From our vision statement: We actively sustain our community and maintain our property by sharing work and responsibilities.
The work to create and maintain our neighborhood is divided between various committees. Based on sociocracy terminology, we call them circles.
Here is a list including the work each circle does.
Community Relations Circle
- Conflict resolution
- Respond to community needs for education around conflict resolution
Social Circle
- Assists with social events to help us get to know each other
Sociocracy Circle
- Guides the organization in implementing the sociocracy system of governance
- Develops training sessions for the membership path and mentor new members and participants in the sociocracy process
- Review and edit documents and website to assure consistency with sociocracy principles
- Create new sociocracy documents, charts and graphics as needed
- Create and maintain an updated sociocracy resource list
Homes Circle
- Provides information and guidance to members seeking to purchase or rent a home.
- Maintain home selection lists
- Affordable homes application process
Land and Farm Circle
- Land planning and implementation
- Farm including equipment, animals, plantings, leases
- Implementation of permaculture plan
Marketing Circle
- Develops marketing and public relations plan for Rocky Corner
- Create brochures, presentations, media releases, outreach activities, web presence
- Content on website and Facebook page (with W & M)
- Fair housing marketing plan
Project Management Committee (PMC)
- Match tasks with committees
- Track tasks
- Develop budget and manage finances
- Acquire major funding
- Financial
- Maintain and report Green Haven Inc (GH) finances
- Pay bills, keeps records, reports to GH
- Coordinate with LLC to transfer funds from LLC to GH, Inc and keep records
- Legal
- Facilitate legal review of contracts, documents, procedures
- Point of communication between lawyer(s) and Rocky Corner
Design Circle
- Selected a property
- Oversees design of the built community
- Point of contact between GH and professionals on the Design Team
- Manages programming workshops
- Construction documents/budget cost/trade-offs
- Interface with town (zoning)
- Town relations work group
Welcoming Circle (W&M)
- Retain and nurture Rocky Corner members
- Potluck / Information sessions
- Maintain email lists
- Content on website and Facebook (with Marketing)
- Match exploring members to buddies
If you wish to join a circle, contact Welcoming for contact information.