Re: Consensus failures | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Cinnie Blair (cpie55earthlink.net) | |
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:43:28 -0700 (PDT) |
Does anyone have experience using "Formal Consensus" as outlined in the book "on Conflict and Consensus" by C.T. Butler? I believe it was originally crafted by political activists to withstand infiltration by government agents. Blocks or even "concerns" can be dissallowed if they are not reflecting the foundational agreements (constitution ) of the group. Cinnie Blair www.nevadacountyruralcohousing.org -----Original Message----- >From: Rob Sandelin <floriferous [at] msn.com> >Sent: Mar 17, 2007 4:07 PM >To: 'Cohousing-L' <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> >Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Consensus failures > > > I have been present at many failures at consent and consensus. It is not a >given that either of these methods will work, and so having other methods at >hand to use to make decisions is wise. An example, The Seattle office of >Greenpeace used an open member, consensus process with great success (1981). >At one point, a group (perhaps of government agents) who claimed to be >socialist anarchists came into the group and blocked every single proposal. >As you can imagine, this shut them down until such time as a majority vote >changed the process temporarily. I have also seen a single, misguided >invidividual do the same thing in other groups including intentional >communities and cohousing both. This is where you need a process to either >remove an individual, or move the process to something temporarily that can >not be hijacked. There is a place where blocking on convictions is >appropriate, there is also a place where blocking is used to hold a group >hostage to a personal agenda. The Delta cohousing group that formed in >Eastside Seattle fell apart due to a couple who continually blocked the >groups progress in an effort to convert the group to a political cause. >Fortunately that group was just beginning and had no capital investment at >stake. > >It takes a great deal of humility to be able to fully participate in a >consent or consensus process, and sometimes in some groups, it just does not >work. > > >Rob Sandelin >Naturalist, Writer >The Environmental Science School >http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm >><((((º>`·..·`·..·`·...><((((º>...·`·..·`·...><((((º>.·`·..·`·...><((((º>.·` >·..·`·...><((((º>·.. ><((((º> >·`·..·`·...·..·`><((((º>.·`·..·`·...><((((º>.·`·..·`·...><((((º>..·`·..·`·.. >.><((((º>·.. ·`·..·`·....·`·..·`·...><((((º> > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Re: Consensus failures Cinnie Blair, March 17 2007
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