Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Consensus and ideology

[Racheli&John (jnpalme]

** Reply to note from Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> Sat, 22 
Dec 2001 11:31:31 -0500

>From Racheli

I can add a few details to Becky's questions, since we live 
in the same community (Sonora Cohousing), and I've been 
on the task force where the battle regarding a choice of
a playstructure has taken place (I'm using the word "battle"
intentionally, because it got pretty ugly).

What happened was, that some people promoted a redwood
structure, since it was the cheapest and offered (in the eyes 
of some) the most "play-value" .
Other people (myself included) opposed using redwood, for
environmental reasons.  We got attacked because we were
seen as pushing our own "ideology" on the community.

I'd like to add to Becky's question: Have other communities
faced such conflict, and how they resolved it?

R.
  
> > So my question is, What does it mean - for the good of the community?  Does
> > that phrase refer to the 36 households that live on our 4 and 3/4 acres?
> >  I could also see that someone else might make a
> > legitimate argument by saying that it goes against the good of our community
> > to support a company which exploits their workers.
>   
> The opposition between "this" community and the larger one is a false one.
> Any decision which is a detriment to your community is a detriment to the
> larger community because you are a part of the larger community. And the
> reverse.
>   
> My first reaction is that the swing set decision (as presented) is reduced
> to too few factors. If the options have been fully explored there will be
> more than two options or variables for the decision.



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