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- 1. Re: Moving back from concensus? (score: 185)
- Author: Mac Thomson <macthomsonme.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:34:25 -0800 (PST)
- Our community, Heartwood Cohousing in rural SW Colorado, have been practicing consensus for >20 years. We ran into some trouble a couple years ago with what seemed to many of us to be inappropriate b...
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:34:25 -0800 (PST)
- 2. Questioning "Consensus" Decision-Making (score: 59)
- Author: Dan Suchman <71756.2661compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:31:41 -0500
- In several of the thoughtful responses I received on the subject of "Base Model" Cohousing, people questioned or criticized my treatment of consensus decision-making as an "option", rather than an es...
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:31:41 -0500
- 3. Re: bibliography (score: 51)
- Author: Tree Bressen <treeic.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:54:57 -0800 (PST)
- Hi Lynne, We would like to include a bibliography on cohousing in our packet. Could any of you out there who have read a favorite book on cohousing or building community,(could also include books abo...
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:54:57 -0800 (PST)
- 4. RE: Concerning Consensus and established CoHo communities (score: 49)
- Author: Tree Bressen <treeic.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:48:36 -0800 (PST)
- Dear Saille, I am looking for information concerning consensus practices in established CoHo groups. If anyone can provide information, I'd be very grateful. 1. Are there any established communities...
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:48:36 -0800 (PST)
- 5. Responding to request for recommended decision-making methods (score: 46)
- Author: Diana Leafe Christian <diana.leafe.christiangmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Hello, This is a belated response to Alan Weiner of Village Hill Cohousing in Northampton, who recently asked for recommendations for decision-making methods and resources. I hope you dont mind my re...
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
- 6. What's the Consensus on Consensus? (score: 43)
- Author: Diane Simpson <dqsworld.std.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:31:21 -0500
- In March of this year Shava Nerad wrote: "I have seen a number of groups (proto-cohousing, collectives, boards of directors of nonprofits) who have tried to operate under consensus without having the...
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:31:21 -0500
- 7. Re: Consensus and inclusion (FWD) (score: 40)
- Author: Kevin Wolf <kjwolfwheel.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 95 17:07 CST
- I think the discussion below is excellent and worthy of sharing with others interested in consensus decision making. I would like to know the protocal for this to be forwarded to other lists, and for...
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 95 17:07 CST
- 8. Individual vs. the group in consensus process (score: 39)
- Author: Rob Sandelin <floriferousmsn.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:09:15 -0600 (MDT)
- Elizabeth argued (I think) that the good of the group is not a requirement for consensus. Let me put this another way, a group of people that only consider, and primarily negotiate from their own int...
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:09:15 -0600 (MDT)
- 9. Consensus Definitions [was We ditched consensus (score: 39)
- Author: Sharon Villines <sharonsharonvillines.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:31:26 -0700 (PDT)
- On Sep 14, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Racheli Gai <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com> wrote: Not sure what the GM is but here it becomes a problem when teams are the only way to get an item on an agenda. We h...
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:31:26 -0700 (PDT)
- 10. Re: Consensus and inclusion (FWD) (score: 38)
- Author: Fred H Olson WB0YQM <fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 09:08 CST
- I have been involved in a consensus-based committee which has met regularly for five years. During those years, we evolved the following rules about absentee members: First of all, we understand that...
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 09:08 CST
- 11. RE: Consensus-A Time to Rethink? (score: 38)
- Author: Rob Sandelin <robsanmicrosoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 17:59 CST
- Tom Moench asks: I believe there are at least two prerequisites for a group to use consensus. It is my belief that groups which do not have these two prerequisites are making a mistake by using conse...
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 17:59 CST
- 12. Re: Objections in Consensus [was: principle vs preference / Formal Consensus (score: 38)
- Author: Tree Bressen <treeic.org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:44:14 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Racheli, Sharon, & folks, Tree wrote (in part): Racheli wrote: This isn't actually accurate. It's true that Butler sees the power to block as belonging to the group (while what an individual does...
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:44:14 -0700 (PDT)
- 13. Consensus: from conflict to creativity starting this week! (score: 38)
- Author: Martie Weatherly <mhweatherlyearthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:14:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Is your consensus hijacked by the same community members over and over? If so, my new Consensus: from Conflict to Creativity program, starting this Monday, will give you ways to transform your d...
