Governance and Staffing Core Model
Core model proposal for Shared Ground, Phase 1 & onward:
This satisfies designs of a church run like a co-op.
In the immediate term: Board of directors can be paid as contractors (OR hired as a pastor, which at first could also be contract). Contracts should be a temporary arrangement. Depending on the nature of the responsibilities, the position could remain contract or could convert to employee later.
Bobbie Wed 28 Sep 2022 5:11PM
I agree, it makes sense to me. Thanks for the video Caroline, very helpful! I spoke briefly to the Development Manager at The Alliance Center on Monday, and she explained to me that they do have that bifurcation that Caroline mentioned at the end of the video as a future possibility for Shared Ground. Specifically, The Alliance Center has two distinct sides - the "Building" side that has its own team and operations that is funded through collected rent, and the "Nonprofit" side that has its own team focused on programming and initiatives that is funded through typical nonprofit funding (donations, sponsors, and grants). Definitely something to evaluate and consider down the road, but I also agree that at this moment as we are just starting it feels easier to keep it all one. However, perhaps as we are building today we keep an eye on this so we're not setting it up to be too difficult to disentangle in the future.
Drew Hornbein · Tue 13 Sep 2022 9:55PM
The target of a congregation that votes for a board of directors who establish committees (ministries) and hire a general manager (pastor) who is responsible for running the space and hiring staff sounds like a great direction to orient ourselves.
The volunteer committees could function using sociocracy and the pastor acts as the lead link for the staff.
This makes sense.