The Changing Nature of Governance
A Brief Historical Perspective When Cornelia asked me to look into some archival material that she was interested in adding to COIF’s store of knowledge on this subject, I came across a document that listed
Topic – Decision-making and Governance
Is Decision-making/Governance here in the Community really only managed by ‘divine muddling’ as David Spangler once jokingly said? How can we meet the challenge to create governance structures in a community without an agreed name,
The 3 Hub Structure of the Findhorn Foundation
(We are compiling this information at a time when the Findhorn Foundation is going through dramatic changes following their announcement on 26th July 2023 that they are no longer financially viable thus proposing to cease
Community Association Beginnings (1996-1999)
This post has been compiled from hardcopy minutes and notes provided by Alex Walker. We are very grateful for his diligence to keep these files for such a long time. As the documents are often
Findhorn Foundation Fellows in conversation with Terry Gilbey
I have been asked to say something about a recent Zoom call with Findhorn Foundation Fellows. On 26th July I posted to Fellows Terry Gilbey's announcement that the Foundation intended to wrap its existence as
Reflections – Honouring Release and Regeneration
The Community is going through a powerful transition. Click this arrow to read moreIn a momentous announcement on the 26th July, the Findhorn Foundation stated that it will enter a phase of restructuring of the
Round Table on Governance 2011/12
In 2011-12 a series of meetings was held by a group of Park-based stakeholder representatives to explore ways forward around Governance in the Community. The historical documents available to the COIF Team at this time
The Kingdom Within – The Development of Decision-Making Structures
Click to see whole book Click here to read the introduction to the series of posts relating to Decision-making Structures. Theocracy From the very first day of Peter, Eileen and Dorothy’s arrival in
The Kingdom Within – Summary of Agreed Decision Making Procedures
Click to see whole book Click here to read the introduction to the series of posts relating to Decision-making Structures. This is a complete list of procedures for reference purposes. They were all
Draft Housing Direction Statement 2018
Draft Housing Direction Statement Gordon McAlpine (MCS), Stephen Couling (PET), Iris Toister(FF), Owen Jarvis (NVG, FF, YPI) & Cornelia Featherstone (CCC) Draft dated 13th June 2018 Summary A value based statement generated by the Enquiry
