Re: Question about Consent Governance
From: Muriel Kranowski (murielkvt.edu)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:56:23 -0700 (PDT)
Philip, what is your super-majority? (Ours is 85%.)

On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 6:43 PM, Philip Dowds via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> And because we’ve been unable to invent a mechanism we trust to
> distinguish between good of the community, versus “mere” self-interest, we
> never seek to invalidate an objection.  If I object to a vegan menu because
> it will cause sunspots, then that’s my objection, and it's as valid as any
> other.  (A triumph of equivalence?)
>
> Which is why we’ve created instead a super-majority vote escape hatch, to
> be used only after strenuous efforts within a well-structured, well-paced
> consensus process have failed to obtain unanimity.  Interestingly enough,
> with this option in place, objecting has fallen way off, and unanimously
> accepted compromises seem much easier to accomplish.
>
> Thanks,
> Philip Dowds
> Cornerstone Village Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
>
> mobile: 617.460.4549
> email:   rpdowds [at] comcast.net
>
> > On Aug 25, 2018, at 4:57 PM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Jul 17, 2018, at 8:40 AM, Alan O'Hashi via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Phil, et al. - Speaking for myself, the "objections" I think are valid
> are those based on whether or not the objection affects the good of the
> community, versus an objection based on self-interest.
> >
> > And my oft repeated refrain:  Who decides what is in the good of the
> community?
> >
> > Who decides what is “only” based on self-interest?
> >
> > Unfortunately unless you have a very clear vision-mission-aim statement
> and have connected the proposal to that, it will be the majority that
> determines the answer.
> >
> > This argument goes on the examine the purpose of community — Is it other
> than the self-interest of each person in the community as a member of the
> community?
> >
> > Sharon
> > ----
> > Sharon Villines
> > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> > http://www.takomavillage.org
> >
> >
> >
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