Geoff Marlow (SoL-UK Director) spent the weekend (14-16 October) in Amsterdam with representatives from eleven other SoL communities (the Global Collective Council). Geoff reports:
One of the most interesting discussions was focused on the purpose/vision/aspiration for SoL globally. It resulted in a Statement of Intent which says: ‘We, as the SoL Communities, agree on and/are willing to together create “The Global Association of SoL Communities” to progress towards the vision of a living system enabled by a new non-profit, membership driven, legal entity with a minimum structure.’
The wording of ‘global association of SoL communities’ was to convey that each community has the right to define its own way based on the aspirations, needs and inspirations of the members of that community – and in all likelihood the ‘global association of SoL communities’ will simply be called ‘Global SoL’.
It is important to note that everyone present agreed with the vision of SoL Global as a living system that helps other organisations operate as living systems (rather than a ‘machine for producting dollars.’)
Geoff will comment further on their discussion around ‘The Vision of a Living System’ at a later date.
