Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: the importance of clearly defined process & power

[Ed Stauff (edward.stauff]

Maggi Rohde wrote:
> But... I mean, I agree, but isn't it inevitable that some people aren't
> going to want to be as involved with the decision-making process, just by
> nature of their personality or whatever?  Without being disenfranchised by the
> community, that person automatically has less power (by choice, but still less
> power) than those who participate more fully and often?

Absolutely.  In my opinion, if somebody chooses not to participate, then 
they have no business complaining about what happens.  If a person doesn't 
participate because, for example, they're terminally shy, then ideally 
another community member (or the meeting facilitator) will try to draw 
that person out so that their opinion is heard and they don't end up 
feeling disenfranchised.

-- Ed

+---------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
| Edward Stauff | Software engineer, bibliophile, | "Specialization  |
| ed [at] mewsic.com | musician, lexophile, cohouser,  | is for insects." |
| Fitchburg, MA | ferroequinologist, woodworker,  | -- Lazarus Long  |
|     WA1ZBR    | husband, dad. (Order varies.)   | (R. A. Heinlein) |
+---------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
_______________________________________________
Cohousing-L mailing list
Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org  Unsubscribe  and other info:
http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l