Re: "The Coho Way" | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharon![]() |
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 15:32:42 -0800 (PST) |
> On Jan 23, 2016, at 3:20 PM, Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote: > > "isn't the Coho Way" is just a patronizing way of saying, > "Well, that isn't how we typically handle that.” Not always. When were just forming, 15 years ago, people had a lot confusion about how to do cohousing. Particularly the people who had never made decisions by consensus. They wanted to do it right and were inordinately careful to be inclusive and not disagree. Years later, I learned of design decisions made that many people were unhappy with but were afraid to speak up. We also had a person who worked for decades with the Red Cross whose standard was the "greatest good for the greatest number” and didn’t understand consensus. And an Egyptian who thinks majority vote saved western civilization and we have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. From his perspective, living with near dictators, it did. There were many tense explanations about why consensus was better and why cohousing uses it. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org
- Re: "The Coho Way", (continued)
- Re: "The Coho Way" Mary Baker, Solid Communications, January 23 2016
- Re: "The Coho Way" Muriel Kranowski, January 23 2016
- Re: "The Coho Way" R Philip Dowds, January 23 2016
- Re: "The Coho Way" Sue STIGLEMAN, January 23 2016
- Re: "The Coho Way" Sharon Villines, January 23 2016
- Re: Types of conflict in cohousing -- did I miss any? (Mariana's questions) Sharon Villines, January 24 2016
- Re: Types of conflict in cohousing -- did I miss any? Mary Baker, Solid Communications, January 24 2016
- Re: Types of conflict in cohousing -- did I miss any? Sharon Villines, January 24 2016
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- Re: Types of conflict in cohousing -- did I miss any? Mary Baker, Solid Communications, January 24 2016
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