Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dealing with the vast differences in cohousing

[Racheli&John (jnpalme]

** Reply to note from Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> Thu, 13 
Dec 2001 10:44:10 -0500
>From Racheli

Sharon, hi again :)
   
> >> But if after we follow the process and sort out the legal
> >> issues (fire codes) the community likes them it doesn't matter whether 
> >> every
> >> graphic designer in the world, including me, would reject them.
> >> It only matters that people are happy living with them.
> > 
> > But *you* have to live with them!  So how you feel matters, not
> > because you are a graphic designer, but because your opinion
> > should count just as much as everyone else's.
>   
> But when I know process has been followed and other people are happy with
> them, I'm happy. I do trust our process. Changes will be made and the number
> of signs will be reduced. Our process, when we follow it, has always
> produced better results.

So what I'm hearing you saying is that you trust that your  concerns will,
in fact, be taken into account (by reducing number of signs, etc.) - 
which is what I was insisting was necessary.  Taking someone's opinion 
into account doesn't mean that they get exactly what they want, but that 
all opinions are listened to, and the group looks for solutions everyone 
can (at least) live with.

R.


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