Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: principle vs preference / Formal Consensus

[John Beutler (jbeutler]

Yes, at Liberty Village, we had a block that didn't go away until the 
blocking partner was bought out of the development partnership.  Laird 
Schaub spent several meetings trying to help us work it through, but it 
finally came down to a fairly expensive settlement involving lawyers and a 
lot of time, but at least no lawsuit.  Once that happened, the proposal 
passed easily.

At 12:52 PM 3/18/2007 -0700, Lynn Nadeau wrote:

> If a person themself set aside their dissent, realizing it wasn't about
> principle, that would work. But to have a block invalidated by the rest of
> the group? Kind of like "consensus minus one" - I find it hard to imagine
> that the dissenter would still feel part of the group, and could see that
> being a prelude to losing a member. Anyone have experience of that juncture?
>
> Lynn at RoseWind
> Port Townsend WA

JAB

John Beutler
Liberty Village, MD
jbeutler [at] adelphia.net
http://www.libertyvillage.com/