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From: C2pattee (C2patteeaol.com) | |
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:32:05 -0600 (MDT) |
There was no thread, since I threw in the reference to The Tyranny of
Structurelessness at the end of a stream of consciousness observation that
started with old folks and ended with a comparison between cohousing and the
women's movement.
However, in a nutshell you have described the problem that tore apart many of
those very early Women's Liberation groups. In a group without defined
structure, power flows to she who knows the unwritten rules - and exercises
them to her own advantage.
Christine Pattee
Greater Hartford CT Cohousing
c2pattee [at] aol.com
Structurelessness at the end of a stream of consciousness observation that
started with old folks and ended with a comparison between cohousing and the
women's movement.
However, in a nutshell you have described the problem that tore apart many of
those very early Women's Liberation groups. In a group without defined
structure, power flows to she who knows the unwritten rules - and exercises
them to her own advantage.
Christine Pattee
Greater Hartford CT Cohousing
c2pattee [at] aol.com
Message: 1
From: "Ken Collerman" <kcollerm [at] windsong.bc.ca>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:53:42 -0700
Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
I couldn't find the thread on this subject, so don't know what has been
written so far about this subject. (I prefer a threaded discussion forum
over a list server for this.) However, I'd like to add my two cents anyway.
At Windsong we have a small number of members who do not like written
policies or agreements of any kind. The two reasons I've heard for not
having policies (or agreements) are:
1) Policies are created by people who just want to have control over others.
2) We don't need policies because we can just use common sense.
We have only 7 policies, 5 years after moving in.
The result, as I see it, has been a lot of confusion and a minority taking
control by making decisions, using their "common sense". Windsong is a
great place to live, however, I think we've lost some of our democracy.
Ken Collerman
Windsong Cohousing
Langley, BC
- Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness, (continued)
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Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Ken Collerman, July 13 2001
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Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Sharon Villines, July 13 2001
- Empowering individuals while communicating issues: The decision board Rob Sandelin, July 13 2001
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Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Sharon Villines, July 13 2001
- Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Racheli&John, July 13 2001
- more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness C2pattee, July 17 2001
- Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Sharon Villines, July 17 2001
- RE: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Eileen McCourt, July 17 2001
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Re: more on The Tyranny of Structurelessness Ken Collerman, July 13 2001
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