Re: Re: Revisiting consensus decisions | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddesshome.com) | |
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:29:01 -0600 (MDT) |
Let's see... back to the manual to look up revisiting decisions. Just as I thought, we don't have a policy written down. But I do remember revisiting a lot of decisions before move-in, and I'm pretty sure we had a rule then that was much more strict that what I have seen here. I think there had to be a 2/3rds majority to revisit a decision. Our group took 5 long years to move in, and they had to be a bit draconian with new members. After move-in, decisions were far less difficult, after a time, because we realized that almost anything we decided could be un-decided later if we didn't like it. So we often have re-visiting any particular decision actually built-in to the decision in the first place. Usually, we'll say something like, "we agree to buy boffo laundry detergent for a period of six months and will reassess our decision at that time". This doesn't actually lead to very much decision changing. Most often, we end up liking what we did, or at least not-hating what we did, enough to let things continue on as they are. I think the most critical time to not revisit issues is when you are adding members. Things can really fall apart if new members don't buy in to the decisions already made. It can be very helpful to have "buddies" who bring new members up to speed so every decision doesn't have to be justified to them. And a book with all the decisions in it that they can read before deciding to become members. -- Liz Stevenson Southside Park Cohousing Sacramento California http://members.home.net/southsideparkcohousing/ tamgoddess [at] home.com _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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