Art of Community Core Leadership Team

The FIC Art of Community Event is being organized using the Eight Shields Organization Model. See model to learn more about the roles of each direction and how the Core Leadership team relates.

Current Shields and Core Team Members
Click a shield (direction) to see the Event Page dedicated to that role - that page is owned by the person listed. Click any person's name to learn more about them.
 * East: Spring (Beginnings): OPEN
 * South East: Future (What’s Next): OPEN
 * South: Summer (Hard Work): OPEN
 * South West: Earth (Grounded Support): Fred Lanphear
 * West: Autumn (Presenting): Ma'ikwe Ludwig
 * North West: Healing (Connection): OPEN
 * North (Coordination): Craig Ragland
 * North East: Heavens (Spirit Support): OPEN

Interested in joining the Core Leadership Team? Contact Craig Ragland

Leadership Meetings
I had a great conversation with Brad Belvo, from Bob the House community in Seattle. He wants to join in the event's leadership and will be reviewing the wiki and thinking about ways he will plug in. He suggested that we start meeting 2X per month. Ma'ikwe and I talked about starting with a monthly call, then accelerating.

Local vs. Long Distance
As Brad and I talked about the 8 shields model, it became clear that some of the roles greatly benefit by the ability of their owner to take local, in-person action, rather than being done long-distance. Specific directions that benefit form this include:
 * South East - benefits from ongoing commmitment to NW community organizing
 * South West - benefits from ability to visit potential venues and have face time with potential suppliers (Fred Lanphear is in Seattle area)
 * North West - benefits from face time with NW communities and community organizations
 * North - benefits from face time with Core Leadership Team members, most of whom are expected to be in the NW (Craig Ragland is in the Seattle area)
 * North East - benefits from face time with Core Leadership Team members, most of whom are expected to be in the NW

Of the remaining open directions, the East and the South would seem to be potentially fillable by somebody who is not based in the NW.

Traditional Event Job Titles
While we use the Eight Shields Organization Model to help organize our work internally, we will also adopt more familiar job titles to make it easy for people to deal with specific issues, e.g. who do I talk with about signing up as a supporter?, speaking at the event?, arranging food?, buying a ticket?, etc.

Some possible familiar titles:
 * Event Coordinator: North
 * Registrar: South
 * Program Coordinator: West
 * Site Manager: South West
 * Speaker Host: West
 * Community Faire/Trade Show Manager: ??
 * Auction Manager: ??
 * Food Manager: ??
 * Volunteer Coordinator: ??
 * Event Designer: ?? Who will define our look-and-feel?
 * Education Coordinator: ??