Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Consensus in cohousing

[Jeanne Goodman (GoodmanJ]

I have found that concensus works well when the facilitation works well.

I have found that it's possible for the process of reaching consensus can be
painful and long leaving me still feeling unheard and unrepresented, but in
the hands of a skilled, trained facilitator we have made some REALLY
difficult decisions by consensus in a way that has felt so affirming.

I do believe our community is partially responsible for the success of
consensus. Everyone in the group is committed to the consensus process and
to each other, which makes things easier to facilitate. But the excellent
facilitation makes it easier to have a good, committed group, too so it's a
self-feeding circle.

I'm leaving in a few hours for Value Engineering. Let's hope I don't have to
write back to retract my message. <vbg>

Jeanne
JP Cohousing, Boston, MA


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