***I am attaching the PowerPoint summary of what we discussed here in this message here:

and you can click here for the video recording of the meeting for those who want to listen/relisten. The password for the video is "reboot".

To reiterate what we talked about today (or if you were in attendance today, you can skip the rest and see the bullet points in the PowerPoint):

1. After taking time to reflect on my own role in Depth Psychology Alliance, I have emerged with renewed commitment based on my capacity to

To this end, I’ll be moving forward concretely on plans I know I can personally execute and which offer me something in return. For example, I’m working to implement a paid membership where those who pay get things from me that I enjoyed creating: themed packages including articles, interviews, collaboration opportunities, knowledge sharing, resources, etc. and which I know I can personally deliver monthly. Extra “offerings" I won't have  either bandwidth or personal passion for will still be up for grabs for any board member who has a desire, i.e. for certain topics, programs, or events, including everything from Deep Meet and Greets to Community Conversations to courses. 

2. I am suggesting we convert the Administrative board into the Advisory board so each of you can focus on what aspect of the Alliance has the most juice for you (much as I am doing for myself) and freeing up any concerns, resistance, or confusion you’ve struggled with around exactly how to “help” when what I really need is logistical, technical and administrative help to do what needs to be done.

As my plans take shape and begin to generate income, I’ll be paying more admin people for those roles, and better utilizing each of your gifts as advisors in one on-one-ad hoc calls (or maybe occasional small groups) or quarterly board meetings (instead of monthly).

As board members, you will have first crack at offering programs and events that have passion for you and/or that will help you gain visibility and/or income in your own career and work. For events that are free, I’m hoping you will be able to do some of your own basic legwork (like posting the Event on the Alliance) and then we’ll tap into admin help for whatever you can’t do, and for longer paid courses, if you are willing to profit share with me/Alliance for enabling and facilitating your offerings, you will keep 50% if the Alliance covers the registration setup, registrant management, and promotion, or possibly 60% if you cover some of those for yourself. At the old 80/20% split I simply couldn’t make it work, so these figures have to be revised as you see here. I'm hoping board members will still host signature events like Deep Meet & Greet, Community Conversations, and Dinner & Depth. We'll offer those as we can, and pull from members if we want to do them more regularly than board members can commit to.

I’ve set out a number of initiatives I want to implement. None of these are new to you, but are, in fact, all variously developed ideas that will make the Alliance more valuable in connecting people, educating, and extending depth psychology in the world. First steps are the survey and revamping the web site (already in progress) to accomodate the paid membership options and to communicate our message clearly. All the next items need timelines put to them, but many of them have been developed through our committees and meetings over the past years, so they shouldn’t be too hard to implement in time.

Again, I’m attaching here a copy of the PowerPoint we covered today and the password protected recording of today’s board meeting is at the following link, https://vimeo.com/173974090. Password is “reboot”.

Thank you again. Please email or call with any needs, questions, or comments. I'm happy to set something up with you one on one.I also encourage you to post things pertaining to the overall organization here in the Board group on the Alliance so we can all follow (and find) them more efficiently.

In gratitude,

Bonnie