Hey there!

It’s such a wonderful gift to get to know people in SoFA, everyone with their own story and gifts. While it’s hard to get everyone into the same room, the forum can actually play that role of facilitating connection between us. Obviously, the more we know about each other, the better we can understand, support and express care for each other. 

I’d love for you to fill out the icebreaker threads on the forum.

Public forum (anyone can write)

• How did you hear about sociocracy?
• What organizations do you belong to, and do they practice sociocracy?
• What aspects of sociocracy are particularly fun for you?
• What aspects of sociocracy do you struggle with?

Write your answers in the public forum →

Member forum (only SoFA members can write)

• Where do you live? What languages do you speak?
• Why did you become a member of SoFA?
• What’s the value of membership to you? What does SoFA mean to you?
• What SoFA circles are you currently in? What circles might you want to contribute to in the future?
• Tell us a story: what’s a decision or process you did that you’re most proud of?
• What is a surprising fact about yourself?

Write your answers in the member forum →
(And read the other people’s answers!)

Also, I have a quick help request. Are there any passionate players of Dungeons & Dragons in SoFA? There’s a person who made a sociocracy version and it needs to be tested!

Upcoming member events

• WED November 17 @ 19:30 – 20:30 UTC
  Community of Practice: leaders of sociocratic circles — A community of practice for mutual support for leaders of sociocratic circles. Meets monthly.
• MON November 22 @ 10:00 – 11:00 EST
  Community of Practice: Schools and Education — A community of practice for mutual support for school sociocratic practitioners.
• MON November 22 @ 11:00 – 12:00 EST
  Making SoFA Findable on the Internet – Part 1: SEO Basics
• MON November 22 @ 16:00 – 18:00 UTC
  Co-working & IT Support (Spanish & English) — This is a time to work together on our SoFA work! Just come do your thing and let’s find focus together! Also, there will be an IT Circle support person […]
• TUE — CoP – Facilitators
  November 23 @ 10:00 – 11:30 EST
  Community of Practice: facilitators of sociocratic circles — A community of practice for mutual support for facilitators of sociocratic circles
• TUE — November 23 @ 13:00 – 14:00 UTC
  Co-working & IT Support (English & Chinese) Helping Circle Zoom — This is a time to work together on our SoFA work! Just come do your thing and let’s find focus together! Also, there will be an IT Circle support person

Circle reports

Mission Circle

• First meeting with new members Sanket Bihari and Henny Freitas
• We had a really nice sensing session on the topic “What are you seeing in terms of participation and responsiveness of members and students/clients?”

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General Circle

• Approved the budget (happens every 3 months based on a 12-month projection)
• Pame Carmona new leader of Membership
• Approved Fundraising goals/tiers 

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Content Circle

• Alma Garcia Gil hired in Outreach and helping with campaigns
• Fundraising preparation going well thanks to Deborah Chang
• Training Circle and needed policy work is a bottleneck right now but planning Academy Level 2 to get more people certified as trainers & consultants

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Ecosystem Circle

• Sector development working well; growth across most circles
• Conferences in planning for 2022 (coop circle, permaculture circle, etc.)
• Discussed how we might grow sectors in the circle over time
• Preparing to help with the fundraising efforts at the end of the year
• School Circle: Jan. 15th conference has 18 speakers!  
• Nonprofit Circle is looking for members!

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Membership Circle

• Member Development
• Forming “Membership Guides” sub-circle which will include international circle membership guides
• Finance Circle: Getting a lot of little bits sorted; worked on conflict of interest and whistleblower policies

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International Circle

• Approved “So, you want to be a Language/Locale Circle”
• SoFA Português: First landing page on Portuguese in the site, translating things
• SoFA Scandinavia: reselected roles
• SoPra (Spanish): working on how to form a Europe-based entity
• Deborah from Fundraising Circle visited

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Our newest members

• Stéphane Kosinski (Spain)
  Circulo de contenido – SoPra
• Alma García Gil (México) — Outreach Circle
• Lila Tite (US) — Free and Open Source Circle
• Pati Beaudoin (US) — Intentional Communities
• Katia Perina (Italy) — SoFa Italia

Check out our member map!

Create a SoFA online project

Do you have a new page or another online project (such as a new domain name) to create?

Be sure to get get in touch with the right folks! Check out the Member Dashboard to find the right form to use!

—Website Circle

Additional notices from role holders or circles are welcome. Upcoming due dates:
Nov 30 | Dec 14 | Dec 28, all Tuesdays. 

Your feedback about SoMBu is welcome, too!

Email: [email protected]