Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Process cards

[Rosa Leah (rcarson]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, steve boylan wrote:

> There was a lot of good discussion, but I didn't see this one:  Start
> simply.  We tried using 5 colors right from the start in one group, and
> found it very confusing - everyone had to scramble and refer to the color
> code every time they wanted to say something.  We tried again with just 3
> colors, Red, Yellow, and Green, and it was a hit.  Those cards are pretty
> intuitive.  As we gained experience, everyone quickly discovered that the
> 3 cards didn't cover everything they wanted, so Blue and Orange joined the
> list.

Our group uses the cards, and I have to say that, as a frequent
facilitator, I -love- them.  I've facilitated other groups without them,
and that's been fine, but I think it could be hard to go back :)

When I'm facilitating, I typically don't worry about the different color
cards unless the conversation is getting really convoluted -- I can see
that someone is fiddling with hir cards, and I'll let hir know that I've
seen it and added hir to the queue :)  I'm only picky about getting people
to show colors when we're getting into a complex discussion or when LOTS
of people want to talk!

Rosa
Mosaic Commons, MA <http://www.mosaic-commons.org/>

         And why should night and day be so radically divided?
             Is there anyone for whom loving and thinking
                 are lived as different beginnings?
 Would I have to spend my days with the one and my nights with the other?
                       -- Luce Irigaray

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