Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Concerning Consensus and established CoHo communities

[Kevin Wolf (kevin]

Norman
Goals also need to be prioritized. Are safety goals more important 
than ecological ones? Is an affordable goal more important than a 
kids goal?  It will be difficult but not impossible to agree on the 
top 3-6 primary goals of the community that never used priority goals 
as a screen for who moved  in.  With such a  list and some guiding 
principles, a community can gain the foundation needed for consensus. 
It is always easier to have these agreed upon at the beginning than 
after members have bought their units.

Kevin
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Kevin Wolf
N Street Cohousing Community member
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724 N St, Davis, CA  95616
530-758-4211
kevin [at] wolfandassociates.com

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