International Network of Sortition Advocates presents

Posted on April 15, 2025 by richwbrown

Sortition in Professional Organisations:

What can we learn from their practice?

In previous presentations, participants have learned the value of integrating sortition into businesses and organisations and some steps to achieve this.

Join Dr. Aaron Gain as he highlights case study examples of organisations that are using sortition—what has worked and what hasn’t.

About the Speaker: Dr. Aaron Gain is a researcher, educator and manager focusing on using mixed research methods to understand organizational and people development, employee and stakeholder engagement and workplace democracy. Exploring alternative non-managerial forms of organising is central to his work. He is also a volunteer mentor for young social entrepreneurs.

He has a background in health and care as well as consultancy, having worked for the National Health Service, The Australian Department of Health and Human Services, Deloitte and various charities.

Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025

[8 May in Asia & Australia]

Time: 18:00-19:00 London

[19:00-20:00 Europe/Copenhagen • 1:00-2:00 PM US Eastern • 10:00 AM US Pacific]

Location: Online – Registration at Eventbrite

FREE – Reserve your spot now!

INSA is a volunteer organisation aimed at connecting pro-sortition academics, advocates, and activists around the world, to share resources & tactics and advance the theoretical understanding and practice of sortition.

You are invited to join our Discord server at

https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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True Representation Sketchbook—Sketches #1 and #2

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Ted Wachtel

Free Webinar: Lottocracy Versus House of Citizens: Contradictory or Compatible?

The Building a New Reality Foundation is featuring Brett Hennig and Alex Guerrero on April 1 at noon EDT (UTC-4) to present and discuss their ideas, and to respond to audience questions. An optional half hour small group discussion will follow the one-hour webinar. If the time is not good for you, register anyway because we will send all registrants a link to the recording.

The following written “sketches” about the work of BANR’s webinar guests supplement my True Representation (2020) book and illustrate examples of how True Representation might be used in practice.

Sketch 1: House of Citizens for the UK

I first saw a video of Brett Hennig delivering a brilliant 9-minute TEDx Talk entitled, “What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people,” in which he talked about “sortition” replacing elections and bringing about the end of politicians.

There is a growing global interest in citizens’ assemblies, with members chosen randomly like a jury, who collectively study issues and provide recommendations to government.

Hennig helps organize single-issue citizens’ assemblies as a way of demonstrating the “wisdom of crowds” but his end goal is to replace elected legislators with citizens chosen by lottery, free from party politics.

He is co-director of the UK-based Sortition Foundation that in 2024 launched Project 858 — a campaign and petition drive calling for the replacement of the utterly undemocratic House of Lords with a randomly selected House of Citizens.

The 858.org.uk website explains:

858 years ago King Henry II shook things up by introducing juries. After eight centuries they’ve more than proven their worth as the backbone of the legal system and now it’s time to put ordinary people at the helm in politics too.
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International Network of Sortition Advocates Presents

Posted on February 17, 2025 by richwbrown

Sortition in Businesses and Organisations

A How-to Guide

In his previous presentation, Ben Redhead, explored how sortition can revolutionize organisations and empower individuals in decision-making processes. Join Ben, once again, for an interactive deeper dive into the topic that welcomes your specific questions on how to integrate sortition in your own business or organisation.

About the Speaker: We’re honoured to again feature Ben Redhead as our facilitator. As an Associate at Sortition Foundation and Co-Founder of INSA, Ben brings to the table a rich tapestry of experience. His journey as a strategy consultant, facilitator, and project manager has afforded him a unique perspective on the transformative power of sortition. Recently, he launched his own organisation, SORTED, an initiative that aims to merge innovations in democracy and organisational development. Ben’s insights aren’t just limited to offline platforms; he passionately shares his expertise and observations through his blog, also named “SORTED.”

Date: Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM UTC [19:00-20:00 Europe/Copenhagen]

Location: Online – Registration on Eventbrite

FREE – Reserve your spot now!

INSA is a volunteer organisation aimed at connecting pro-sortition academics, advocates, and activists around the world, to share resources & tactics and advance the theoretical understanding and practice of sortition.

www.INSA.site

You are also invited to join our Discord server at

https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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International Network of Sortition Advocates presents

Posted on November 30, 2024 by richwbrown

Common Ground

Using Sortition and Georgism to reclaim the Earth for Everyone, One Plot at a Time

Can we claim the Earth for everyone, one plot at a time, by aligning people’s self-interest with a global, sortition-controlled land trust?

