[Council] Statement of tolerance Sunny Hill

[Manja Vrenko]

Dear all,

I propose we simply leave this for the next year. It is last minute and 
I understand the council can't endorse a network they never heard about 
and filled in uncomplete application. Now we are in the middle of the GA 
already and   our network areis completely  ok waiting for another year.

NOw I'd like to shine some light to our application:

Sunny Hill has done the networking and spreading GEN EU values in 
Slovenia and ex Yougoslavia since 2014. We were part of the first 
national networks meeting in Torri Superiore in 2014 and since then were 
present in all NN meetings, also at many GAs and we hosted 2 NN meetings 
at Sunny HIll (2016 and 2019). We've been paying NN membership fee for 
10 years as well as membership fee as aspiring members. The results of 
our work are visible in YTS (it was born in Halingelile and Petra - one 
of the beginners of YTS came to that meeting as a Sunny HIll 
participant. 2 CLIPS trainings were held in Serbia, and 2 in Hungary. We 
were involved in the WeSeen project which resulted in creation of the 
southeuropean ecovilage network SEEN, and we are actively networking in 
the area.

I find the burocracy around accepting Sunny HIll as a network after 10 
years of non-formal participation a bit funny, but this is how it is; we 
just follow the patterns of other burocratic institutions  and mirror 
the rigid society we live in.

With love and acceptance,
Manja



On 17. 08. 2024 02:16, GEN EU Membership wrote:
>
> Dear Monique, Manja & Stefanie,
>
>  I was wondering if the Council has already made a decision regarding 
> GEN Slovenia's eligibility for full membership? I remember Jake had 
> some questions about how it differs from Sunny Hill, and also about 
> how the decision-making process is handled.
>
> Thank you so much for the written endorsement, Monique. It's greatly 
> appreciated. However, it falls just a little short of our 
> requirements. I’ve included the guidelines below—would you be open to 
> adding a bit more detail? I’ve based these guidelines on the info 
> sheet 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BarfTZiG3-Hmnka7UvRt3-0goIoYEPOdQHnHCuSYLcc/edit?usp=sharing> 
> for reference.
>
> Guidelines for the Written Endorsement:
>
> The endorsement should be at least half a page long and include the 
> following aspects:
>
> - Your Contact Information
>
> - Details about Your Relationship with the Buddy: Please describe how 
> long you've known them, whether you're friends or collaborating on 
> projects, and the nature of your involvement with the Buddy Scheme.
>
> - Reasoning for the Endorsement: Specify why you're endorsing them, 
> including how they meet the aspiring/full membership criteria and how 
> they align with GEN Europe’s vision and mission.
>
> Regarding GEN Germany, it’s essentially up to the network to 
> distribute their voting delegate tickets. For this year, both Annika 
> and Priska, who are serving as delegates, have strong connections to 
> GEN Germany.
>
> As for the status of other national networks, you raise a valid point. 
> While I don’t have a detailed overview, I can share that after the 
> extraordinary GA in December last year, all full members were asked to 
> reassess whether they still meet the criteria. Based on this, they 
> were encouraged to either work towards meeting the criteria again or 
> to step down from full membership. This process was built on trust, so 
> we didn’t enforce strict control but rather relied on the members to 
> reassess themselves.
>
> Warmly,
> Caro
>
> On 16/08/2024 12:42, Monique Wijn wrote:
>> delegate who don’t represent the network.
>> I wonder if this is typical for gen-germany or other countries aa well. Stephanie expresses strong concerns about it.

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