Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Refining concerns / needs

[Dahako (Dahako]

Hi -

I was taught formal consensus secondhand, by Eno Commons facilitators who 
attended the Butler training, then came back and trained the community to use 
the process.  

The way we practiced it, the consensus process did include an important time 
for expressing "pros" about a proposal.  This was done right after the first 
reading of the proposal and basic clarifying questions.  The very next step was 
to spend time as a group describing how the proposal met the 
needs/vision/values of the group.  If the group agreed that the proposal had 
merit, then the group took "ownership" of the proposal and went on to express 
concerns and hone it.

If Christine Della Maggiora is out there (Hi!), she can probably explain this 
better than I - she's who taught it to me.

-Jessie Handforth Kome
formerly of Eno Commons Cohousing
now of Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, MD
www.easternvillage.org
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