Sunday, December 8, 2024

20:00 – 21:00 Time zone: Europe/Copenhagen

Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/myk-qegd-avu

Discussion Facilitator: Ian Troesoyer

Ian is an advocate for democratic sortition, land value taxation, corporate ownership reform, and intellectual property reform. He is a lottery-selected board member for Democracy Without Elections, a US-based sortition nonprofit. He is also a member of Common Ground USA, a US-based land reform nonprofit.

www.INSA. site

You are also invited to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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International Network of Sortition Advocates presents

Posted on November 11, 2024 by richwbrown

COMMON GROUND

Using Sortition and Georgism to reclaim the Earth for Everyone, One Plot at a Time

All life and civilization depend on nature. A fundamental function of government is to secure natural territory and develop rules for allocating its use. Efforts to legitimize the sovereignty of the people (sortition) must contend with the challenge of securing territory. This facilitated discussion explores how we might use the neoliberal world order, the corporate/legal tools of oligarchs, and the trend towards privatization to sidestep this challenge in the name of democracy.

Can we claim the Earth for everyone, one plot at a time, by aligning people’s self interest with a global, sortition-controlled land trust?

Sunday, December 8, 2024

20:00 – 21:00 Time zone: Europe/Copenhagen

Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/myk-qegd-avu

Or dial: ‪(DK) +45 70 71 46 12‬ PIN: ‪879 890 812‬# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/myk-qegd-avu?pin=4530805163702

Presenter:

Ian Troesoyer is an advocate for democratic sortition, land value taxation, corporate ownership reform, and intellectual property reform. He is a lottery-selected board member for Democracy Without Elections, a US-based sortition nonprofit. He is also a member of Common Ground USA, a US-based land reform nonprofit. Ian holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice and works as a nurse practitioner and epidemiologist in Idaho, USA. His advocacy is informed by his interest in promoting healthy communities and his belief in the utility of representative random samples.

INSA is a volunteer organisation aimed at connecting pro-sortition academics, advocates, and activists around the world, to share resources and tactics and advance the theoretical understanding of sortition. www.INSA.site

You are also invited to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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INSA Online Summit – October 6th

Posted on October 4, 2024 by richwbrown

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INSA Online Summit 2024

JOIN US for a 1-hour informal and interactive roundtable on the status of sortition events and activities in countries around the world.

Sunday, 6 October 2024

– Monday, 7 October in Asia & Australia –

19:00 GMT, 20:00 Europe, 21:00 Israel, 14:00 EST (2:00 PM), 6:00 AEDT

Google Meet Joining Video Link: https://meet.google.com/eej-szev-hje

INSA is a volunteer organisation aimed at connecting pro-sortition academics, advocates, and activists around the world, to share resources and tactics and advance the theoretical understanding of sortition. www.INSA.site

You are also invited to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6

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INSA Online Summit – October 6th

Posted on September 20, 2024 by richwbrown

INSA Online Summit 2024

JOIN US for a 1-hour informal and interactive roundtable on the status of sortition events and activities in countries around the world.

Sunday, 6 October 2024

– Monday, 7 October in Asia & Australia –

19:00 GMT, 20:00 Europe, 21:00 Israel, 14:00 EST (2:00 PM), 6:00 AEDT

Google Meet Joining Video Link: https://meet.google.com/eej-szev-hje

INSA is a volunteer organisation aimed at connecting pro-sortition academics, advocates, and activists around the world, to share resources and tactics and advance the theoretical understanding of sortition. www.INSA.site

You are also invited to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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This Saturday INSA Presents – Sortition and Socialism

Posted on August 28, 2024 by richwbrown

Sortition and Socialism

Online Conference

Saturday, 31 August

– Sunday, 1 September in Asia & Australia –

Free Admission

Google Meet joining info video call link: https://meet.google.com/ntz-xguv-bsb

For more information on times, presenters, topics see the

Conference Website

INSA is a volunteer organisation aimed at connecting pro-sortition academics, advocates, and activists around the world, to share resources and tactics and advance the theoretical understanding of sortition. http://www.INSA.site

You are invited to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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INSA Presents: Sortition and Socialism

Posted on August 13, 2024 by richwbrown

Sortition and Socialism

Saturday, August 31, 2024

– Sunday, September 1st in Asia & Australia –

15:00 – 19:00 UTC

Conference Website

Google Meet joining info video call link: https://meet.google.com/ntz-xguv-bsb

You are invited to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/6sgnrphp6w

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Upcoming Presentation by Oliver Milne: The Jury Trust Model

Posted on June 21, 2024 by richwbrown

The Jury Trust Model: Nationalised Industries Without the Corruption

Presented by Oliver Milne, PhD. – Independent scholar and game designer based in Galway, Ireland. PhD in Philosophy from the University of Galway in 2024.

The control of capital is among the most potent of powers: the power to make or break people’s livelihoods, landscapes, and governments. There are limitless ways this power can be abused, and vast amounts of it can be amassed by its abuser. In this talk, Oliver will propose a novel model of capital ownership, the jury trust, in which allotted juries are entrusted with the stewardship of large firms, and make the case that this model can address the problems inherent to state and private ownership.