Leadership Council is a chance for 350PDX team leads to come together and share what their teams are working on, get organizational updates, and discuss pressing topics. We are also adding a training component at some meetings!

Let Chris know if there are any important topics you would like to propose for the meeting!

Please read: What is Leadership Council?

• The all-leadership meeting gathers 1x per month, using a “Spokes Council” model

• All team leads and members, staff, and board members are invited

• One person represents their team as the Spokesperson for their team (the “Spoke,” like on a bike wheel)

• The meeting is open for any team member to attend, and only the team’s designated Spoke acts on behalf of their team for decision-making. Occasionally during the meeting we will have time for teams to talk amongst themselves. In this way, team members are mostly quiet but not disconnected from their representation. In this way, the content of the meetings is transparent to the active members of the organization. This also provides opportunities for leadership development, as more people will experience the leadership spaces and have an understanding of the conversations that take place.

• Teams can be represented by their leads, with other people also encouraged to take on the Spoke role in rotations (maybe of 3 months each, if possible?), and so there is a representative even if team leaders can’t attend. The meetings go best when the Spoke, if not a team lead, has attended at least one Leadership Council before.

• Agendas and notes are found in the Leadership Council google drive folder (email chris@350pdx.org if you don’t have access to the Google Drive)