Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Operating Agreements-consensus as a legal term

[Rowenahc (rowenahc]

We included consensus and the bankers had no problem with it, so long as
there is also a fall-back to voting after, say, three attempts.

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From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Fred H Olson
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Subject: [C-L]_Operating Agreements-consensus as a legal term


Christine Pattee, Greater Hartford Cohousing, c2pattee [at] aol.com
is the author of the message below.
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
because the message included HTML ;      PLEASE do not post HTML, see
   http://csf.colorado.edu/cohousing/2001/msg01672.html

Note: There is progress on Christine's problem with HTML with AOL6,
Mabel Liang of  Cornerstone Village Cohousing passed this link along:
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in a private email, i sent robert the four additional operating
agreement-type documents that we got when we put out a similar request many
months ago.  we, too, got the island coho docs on line.

concerning consensus, the general consensus seems to be that you should NOT
try to legally describe consensus, as it makes bankers nervous.  also, when
push comes to shove, consensus just can't be reached, and a decision must be
made - a clearly written legal agreement will serve you better.

  Christine Pattee
Greater Hartford Cohousing
Connecticut USA
c2pattee [at] aol.com

> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 00:33:28 -0400
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> From: "Robert P. Arjet" <rarjet [at] LearnLink.Emory.Edu>
> Subject: [C-L]_Request: Operating Agreements
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
>
> Hello, all:
>
> Here at Central Austin Cohousing, we are looking at the thorny issue of
> re-writing our Operating Agreement.  We're hoping not to have to totally
> re-invent the wheel, so I was wondering if there are any groups out there
> that would be willing to share their operating agreements, by-laws, or
> whatever passes for the legally binding statement of how you get things
> done in your jurisdiction.  Specific issues that we are wrestling with are
> how to legally describe consensus, and how to handle investment in the
> project by members prior to the project getting built.
>



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