Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: vibes watcher/process observer

[Mac Thomson (mac]

We have a "Keeper of the Heart", whose job it is to attend to the  
participants' emotional well being.

Also, anyone at the meeting can hold up an orange card at any time to  
make a "Keeper of the Heart" comment.  Like Sharingwood, we stop and  
process it immediately.

For our entire Meetings & Decision Making agreement:
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com/AGREEMENTS/DECMAK.html

Cheers,
Mac

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Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having  
children.  Life is the other way around.
               - David Lodge
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On Nov 12, 2007, at 3:37 PM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:31:29 -0800
> From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ vibes watcher/process observer
> To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> At Sharingwood we have a simple vibes process, any person in the  
> meeting
> holds up their fingers in a V. This then halts the meeting and we  
> process it
> right then.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Sharingwood
> Snohomish County, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Huston [mailto:ldrnmsw [at] earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:53 AM
> To: Cohousing-L
> Subject: [C-L]_ vibes watcher/process observer
>
> Our group is looking for explicit definitions or explanations of  
> what the
> process observer or vibes watcher does. Also, I am unsure whether some
> communities' "heart committee" performs a similar function. We would
> appreciate reading any documents that clarify and define this.
> Please fell free to post or e-mail directly. As usual, thanks in  
> advance for
> your experience, wisdom, and hard work.
>
> Doug Huston - Bear Grass Village cohousing in Ashland, Oregon (where  
> we just
> moved in and have one last 3 bdrm. 1200 sq. ft. unit to sell)
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