RE: Consensus vs Majority Voting
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 08:21:00 -0600 (MDT)
Kevin Wolf <kjwolf [at] dcn.davis.ca.us>
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Well said Rob

Our back up voting process involves the person(s) blocking having to meet
with a couple representatives of the majority every two weeks for three
months. At the end of that time, if consensus hasn't been reached a 75%
super majority vote will pass.  In th e 15 years of using this method, we
have never voted and all blocks were resolved in two meetings at the most. 
The blocker(s) need to invest a lot of time to help advance a new
solution. If they don't attend the resolution meetings, they lose their
abili ty to block on that issue. 

Kevin 

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