Governance ALIVE! Plus an APT. & ROOM for RENT

DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE in COMMUNITY $75
All day Training Sunday, August 15, 2010

9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (Door opens at 9 and workshop starts promptly at 9:30)

Dynamic Governance (aka Sociocracy) is both an organizational structure and decision-making process that really works. Learn how your community, coop, business, department, school, church, HOA or other organization can flow with creativity - using "power with" tools that allow the group to be more flexible, efficient, inclusive, resilient, sustainable and to have more fun!

Learn how your group can work together with ease in negotiating needed on-going change including hot issues and tough decisions. It really can be a LOT easier to work together as a group or community!

If this is your first training in DG, please download the article, “The Creative Forces of Self Organization” http://j.mp/CF-SelfOrg from John’s website, GovernanceAlive.com. We are asking everyone to read or reread and review available materials prior to class. We also are asking participants to arrive by 9:15 AM as we will start promptly at 9:30.

“I am convinced that we would not have survived as a group those early days, had it not been for John and Dynamic Governance…. More than an improvement upon, or a step better than consensus, I think that Dynamic Governance is a quantum leap better.” — Larilee Sutter of the Champlain Valley Cohousing Community

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Registration: http://www.GovernanceAlive.com/Register Also can email: contact@GovernanceAlive.com or call: 800-870-2092

Facilitator John Buck, here from Maryland, is principle author of the book, We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy. He is the first consultant internationally certified by the Sociocratic Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands where Dynamic Governance originated and has been applied/evolved for over 30 years. He's a warm and engaging teacher and we are grateful he's offering such affordable workshops!

PS Please forward.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1-BR apt for Rent, $450/month:

Light-filled, cozy, one-bedroom apartment in charming, 120 year-old stone building within 2 miles of I-40, off Smoky Mtn Parkway – easy, 10-minute access to downtown Asheville. Kitchen and bath are updated. Apartment is on 2nd floor with shady, off-street parking. Call Susan: 907 690-1541.

$70 /night - Hotel alternative/Vacation rental for 'Like-minded'

Spacious, sunny, private room with fireplace in Lotus Lodge, a cohousing-like community (of 8) and retreat center, $70/night - great for those who prefer something better than a motel/hotel room. Enjoy the opportunity to gather with interesting others for impromptu meals, movie nights, lively discussions, quiet meditation and more, or complete privacy.

Access to wireless high-speed Internet, a full kitchen with vitamix, our library and gathering room where you can sit, do qigong etc. Personal retreats welcome. Located 12-15min to heart of downtown Asheville. We can refer you to a local real estate agent (even if you don't stay here). Call Gayatri Erlandson, PhD, at 828-667-4343.

$370/month - Long-term Room Rental in an upstairs sunny, quaint, cozy, great-energy room that includes high-speed internet access. See Lotus Lodge ad at: LivingNewStories.com for info about our unique, progressive cohousing-like community in the semi-rural setting of Candler, yet just 12 minutes from town. Call Gayatri (828) 667-4343. Namaste!