RE: proxies
From: Eileen McCourt (emccourtmindspring.com)
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:47:06 -0600 (MDT)
We don't use proxies to decide issues, because we also use consensus, so
only those who are present at a meeting can make decisions.  There is no
voting, with or without a proxy. We use proxies to determine quorum only.

--eileen

Eileen McCourt
Oak Creek Commons
Cohousing in Paso Robles, CA
emccourt [at] mindspring.com
http://oakcreekcommons.org



-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Lynn Nadeau
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 4:01 PM
To: cohousing L
Subject: [C-L]_proxies

At RoseWind, proxies can neither satisfy quorum nor block. The only time
they are relevant is in the theoretical case that we use our fallback
voting system.

Why? Because we operate by consensus, and only by being physically
present can one have the opportunity to evolve and synthesize based on
the unfolding "group mind". This does not mean that one cannot have
input: on any significant issue there are multiple ways to give input to
the relevant committee, in fact they solicit it via email, discussion
circles, and generally letting people know what's in the works and whom
to contact. This also makes the official discussion of the issue at a
business meeting happen more efficiently. But we still see that we can,
as a group, productively "take it from there" and refine and evolve in
the final discussion at the meeting.

An absentee may even occasionally send a written comment to the meeting,
asking a friend, or the secretary, to read it to the group, as part of
the input to discussion.

A room full of "proxies" aren't going to come up with anything creative!

Lynn Nadeau



Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature)
http://www.olypen.com/sstowell/rosewind
http://www.ptguide.com

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