Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: consensus, who has a voice?

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

One approach to the owner vs resident distinction is to define categories 
of decisions. In our legal documents, "Equity Voters" are the owners, and 
"Non-equity voters" are non-owners who fit our definition of Residents (I 
think it is living here for 60 days and being over 16). 

 Class One decisions are:

--financial transactions involving more than an agreed-upon sum
--election or removal of officers
--delegation of class one issues
--anything else the membership decides is a class one matter

 Both Equity and Non-equity folks participate in Class Two decisions, 
which are everything except class one issues. And even with Class One 
decisions, everyone participates as long as it is consensus process; it 
is only if it goes to a vote, that only Equity Voters (owners) can vote. 

Class One decisions require 10 days notice. 

Lynn at RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA