Hey there, 

I hope you’re coming to the SoFA conference on April 27! I’d also love for you to share about it on social media or with friends. Give it 2 min, find a post and share it. 

Also, SoFA Outreach Circle decided to support the Future of Work 24 Hours conference — that’s a different conference, on May 12 and 13. It’s basically a huge 24-hour open space event with conversations. I’d love for SoFA members to consider attending; they’re very aware of sociocracy and also talk about it in their social media presence. Participate, identify yourself as a SoFA member a chat away! You have so much to share! If we all, all ~200 members of SoFA, mention sociocracy to 2 more people, we can give a good boost the movement!

Be well!

Upcoming member events

• TUE, April 26
  Community of Practice: facilitators of sociocratic circles
• THU, April 28
  Sociocracy Implementation Peer Support (SIPS) Community of Practice
• FRI, April 29
  Breaking Cycles Community of Practice
• MON, April 25
  Co-working & IT Support (Spanish & English)
• TUE, April 26
  Community of Practice: facilitators of sociocratic circles
• THU, April 28
  Sociocracy Implementation Peer Support (SIPS) Community of Practice
• FRI, April 29
  Breaking Cycles Community of Practice
• WED, May 4
  Community of Practice: Schools and Education
• MON, May 9
  @Work Community of Practice

Circle reports

General Circle

• Taking a first look at the membership survey results, we see member excitement and also the emergence of opportunities for connecting and supporting member growth alongside the general public.
• A possibility for a substantial grant focused on co-ops prompted an important exploration around how to achieve balance with respect to the weight that grants bring with them.
• Several key circles–including all of our department circles–are now experimental fiscal circles and as such will contribute their own budgets to forming the aggregate Q3 SoFA budget.

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Content Circle

• As you might expect, there has been–and continues to be–a flurry of activity as we work to prepare for this year’s Global Sociocracy Conference.
• The circle is developing a plan for some substantial circle restructuring to better align with the customer journey: stay tuned!

notes::content circle

Ecosystem Circle

• We have two new members: Maddie Greenwood from the Nonprofit Sector Circle and Mehmet Kuzu from the Co-op Sector Circle.
• Sector newsletters have begun to flow!
• The circle is exploring how we engage with sector organizations which are not currently (but could become!) sociocratic, and how to organize getting sociocratic organizations on the map.

notes::ecosystem circle

International Circle

• The circle selected Mikel Alzate as their new delegate to General Circle.
• SoTes, SoFra, and SoPra are all growing in their capacity and engagement!
• This circle has consented to being a fiscal circle in principle, and is still learning how to live into that.
• Book translations are moving forward in many languages, for example “Who Decides Who Decides” is now translated into Spanish.

notes::international circle

Membership Circle

• The helping circle decided to postpone the in-person gathering until next year.
• The next essential nonprofit policy–the document retention policy–is coming into focus.
• IT Circle established a plan to streamline access to recorded Zoom meetings and to more clearly manage the various computing services that we purchase.

notes::membership circle

SoMBu feedback: [email protected].

Additional notices from role holders or circles are welcome. Submissions are due on the day when General Circle meets: May 03 | May 17 | May 31 — all Tuesdays.