RE: Process cards--decision point is not voting | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rowenahc (rowenahccs.com) | |
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 04:37:01 -0700 (MST) |
I agree that the decision-point in consensus should never be referred to as voting. It is far preferable to continue to use the cards until all that are raised are green - at that point the group has consensus. Hopefully if all the preparatory work has been done this will happen quite quickly. If we do not reach consensus we go away and do some more individual or small group work rather than call special meetings to "vote" on something about which there is no consensus. We've never had to vote and it is my guess that a large number of people would vote against anything that was proposed for a formal vote, regardless of the merits! If consensus is the preferred method of reaching a decision the group should never actually have to use the vote - that is in the documents to satisfy legal requirements for bankers and such! At Cambridge Cohousing we only concern ourselves with the percentage interest issue and voting once a year when the budget is approved. Like most condominium documents, ours require that a substantial percentage (67% in our case) of the ownership interest must approve the assessments in the annual budget. We are careful to make sure that we have the appropriate quorum (not difficult) and then we call the final decision a vote rather than reaching consensus! Rowena _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
- Re: Process cards, (continued)
- Re: Process cards Catya Belfer-Shevett, April 1 2002
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Re: Process cards Jeanne Goodman, April 1 2002
- Re: Process cards Catya Belfer-Shevett, April 1 2002
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Re: Process cards--decision point Tree Bressen, April 1 2002
- RE: Process cards--decision point is not voting Rowenahc, April 2 2002
- Re: Process cards--decision point Doug Simons, April 2 2002
- RE: Process cards--decision point Rob Sandelin, April 3 2002
- Re: Process cards Sheila Braun, April 2 2002
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