Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Consensus in cohousing

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 8/07/2003 3:27 PM, "Mac & Sandy Thomson" <ganesh [at] rmi.net> wrote:

> Community is all about relationships and I don't know of any other decision
> making model that attends to the relationships as well as consensus.  If the
> concerns of the minority are not addressed, how can the relationships
> flourish?

This is one of the basic beliefs of sociocracy. It is the only way to
maintain equivalence amongst members. Any  other threshold for
decision-making renders someone unequal.

And reaching consensus requires interaction which also means stronger social
ties, another premise of sociocracy.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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