Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Colors of Consensus

[Mac Thomson (ganesh]

Donna Spreitzer asked about the Color Card system:

> 1.  Do you still use it?  If not, why not?
We've been using it for about 6 months.  Some people like it and others don't.  
The 
main complaints are that it's cumbersome and difficult to remember what the 
cards 
mean.  The advantages are that it helps the facilitator get good quick visual 
information about who to call on.

One thing we've done to help people remember what the cards mean is to put up 
posters showing what they mean for both discussion and voting.

> 2.  How do you ensure that people bring their cards?  (this is an issue since
> we're not "living" it yet.)
We keep them all together and distribute them at each meeting.  Easy.

> 3.  Have you revised it in any way?
Nope.


BTW, there's a good description of the system in Chris Hanson's Cohousing 
Handbook.

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           Mac Thomson                   San Juan Cohousing
           ganesh [at] rmi.net                Durango, Colorado

"Have the gumption to live differently AND the sense to let everyone else live 
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