Rich,

I think that joining SoL as consultant members is a good idea. I just checked out the costs listed on the link you provided and price for 2005 is quoted as $275 each. Do you know if price is still the same for 2006 memberships? It says price for partial year is pro-rated, so if we join at the end of August, our costs for rest of 2006 would be approx. $90 each.

~ ron

I will try and find out,

I am attaching a copy of their application, although it looks like they are reformating it of something cause they have the correction sheet attached too. anyway they bill you if they accept you as a consultant. I asked them how much and am awaiting a response. One also needs two letters of recommendation.





Application for Individual Consultant Membership

I wish to become an Individual Consultant Member of The Society for Organizational Learning, Inc. I represent and warrant to SoL and its members that I (a) meet and will maintain the eligibility requirements for such membership *, (b) have read a copy of SoL’s Constitution**, and (c) upon acceptance to membership, agree to be bound by and act in accordance with all provisions of these documents as they now exist or may be amended from time to time, and other documents such as operating procedures as they might be adopted from time to time by the SoL Council.

* See eligibility requirements on Page 3.

** Click here to read SoL’s Constitution.

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Category and Class of Membership: Individual Consultant


Date of Application:

Applicant Name:

Mailing Address:





E-Mail Address:

Phone: Daytime:

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Are you currently a SoL Connections subscriber? YES NO


If YES, when did you initiate it or last renew? MONTH: YEAR:

Individual Consultant Applicant Questions and Instructions


SoL is interested in prospective consultant members who are doing quality work in the field of organizational learning or related fields and who want to engage with the other members of our community. In order that we may evaluate your application, please answer the following questions as concisely as possible. Kindly type your responses and submit entire application as an e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word.



1. Briefly describe your consulting practice (background, methodologies, tools, expertise, affiliations/organizations).

2. Why do you want to join SoL?

3. Briefly describe 2-3 recent client engagements (i.e., describe what you did, at what level in the organization, with what results, etc.).

4. What are your aspirations for this community? What do you feel you can contribute? Specifically, how does your work align with the theories, methods, and practices of SoL; and/or how you would participate in the development of new methods, theories, and practices.

5. What do you envision achieving in your first year as a member? How do you anticipate engaging with the SoL community? How will you contribute to the collective knowledge base, and to the tools, theories, and practices of the community?

6. What else would you like the SoL Council to know about you?


Letters of Reference:

We request two brief letters of reference from companies or colleagues who are familiar with your work, your goals, and how your work has impacted them or their companies. (Other SoL members would be helpful but this is not required.) Please have those submitting references for you e-mail them directly to:.SoLMembership@solonline.org.


Instructions for Application Submission:

Please e-mail your completed application as a Microsoft Word attachment to SoLMembership@solonline.org

If you have questions about the membership application process, please contact Sheila McGarey at SoLMembership@solonline.org or 617-300-9510.

SoL Individual Consultant Member Eligibility Requirements:



A Consultant Member actively supports SoL’s Purpose and Principles and:


• Is active in the field of organizational change and learning and is known to do high quality work.

• Participates in the development, dissemination, and implementation of the theories, methods, and practices of SoL.

• Can provide evidence of successful consulting work in alignment with SoL’s purpose and principles. This includes:

a) designing and implementing customized interventions to achieve specified results, and

b) adding to practical bodies of work relating to organizational learning, systems theory, or other domains related to SoL.

• Is in an ongoing process of inquiry and learning in his/her work and in his/her role as a consultant.

• Demonstrates a desire and willingness to engage with the SoL community (practitioners and researchers) to create new knowledge.


Currently there are 90 Individual Consultant members of Founding SoL. Special attention is given to individuals who can add variety in practice and diversity to our community. Consultants who are currently working with SoL organizational members are encouraged to apply.

response from sol

Hi Richard: It's great that you are interested in membership with SoL! A pro-rated fee, dependent upon when you are accepted for membership, is charged for the remainder of that year. Then you are invoiced in full for the upcoming year each November. Yearly dues are requested to be paid by December 31 of each year.
The next deadline for acceptance of applications & references is October 6. Since these applications won't be finally considered for acceptance until Nov. 1-2, and notification won't happen until mid to late November, we will only charge those accepted at that time for the 2007 calendar year.

Hope that answers your questions clearly. Let me know if you have other questions,.

Sincerely,

Sheila McGarey
Membership Coordinator

Hmm, sound like we wouldn't become SoL consultants till mid-to-late November, which is well after the late August dates when Lakshman goes to Chigao and gives our proposal for the AV Ba Center ("ABC") to Sam Pitroda.

What do you recommend we do Rich? I'm fine with starting our application process now, if that's what you think is the best strategy. My reading of Sheila's letter is that we'd get December06 for free if we apply now.

Btw, are you going to take up Lakshman on his hint that you draft v1.0 of the one page proposal he's requesting?

Hi Ron

I think that for the project it would help if we were consultants with SOL, but I dont think we necessarily
need to rush it. And it maybe that only one of us needs to do it. For professional reasons it maybe good for myself anyway.

I am starting to get ideas down on paper for the proposal,
which I think will end of being 2 pages. When I get a rough
draft together, I will send it to you and then you can tweak it. But if you have ideas in the meantime, may be good to start flushing them out.

r

Ron,

I got rough draft of the ba proposal done. Hard as I tried I could only shorten it to 4 pages to explain the concept. Maybe you can do something with it. I basically explained the idea which although simple is quite complex to detail.

Do you want me to post it here. After you look through it maybe we should send it to laksman to see if this is the thing Sam will want to see,

rich

Ron

well its finished at 5 pages now, I will attach it to both you and Laksman in an email and you all can mark it up or down if you like

rich