Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Blocking frivolously

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

I completely agree with the observation that in consensus there 
shouldn't be more than one proposal on the table at any one tim  Since 
we had workshops with CT Butler we don't do things this way, but the 
example is from a time when there was no common understanding what 
working by consensus means.

Racheli.




On 10/03/2011 07:49 AM, Eris Weaver wrote:
> > > An example of frivolous blocking:
> > > At some point, there was a proposal to raise our association dues by
> > > roughly $5 per household, and an alternative proposal not to raise it.
> Offering proposal A and completely opposite proposal B = VOTING and not
> consensus.
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> In consensus, the default if a proposal does not achieve consensus is...the
> status quo. So if the proposal is to change something (raise dues $5) and it
> cannot be accepted, the status quo (current dues) remains in place.
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