Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Quorums/Reopening decisions

[Kevin Wolf (kevin]

N Street Cohousing doesn't have a quarum requirement.  We just allow 
two weeks after a decision is posted for someone in the community to 
object in which case it is considered a block of consensus and then 
follows that process.  A blocked consensus requires a meeting every 
two weeks for up to three months between the person(s) blocking and 
representatives of the consensus position.  If after the six 
meetings, consensus hasn't been reached, the community will vote with 
a 75% supermajority winning.  In 18 years of having this process, we 
have yet to get past two blocked consensus meetings before consensus 
is reached. We have never voted.  And it is rare that someone blocks 
consensus on a meeting which they did not attend and didn't like the 
results.

Kevin
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Kevin Wolf
N Street Cohousing Community member
http://nstreetcohousing.org
724 N St, Davis, CA  95616
530-758-4211
kevin [at] wolfandassociates.com