Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Decision making

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hello Sandy —

I, too, would be interested in hearing about the N Street process.

Meanwhile …

Have you considered Sociocracy?  Here is a system that employs consensus (which 
Sociocracy calls “consent”) but avoids the trap of “unanimity”  (which BTW is 
NOT the point of consensus — but that’s another discussion …)

There have been many postings about Sociocracy on this list.  It’s worth a trip 
to the archives.  To get started I suggest looking at the work Jerry 
Koch-Gonzalez and others are doing via Sociocracy For All:

http://www.sociocracyforall.org

And, of course, the foundational work in the U.S. pioneered by Sharon Villines 
in an important book:

We The People (available on Amazon).

Happy adventuring into decision-making!

And, do let  us know more about the N Street process.


Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Member, Board of Directors
Mid Atlantic Cohousing
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church, VA
202.546.4654

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.  Steven 
Wright

> On Mar 3, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Rick Gravrok <rick.gravrok [at] gmail.com> wrote:
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> Please share the N-street process here. 
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>> On Mar 3, 2019, at 8:24 AM, Sandy Thomson <sandykthomson [at] gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
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>> I am wondering how many communities out there have switched from an 
>> unanimous decision making process to one that still embodies the consensus 
>> decision making process where there is a real desire for every voice to be 
>> heard but if a community becomes stuck and a unanimous decision can not be 
>> reached another method is employed.   We have been using unanimous decision 
>> making for over 20 years and have been worn down by the process several 
>> times.  We are now looking at the N-street process.  Have others adopted 
>> something like that? 
>> Thanks,
>> Sandy
>> 
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