Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Nominations Process [was Borda Count]

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Feb 14, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Sharon Villines wrote:

> One cohousing community that uses this method selects 8 people in
> approx. 2 hours with no prior work.

I forgot to say that they have one meeting that everyone who is  
interested in nominating, discussing, consenting, or serving must  
attend if they want to a part of the process. Some attend by telephone.

This facilitates immediate acceptance and changes in job descriptions,  
etc. They hire a facilitator to conduct the process.

Thus the whole nominations and selection happens in 2 hours.

Other groups could do it differently but this is how they choose to do  
it. Another option, if you select board members on staggered terms or  
also select people by consent to head teams or serve on special task  
forces, is to have a regular part of meetings to select whomever needs  
to be selected. In sociocratic organizations all people who are  
assigned to do specific jobs, particularly decision-making jobs, are  
chosen by this process. The process is actually the same as the  
process of achieving consent on a proposal.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
http://www.sociocracy.info