POCA’s governance is based on the principles of sociocracy; its structure works to organize the social capital of the CA movement. Social capital includes the time, energy, skills and goodwill that POCA members contribute. POCA would not exist at all without generous investments of time from many different co-op volunteers.
Our Board of Directors
Winona (Noni) Vaitekunas
Susie Leahy
Marie Arnberg
The POCA BOD meets three times a year.Â
POCA‘s main decision-making body is the General Circle
The GC is where all the department circles come together to discus and deliberate on the direction of the co-op’s projects and priorities. Two members from each department circle plus 2 members of the POCA BOD make up the General Circle.Â
The General Circle reviews the annual budget and approves it before it is sent to the BOD for final approval. The General Circle also votes via a consent process on any proposal that involves spending co-op money, in policy decisions.
Any co-op member can bring a proposal to the GC. Please complete this form and submit it to the POCA General Circle by emailing volunteer@pocacoop.com
Current POCA Circles and rosters are as follows:
Membership Circle- Ellen Vincent, Kelsey RumfelloÂ
Finance Circle-Whitney Thorniley, Steve Kingsbury
Events Circle- Cris Monteiro, Andy Wegman
Ear/Auricular Acu-Tech (AAT) Circle- Ellen Vincent, Cris Monteiro, Olive Crane, Heather Eldridge
Visit https://pocacoop.com/calendar/google to find scheduled Circle Meetings.Â
Active Regional Nodes exist in New England, FL, UT, California, and Canada. Visit the list of active and less-active Regional Nodes in the POCA Forums.Â
POCA STAFF
POCA’s paid and volunteer staff consists of:
Financial and Administrative Coordinator- Whitney Thorniley
Technical Coordinator/Tech Support: Wade Phillips
Membership Coordinator-Ellen Vincent
Newsletter- Gloria Jacobs (volunteer)
You can contact staff or circles members via email.
The Circle wiki also has information on Sociocracy, and POCA’s meeting and decision making processes.Â