[TheUWfarm] leadership workshops

Hello hello dear farm,

I'd like to open an invitation to you all to begin to participate in communal learning and reflecting upon leadership.

 Let me explain... A huge part of my learning at the farm, especially this year has been about leadership. What does it mean to be a good leader? What does it mean to lead in a cooperative organization? How can one educate herself and others through experience and collaboration? How do we create an alternative learning space? How do we maintain a system of non-hierarchical  learning while acknowledging the important role of experience and knowledge in farming? How do we continue to welcome, creating an open and porous learning space while working in a close-knit community? These are the sorts of questions that I have been struggling with as farm director this year. My hope is that we can begin to struggle through these questions together. Winter and spring quarter I'd like to have  bi-weekly meetings (the frequency of these meetings is completely up for discussion) so that we can begin to delve into these questions, build a support network of leadership on the farm, and continue to grow the farm, our community, and ourselves. If this interests you please get in touch with me and I will put you on a list, and send out a doodle poll. I hope that this will be as collaborative a process as possible, so it would be wonderful to meet before the end of the quarter to begin to brainstorm through what we want these meetings to accomplish, and how we'd like to meet those goals.

Best of luck on getting all of your work done in the next few weeks,
Your farm director
Nina