BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:896@genuinecontact.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261110T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261110T120000 DTSTAMP:20251031T203048Z URL:https://genuinecontact.net/events/gco-monthly-meeting-6-2026-01-13-202 6-02-10-2026-03-10-2026-04-14-2026-05-12-2026-06-09-2026-07-14-2026-08-11- 2026-09-08-2026-10-13-2026-11-10/ SUMMARY:GCO Monthly Meeting DESCRIPTION:You're invited to join your GC colleagues for our monthly Genui ne Contact Organization meetings – a regular time for our community to g ather\, connect\, and move our collective work forward together.\nWhy We'r e Gathering\n\nThe purpose of these meetings is to support the spread of G enuine Contact in the world by coming together as members of the GCO\, wor king and learning alongside each other. Whether we're attending to work ha ppening inside the organization or offering mentoring support for members' work with clients\, these gatherings create space for all of us to streng then our relationships while getting important work done.\n\nThese monthly meetings offer a fixed time to attend to the growth and development of Ge nuine Contact\, the Genuine Contact Way of Working\, and our International Genuine Contact Organization. The vision is for many engaged members comi ng together to actively and intentionally move our collective work forward in a timely way.\n\nAs Director of the Genuine Contact Organization and W ay of Working\, I (Rachel Bolton) will be sponsoring these meetings. I'm i nviting other members to join me in leading individual meetings by offerin g your facilitation services if you choose – a wonderful opportunity to practice facilitating WPPF meetings and deepen your understanding of this way of working.\nWhat's Possible When We Gather\nSome of what might emerge in our time together includes:\n\nLearning what's happening across diffe rent working groups and discovering how you can participate if you have th e passion to get involved.\n\nBeing in dialogue and mentoring on emerging issues and opportunities\, having necessary conversations in a timely way .\n\nEngaging the collective wisdom of participants as representatives of the bigger organization when you have something to work on within the con text of fulfilling our strategic plan.\n\nParticipating in decision-making  using our 5toFold process\, where all participants contribute and Co-Own ers present make the final vote. Having this regular time for decisions al lows us to respond to what's emerging in a timely way.\n\nAddressing anyth ing else that feels important to our community and the work of spreading Genuine Contact in the world.\n\nThese are Genuine Contact Organization me etings\, which means all members are welcome. This includes anyone interes ted in Genuine Contact who is enacting your leadership by choosing to show up and be fully present.\n\nIf you're reading this\, I hope you'll consid er adding these dates to your calendar to join us.\nHow We'll Work Togethe r\nThe first part of each meeting is an opportunity to share and hear upda tes about what we're each noticing about Genuine Contact including an upda te of what's happening in the Leadership Action Team. After that\, the age nda is co-created by the participants - bringing in our questions\, curios ities\, and work that will benefit from community input.\n\nDecision-Makin g\n\nThese meetings create space for decision-making when proposals are re ady. Any decisions made will follow our Decision-Making Operating Given.\ n\n_______________________________________________________________________ \n\n \;\n\nWe look forward to seeing you there and working together in service of Genuine Contact spreading in the world. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://genuinecontact.net/wp-content/uploads/20 25/10/gco-meetings-2026.jpg CATEGORIES:GCO Meetings LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82804756403?pwd=aFZRaT4h1AeyQe0QGlZbNVlh 7EIr2V.1&jst=2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR