Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sociocracy

[Chris ScottHanson (chris]

After fifteen years and some 4000 or more hours of cohousing meetings, 
still find consensus to be the most powerful, inclusive, 
non-hierarchical decision making model.  It seems cumbersome and slow 
at first.  In order to adopt consensus, the powerful and sometimes 
impatient leaders in a group must trust the group's process, and the 
group's wisdom.

Jim Leach once said to me that the measure of a group's maturity was 
its ability to control and not be controlled by, its strongest members. 
 In my opinion, only through consensus can a group manage to control 
their strongest members.

Chris

On Aug 21, 2004, at 8:11 AM, Linda Gluck/Treehouse wrote:

> Are other cohousing communities using the Sociocratic Method for 
> goverance
> and decision-making? How do you resolve differences when minority 
> objects?
> What is there's a time pressure?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Linda Gluck
> Ulster County Cohousing
>
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