My organization recently transitioned to sociocracy and we’ll be having our first General Circle meeting in a couple of weeks. We’re a small team with lots of overlap between circles, so we’re single linked to the GC.
I wanted to ask for general tips in how to run a GC meeting (structure, process, things to keep in mind) and to set a GC agenda for a first meeting.
I saw a post here mentioning setting a GC operational leader, so I’m guessing that should be something to get done during the first meeting as well…
As a circle, you will need roles, yes (leader, secretary, facilitator), so that should be on your list.
Most GCs I know have a standard agenda template of something like
Check-in, ADMIN
Consent to agenda
Agenda item 1: Circle reports
Agenda item 2: …
Agenda item 3: …
Backlog
Check-out
Agenda items should be topics like
domain clarifications for circles
circle support
overarching topics that cannot be assigned to circles
