Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Disinclination to cooperate

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Jun 22, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Sharon Villines wrote:

To Clarify:

>  Our Mission so vague no one could disagree with it.

Actually not true -- George Bush, the National Rifle Association, etc.

> So in cohousing, it would be what are the things the community bitches
> about, and what could it do to change it? I think doing this exercise
> as a group in order to write a clear vision or mission statement would
> work well. It could certainly help us if we ever sat down to do it.

This would be for new communities. What do you have in your current  
neighborhood that you don't like. Then switch that to a positive  
statement. This will help bring the goals down to tangible  
characteristics or physical design qualities that are achievable.

An established community can start with "What I like about the  
community and how it can be strengthened." But there may also be a  
place for what bugs me.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Coauthor with John Buck of We the People
Consenting to a Deeper Democracy
A Guide to Sociocratic Principles and Methods
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