Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Consensus and the Concept of Blocking

[Mccourt, Eileen (eileen.mccourt]

Martie, 

Can you share more about how the group decides to move forward if someone is
objecting?

--eileen

Eileen McCourt
Oak Creek Commons Cohousing
Paso Robles, CA
http://www.oakcreekcommons.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Martie Weatherly [mailto:martiew [at] earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:30 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: Re: [C-L]_Consensus and the Concept of Blocking

At Liberty Village, we are designing a consensus process that includes a
way to keep one person committed to negativity from stopping the action.
We have distinguished certain responsibilities of the blocking person
and of the group. We have certain actions that can be taken to defuse
the situation and give the group time to evaluate the person's concern.
And we have a way the group can move forward if it decides that it is in
the best interest of the group to do so.

Martie Weatherly
Liberty Village
Libertytown, MD
martiew [at] earthlink.net


>  
> 
> Under normal group circumstances, voting probably will not be an issue you
> have to deal with if you have a well functioning consensus process. For
some
> groups however, consensus is a mistake.
> 
> Rob Sandelin
> 
>
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