Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Decision making equity members and exploring members

[Joani Blank (joani]

Many groups have a policy that non-equity members do have "decision-making 
power" with the exception that they cannot block consensus.  Since the goal 
of consensus process is to avoid getting to the point where there is a risk 
that someone will block, a good facilitator will be careful not to call for 
consensus until the discussion strongly suggests that consensus already (or 
finally!) exists. If the process is handled like this, it should not feel 
like much of a limit on the "power" of any person involved in the 
discussion--in your case, the non-equity members.

Joani

> .......equity members have decision making power and exploring members 
> have input but no decision making power.   My question is about decision 
> making on committees.....

Joani Blank
Swan's Market Cohousing
joani [at] swansway.com
www.joaniblank.com