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

[Pare Gerou (paregerou]

Thanks so much Sharon!

These examples are extremely useful.  I appreciate it.

It would be good to see a sample from a community that uses consensus as
well if that is possible.  Anyone?  --If you prefer, you can email anything
to me at GreekVillageCohousing [at] gmail.com.

How about roles? if there is a community that was able to better navigate
the corporate or HOA roles required by regulation and the realities of your
nonhierarchical Plenary, committee, or circle roles-  that would be
extremely helpful too.

With Appreciation,
Pare Gerou
GreekVillageCohousing.com

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 10:17 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

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