Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Concerns Over Individual Contact with External Professional

[Patricia Lautner (lautnerp]

There should be 1 or 2 liaisons to all development professionals who
represent the community.

I would be very concerned if your member doesn’t stop this behavior after
being asked.

Patti

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 6:55 PM Barbara Smith via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

>  I wonder why the Builder is accepting the calls...BBS
>     On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 04:17:01 PM EST, Fred H Olson <
> fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>
>  An anonymous subscriber
> is the author of the message below.  It was posted by Fred of
> the Cohousing-L management team <cohousing-l-owner [at] cohousing.org>
> due to a sensitive topic.
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>
> Hello,
>
> What would you suggest is the best response to someone in your group who
> refuses to take on committee leadership or other significant positions
> within the committee, but who quietly communicates separately with the
> builder?
>
> The individual claims the conversations are innocent and had "nothing to do
> with the group," and perhaps they are right.  But however innocent, the
> concern is intent to develop a backchannel relationship where they can
> influence in the background without working within the committee and
> through the consensus process.
>
> Do you believe that person's behavior undermines the sociocratic process or
> building project management?  How would you respond and handle this?
>
> During orientation, they were told there can be no separate contact between
> individual members and the builder outside of committee access.
> In the coming year, some of the leadership of the committees may well talk
> to the developer separately-- as representatives of the committee and after
> the committee collectively agrees to something.
>
> What should be the response to this individual?
>
> And if this person is not yet a long-term member of the group, would you
> choose for them to be?  Does this behavior mean they will backchannel in
> the future?
>
> Thank you
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