Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [External] Re: Request from Manzanita Village in Arizona: How does your community handle members who abuse the community e-mail?

[Janet Boys (jboys]

Quakers use "sense of the meeting" - not consensus. They are similar, but
not the same.
I'm sorry, but it has been so long since I attended Quaker meetings
regularly that I do not remember the actual distinction.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 10:53 AM Bonnie Fergusson via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

>        Consensus decision making long predates Occupy.  The Quakers have
> used it for centuries and it has been common among progressive action
> groups for most of my lifetime (I’m 77).  We used it in Prevention Point
> when we started the needle exchange in San Francisco back in 1988 and
> various anti nuke  protest  groups were using it before then just to name
> the ones I’m familiar with.  We say “does anyone object” and then the
> consensus is....Bonnie Fergusson
> Swans Market CohousingOakland, CA
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
>
>
> On Saturday, January 16, 2021, 9:03 AM, Melanie G <gomelaniego [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I noticed some language that reminded me of my days at Occupy Wall Street.
> SO I just wanted to ask whether others have adopted this way of speaking
> about consensus.
>
> Karen said, "we consensed on a set of rules".  I'm super curious if this
> has been used maybe before Occupy?  Or is it something that seeped in
> somehow?  My understanding is that we *consent to * things together.  Super
> curious about this, and would love to include it in a book I am very slowly
> writing.
>
> thanks in advance,
> melanie (seeker)
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