Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Organizational Charter Language and Cohousing Decision Making methodology

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Nov 23, 2022, at 10:08 AM, Pare Gerou <paregerou [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In the United States, there has always been a problem between HOA CC&R
> regulations about voting and the reality of consensus and sociocracy in
> community.

There are two sets of bylaws here written in 2015 so they probably need 
updating.

https://www.sociocracy.info/?s=bylaws

There are also bylaws in the both editions of We the People. There may be 
bylaws on the SoFA website.

The key thing to remember is that all condo regulations will require majority 
vote which people often think precludes consensus decision-making. But 
consensus is majority vote—it is a 100% majority vote. Other common levels of 
majority vote are more than 50%, 66% or two thirds, and 75% or three-quarters. 

So requiring consent means you require 100% affirmative majority vote.

Sharon
----
Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org