap synthesized afterwards and copies of both are posted to the meeting's loomio thread. Relevant sections of the recap are also copied over to topic-based loomio threads and to a general recap thread.


Agendas typically follow this pattern
Agendas typically follow this pattern


* Opening (attendance, duration, past recap review, identify facilitator and notetaker, consent to agenda)
# Opening (attendance, duration, past recap review, identify facilitator and notetaker, consent to agenda)
* Check ins (how are you doing? Relationship building)
# Check ins (how are you doing? Relationship building)
* Updates
# Updates
** past ToDo items from members
#* past ToDo items from members
** working groups
#* working groups
** Loomio discussions of general forum
#* Loomio discussions of general forum
* Strategic and operational decisions from backlog
# Strategic and operational decisions from backlog
* Current ToDo items (What are you doing before next call?)
# Current ToDo items (What are you doing before next call?)
* Backlog harvesting (What should we be talking about next?)
# Backlog harvesting (What should we be talking about next?)
* Check outs (What could we improve? How are you leaving?)
# Check outs (What could we improve? How are you leaving?)


We strive to have a clear path to membership in the group and a stable enough membership to effectively steward issues. Members for the Organizing circle are selected based on a sortition process from the Loomio community and appointed by the Working Groups. We strive to balance diverse view points with engaged discussions and have between 4-8 members on the circle. At large members selected by sortition have a 2 year term.
We strive to have a clear path to membership in the group and a stable enough membership to effectively steward issues. Members for the Organizing circle are selected based on a sortition process from the Loomio community and appointed by the Working Groups. We strive to balance diverse view points with engaged discussions and have between 4-8 members on the circle. At large members selected by sortition have a 2 year term.
* '''Loomio group:''' https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop-organizing-circle/
* '''Recap thread''' (2024): https://www.loomio.com/d/QBtcgaOq/organizing-circle-recaps-2024-


== Origin of the group ==
== Origin of the group ==
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