Power Struggles After Move-In (was: I don't buy the "stages of groups" theory.)
From: Diane Simpson (cohotheworld.com)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:20:59 -0700 (MST)
Racheli, how did your group work together to build the community?  Were you
highly involved in the process?  Did people attend a lot of meetings before
move-in to make decisions about the community, or was it comprised mostly
of people who moved in from a long distance away? What was the percentage
of people who were involved in the building process who actually moved in?
I'm just curious as to how you could go through the arduous process of
building the community without not having already run into the
power-struggle issue and come to grips with it.

--Diane(:^]
  Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston Massachusetts

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>My community (Sonora Cohousing) is going through a really
>difficult phase right now.  It's been roughly a year since
>we moved in.  The amount of what looks to me like power
>struggles; lack of ability/willingness to work by consensus (in
>the real sense, ie: willingness to listen to opposing views);
>etc. is astounding.
>I sure hope we can look forward to better times!  :(
>
>R.

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