Cohousing-L Mailing List: Consensus and Accountability

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> tIn a group where individuals can stop the group, but not be
> held accountable to the group, consensus process no longer functions.
> 
> So, if you don't have a voting backup, you should at least have in place a
> process that holds the blocker somehow accountable to the group. Otherwise,
> blocking becomes a means of getting my way, and if that's all I care about,
> then the community  suffers and consensus is out the window.

Can you say more about accountability and being held accountable to the
group? How does this work in practical terms in a just forming group, a
group that is in the construction phase, shortly after  move in, etc.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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