Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Measuring Cohousing Community Sizes -- Ratios of Adults to Units

[Sharon Villines (sharonvillines]

> Sharon, I agree that the two operative numbers that you identify are the
> most interesting and probably most indicative in some way of how a community
> functions.  However, you did not track the number needed for consensus, you
> tracked the number of people who do the work, if I recall correctly.   I
> would expect the actual size of the community to be the number required for
> consensus.  The number of adults who participate is a different number.

Not sure why this would be a different number. Consensus means everyone
feels heard and is agreeing to the proposal. If the person is not an active
member of the community, do they have a say in consensus?

I don't want to continue the discussion but wanted to make that point.
Consensus means everyone.

But if you want to try to get a response from communities making a
distinction, be my guest!!!!!

Just "adults in the community" took weeks!


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


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