Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Consensus resources

[Rob Sandelin (Exchange) (Robsan]

Here are some consensus resources I reccomend:

Building United Judgement: A handbook for consensus Decison making.
Center for conflict Resolution. 1981.  Available from Community
Bookshelf 

A manual for group facilitators.  Center for conflict resolution. 1979.
Also from Community bookself

On Conflict and Consensus: A handbook on formal COnsensus
decisionmaking, C.T. Butler 1991.  Reviewed in the  spring issue of
Communities Magazine. Available for $14 post paid from Food not bombs
publishing, 295 forest ave, # 314  Portland, ME  04101.

Community Bookshelf Catalog a 12 page catalog of books about, by and for
community. Some excellent resources in here. Send $1 to Community
Bookshelf, East Wind Community, Tecumseh, MO  65760.

Also there are some excellent audio tapes from the FIC 93 intentional
communities conference from the sessions on consensus. Write for a list
to FIC tapes, Box 814 Langley, WA 98260.

>-----Original Message-----
>Sent:  Friday, March 22, 1996 1:13 AM
>Subject:       Re: Consensus 
>
>The comments on consensus language got me wondering, what resources or
>guidelines are people using for consensus. 
>
>I have run into only three major resources:
>
>  Resource Manual for a Living Revolution
>  Starhawk's Dreaming the Dark
>  Some booklet on Feminist Process I picked up a long time ago. 
>
>Of these, the third was probably the best.  Any resources or
>guidelines you would like to add to my list?
>
>Stephen R. Figgins
>fig [at] ora.com
>http://tech.ora.com/fig/
>
>"Yes, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or
>Joseph Stalin, but you can't let the package hide the pudding!  Evil
>is just plain bad!  You don't cotton to it.  You gotta smack it in the
>nose with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness!  Bad dog!  Bad dog!"
>                               --The Tick
>