Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Great moments in consensus

[Kay Wilson Fisk (kwwilson]

How did they do it? 

I think it's called "concessions" - like the senator from ND who got a big
tax break for his constituents written into the bill in exchange for his
vote (while the other 49 states pay their share). I'm not sure this is going
to work for cohousing.

Kay
Bartimaeus Cohousing
 
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Behalf Of David Heimann
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 6:35 PM
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Subject: [C-L]_ Great moments in consensus


Hello Everyone,

            Congratulations to the Senate Democrats!  Just think of the some
of the controversial issues cohousers have to deal with.  We have more than
enough difficulty getting some 12 (small) to 40 (large) households to
consensus, where we have far more basic agreement to start with than did the
Senate Democrats.  They needed to get 60 people to consensus on a set of far
more controversial issues than we've ever had to face.  Someone needs to
write up their story for inspiration to cohousing groups everywhere!

Bemusing on "how in the world did they do it",
David

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"I Make Numbers Talk"*
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