Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Questioning Consensus

[Stuart Staniford-Chen (stanifor]

Rob Sandelin writes:

> I have found that you have to have a high level =
> in order to create an environment where consensus will work.  When =
> people get attacked, disregarded, disrespected or just ignored consensus =
> doesn't work.

It seems to me very unlikely that voting will work under these conditions
either.  I mean, a decisionill be made, but it seems to me that
if folks are attacked, their concerns ignored, and then they are outvoted,
they are very unlikely to form part of a healthy group long term.

Stuart.