Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Vote or Stand aside?

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

In that situation I would just refrain from participating in the decision.
We use a card system at Mosaic Commons: green in yes, red is block, orange
is (more or less) stand aside etc.  But there's no rule saying everyone at
the meeting needs to hold up a card. If I were mentally or emotionally
unable to participate in decision making (which was the case, for instance,
during the weeks that followed my partner's death) I would simply decline
to card.

On Sunday, November 8, 2015, Mary Baker, Solid Communications <
mary [at] solid-communications.com> wrote:

>
> I think if someone has confided that they are sleep-deprived, it is a very
> personal issue and it is not anyone’s prerogative to judge their community
> vote based on that.
> If they have the energy to show up at a meeting and vote on issues, in my
> opinion, their vote should be respected, period.
> If you’re asking this question, then the next step is ... should we expect
> someone to vote a certain way if they’re *overworked, *new parents, *have
> to take a pet to the vet, *stressed with eldercare ... you see where I’m
> going with this? Does anyone really want to go down that rabbit hole?
>
> Mary Baker
> Sonora Cohousing
>
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