Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Does anyone do voting instead.....

[Mary Ann Clark (drmaryann]

Here at Manzanita Village in Prescott AZ we use consensus for every decision 
except those those requiring a  vote of the homeowners as mandated by our 
CC&Rs. (We're an HOA for the sake of our state recognition.) Only the 
homeowners can elect the titular board of directors (board mostly rubber stamps 
decisions made by the community as a whole), raise the HOA dues, revise the 
CC&Rs and By Laws and levy special assessments. All other decisions are made by 
the community as a whole including homeowners, renters, and associate members. 
Voting by the homeowners requires a quorum of 1/3 of the households (not 
individuals) participating in person or by absentee ballot. 
The consensus process is divided into 2 forms: what we call simple consensus 
which only requires that the people in the room consense and full consensus the 
use a three-view process that is designed to gain the support of the whole 
community. 

We're a 15+ year-old community & this is working well for us. 

Mary Ann
--
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners 
who make our souls blossom.  Marcel Proust


On Sep 16, 2011, at 10:55 AM, regine <chknsoup1 [at] aol.com> wrote:

> 
> .........of consensus or how about a qurom being the number of people 
> who show up for a meeting? Thanks Regine @ Nevada City Coho in 
> California.
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