Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Teeth in Rules [Was dogs in community]

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 25 Jun 2011, at 10:21 PM, John Carver wrote:

> 
> On 25/06/2011 11:53 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:

>> A good question was raised in the Dynamic Governance workshop at Coho 
>> University at the Coho Conference. Is a proposal clearly defined if it 
>> doesn't include "teeth". Is it a proposal at all? Or is it meaningless?
> 
> Conversely, if it needs enforcement to function, do you really have an 
> agreement?

We have people who have said they agree to anything when there are no 
consequences because they know they don't have to comply. Others seem to weigh 
the consequences and decide if they want to pay them or not.

Even in cohousing.

So I guess you could say we don't have an agreement under those circumstances — 
we have a decision to which no one objected.

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