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:14:41 -0700 (PDT)
- 14. Re: Consensus (score: 37)
- Author: Stephen Lewin-Berlin <berlinvireo.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 12:16 CST
- Your distinction between 'active' and 'passive' consensus is interesting, but I don't think that group process splits into quite such clean categories. Most groups use different processes (consciousl...
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 94 12:16 CST
- 15. On Consensus & Concepts of Consensus (score: 37)
- Author: Sharon Villines <SharonVillinesprodigy.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:58:11 -0600
- I have found it helpful in discussion with groups confronting a difficult consensus decision to think of a consensus decision as a two stage decision--first, what do I want or think is best, and seco...
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:58:11 -0600
- 16. RE: Concerning Consensus and established CoHo communities (score: 37)
- Author: Eileen McCourt <emccourtcharter.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:51:46 -0800 (PST)
- Norm, don't forget resistance to change, harboring resentments, and dramatic overstatement as some of the communication problems we are struggling with at OCC. Eileen McCourt Oak Creek Commons Paso R...
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:51:46 -0800 (PST)
- 17. RE: Concerning Consensus and established CoHo communities (score: 37)
- Author: Alexander Robin A <alexande.robiuwlax.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:32:26 -0800 (PST)
- This is a very sad tale. It sounds like the community has disintegrated at this point and some emergency healing work needs to be done. If I were facing this, I would make rebuilding a sense of commu...
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:32:26 -0800 (PST)
- 18. Re: Consent or Consensus (score: 37)
- Author: Sharon Villines <sharonsharonvillines.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
- This link is to an excellent discussion about Consent and how different it is in practice from consensus. http://www.sociocracyinaction.ca/consent,consensus.htm Thank you, Maggie for recording this....
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
- 19. Re: Concerning Consensus and established CoHo communities (score: 36)
- Author: normangauss <normangausscharter.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:07:12 -0800 (PST)
- Here at Oak Creek Commons on the Central California Coast, we are battling individual desires vs. community desires. The first residents moved here about a year ago and others moved in over the cours...
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:07:12 -0800 (PST)
- 20. Re: Objections in Consensus [was: principle vs preference / Formal Consensus (score: 36)
- Author: Sharon Villines <sharonsharonvillines.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 04:56:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Personally i see the Stand Aside option as an extremely useful part of the consensus process. It allows someone to gracefully step aside for the group to proceed, while having their concerns taken ve...
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 04:56:11 -0700 (PDT)
- 21. Consensus as primrary decision-making method w/voting back-up (score: 36)
- Author: Diana Leafe Christian <dianaic.org>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:24:12 -0800 (PST)
- Hello, I'm responding to Sharon Villines' response to Willow Murphy's question about a voting back-up for the consensus process. (I recommend using a supermajority_voting back-up, like 85% or 90% Yes...
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:24:12 -0800 (PST)
- 22. Re: Consensus - a Time to Rethink? (FWD) (score: 35)
- Author: Fred H Olson WB0YQM <fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 95 13:11 CST
- Tom Moench MOENCH [at] AOL.COM is the author of this message but due to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop. ** FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS ** Oh goodie! Thanks, Rob, for opening...
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 95 13:11 CST
- 23. RE: Consensus vs Majority Voting (score: 35)
- Author: Rob Sandelin <floriferousmsn.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 06:54:12 -0600 (MDT)
- I have had the privilege of watching over 400 consensus groups work their process. And I have visited and watched well over 100 intentional communities work their process. I spent five years as a gro...
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 06:54:12 -0600 (MDT)
- 24. consensus and majority vote (score: 35)
- Author: Tree Bressen <treeic.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 00:42:00 -0600 (MDT)
- Hi folks, Naturally i couldn't resist jumping in on this fascinating--for "process" folks at least!--thread. I feel much resonance with "pieces of the truth" presented by Rob, Racheli, and others. I...
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 00:42:00 -0600 (MDT)
- 25. Re: Consensus in cohousing (score: 35)
- Author: Mac & Sandy Thomson <ganeshrmi.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:28:52 -0600 (MDT)
- Becky, I think to conclude that older communities that haven't responded to your question have abandoned consensus will lead you to a false conclusion. Maybe you were just trying to provoke more resp...
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:28:52 -0600 (MDT)
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