Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: mission statement question

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> While I understand the sentiments that underlie this idea it's far more
> important to the consensus process to learn to create solutions that reflect
> the best thinking of "the whole" than to filter people out because they
> might think differently.  "Thinking differently" is the whole value of the
> consensus process.  You may end up filtering out exactly the people you will
> need in the future.

Also, people change. Give them a chance. What you believe today may not be
whet you believe a year from now. Consensus as a process is one of
understanding and finding the most workable solution for everyone. Sometimes
that is a process of understanding the need for a particular solution, not a
modification of the solution.

Learning is part of the process. If you don't take the time to learn and
understand, you will have a very narrow group -- and most likely, no group
at all.

Sharon, who is counting to 10,000 before she responds to a message from her
group asking "If only one person in the whole group objects, does that a
team can't do what they want?"

Do we only believe in consensus until someone objects?

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