Events: May 2010 Archives

Transition Newent in Transition

At an inaugural Coordinating Group meeting held on March 11, 2010, members resolved that a new Coordinating Group takes over all aspects of decision making and administration from the Steering Group. 

So it was that after over two years organising and administering Transition Newent, the founding Steering Group will be dissolved in April 2010. The Steering Group was an important and necessary phase in Transition Newent's growth but the movement has matured sufficiently to need a wider organising and coordinating base.

The 'Next Steps' workshops of November and December 2009 developed ideas for greater participation and the Steering Group's strategy document, 'Strategic Plan and Direction for 2010', laid out potential routes to a new form of organization: the Coordinating Group.

Transition Newent has now held two inaugural Coordinating Group meetings with between 12 and 15 participating members drawn from the old Steering Group plus activists from existing and new project groups: Food, Energy, Recycling, Health & Wellbeing, Visioning and Administration.

The new Coordinating Group is settling in successfully and members are confident that with new energy, additional skills, support and enthusiasm Transition Newent will have a structure fitting for its next exciting phase of life.

See this website for further details of the Coordinating Group's functions, structure and membership.