Re: RE: Blocking consensus | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Robert P. Arjet (rarjetLearnLink.Emory.Edu) | |
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:47:01 -0700 (MST) |
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org writes: >Words are important. The term "blocking consensus" misrepresents the >process. It implies that consensus is something that ought to happen, and >anyone who stops it is acting as an obstructionist. Those are the wrong >words to use here. I strongly agree. I object to "Blocking," because it almost always gets thought of as a veto--"If I don't like the proposal, I can just block it." Another way to think of the very same situation is as a group that has almost reached consensus on a topic. It's not about one person voicing objection and killing the proposal at the last minute, it's about the group's responsibility to craft a proposal that earns the consent of every member. Assuming that everyone is acting in good faith and knows what they're doing (big assumption), the situation often called blocking only means that there is still some communication to be done, still some re-crafting of the proposal. "Blocking" sounds like a decision by one group member to scuttle a proposal. That's against the very nature of consensus. I think it's a sign of how many of us are still thinking in terms of voting and "power over" rather than consensus and "power with." Robert Arjet Central Austin Cohousing http://www.austincohousing.org _______________________________________________ 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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