Re: Allowing "block" creates vetoes | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: R Philip Dowds (rpdowdscomcast.net) | |
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:31:21 -0700 (PDT) |
Maybe a "block" is better understood as an "objection that cannot be resolved within the knowledge, skill, time, and patience available to the group". I've certainly seen a bunch of those. RPD On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Sharon Villines wrote: > > Again, to beat a big drum, "blocks." > > Calling objections "blocks" allows vetoes to exist. It creates them. Called a > "veto" it would not be allowed because members don't have veto power — they > can't be presidents. They only have the right to raise objections that would > negatively affect their ability to participate as members of the community. > > I wonder if "block" has some sort of romantic attachment. BLOCK THAT KICK! > "Look at me. I'm heroic number 56 who can stop Harry's team in its tracks. > Watch how all the girls line up for my autograph. Good investment those > shoulder pads that make me look like Tarzan on steroids. Okay, let's play > ball(s)!" > > Maybe "block" is necessary to the psychology of sharing power that consensus > decision-making requires. I can give up my power as the majority or as > political leader, because I get the power to "block." If the power word > "block" is taken away, then I have no power. Not good. Only "power with" > rather than "power over" would be left. > > Maybe block has some power as a euphemism for veto. Like "girls" instead of > "women." "Boys" instead of "men." I'm not vetoing, I'm blocking. I'm a pesky > teenager, not an autocratic parent. Or maybe blockers want to retain their > right to be autocratic parents. And those who allow them to block want the > fight to be against autocratic power rather than on the substance of the > issue. > > Sharon > ---- > Sharon Villines, Washington DC > "Behavior is determined by the prevailing form of decision making." Gerard > Endenburg > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Allowing "block" creates vetoes Sharon Villines, October 20 2011
- Re: Allowing "block" creates vetoes R Philip Dowds, October 20 2011
- Re: Allowing "block" creates vetoes Sharon Villines, October 25 2011
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Allowing "block" creates vetoes Brian Tremback, October 21 2011
- Re: Allowing "block" creates vetoes R Philip Dowds, October 23 2011
- Re: Allowing "block" creates vetoes Sharon Villines, October 25 2011
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