Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Accountability for doing community work or workshare

[Robert Heinich (robert]

I found this to be wonderful as it encapsulates many of my thoughts in a 
straight forward expression.

We live together in trust and do work for the community from the love that 
is within.

Well done!

-Robert Heinich
Eno Commons Cohousing
Durham, NC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stuart robinson" <stuartro [at] dcn.org>
To: <cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Accountability for doing community work or workshare


> An unofficial position that two members of N street Cohousing have
> formulated. Stuart Robinson
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> THE COHOUSING PARADIGM
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> RULE 1)         There are Rules.
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> RULE 2)         The reason why there are Rules is not because we can
> or cannot enforce them; it is because we all agree or
> have formed a consensus to them.
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> RULE 3)         Consensus is the power that binds; we do not tell people
> what to do, we tell ourselves what to do.
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> RULE 4)         We agree to live by a different normative paradigm;
> unlike others who do things because someone else tells
> them what they cannot do.
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> RULE 5)         We live together with the faith that we will act
> according to our words.
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> Stuart Robinson and Rebecca Hammann.
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