Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Consensus & Majority Voting\Committee in Trouble

[Racheli Gai (jnpalme]

>From Racheli
Sonora Cohousing

Hi Becky,
Allow me to offer a correction:  The way I see it, the committee was  not
assigned to design a wall, it was assigned to decide what to do with  the
perimeter of the children's playarea.  I think part of the problem is that
 some people perceived the only solution as being: A wall, while others
thought that we should better find out what are the real needs, and then
proceed to look for solutions (of which a wall is only one possibility).

R. 


>Martie, thanks for remembering the original question here.  The question
>actually precededs the subject line of this current thread.  Since the
>original question was mine, I am quite interested in hearing other
>responses and would like to fine tune your recollection a little.

>My question really had to do with a committee in trouble.  They had been
>assigned to design the wall.  However, they become deadlocked on the
>subject.  They had worked very hard to come to accomplish this task. 
>They asked someone else to come in and facilitate the meetings for them.
>That didn't work.  There's a lot of very strained relationships resulting
>from this committee.  Therefore, they came to the community to help them
>move forward.  

>My question is, How does a community help a committee which is stuck?

>Becky

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