Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Process Committee Open to All?

[Michael Barrett (mbarrett]

Sure. 
Glad you liked it.  
Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Zabaldo" <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Process Committee Open to All?


> Michael --
>
> I LOVE the vision you paint of chain saws running and others talking,  
> talking, talking ...   Thank you for this description.  May I use it???
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church VA
> 703 663 3911
>
> On May 21, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Michael Barrett wrote:
>
> > A bit off thread, but my experience with "process" is one of  
> > observing, and
> > being frustrated by, the big difference between the "process" people  
> > and the
> > "get-it-done" people.
> >
> > Picking at random on a currently dormant topic, the get-it-done  
> > folks will
> > come to the meeting with their chainsaws virtually running in their  
> > hands
> > ready to level (irreversibly of course) and harvest the community  
> > woodland,
> > today, while the process people will talk about the undeniable  
> > beauty and
> > benefits of undisturbed nature till the forest has died of old age  
> > (or gypsy
> > moth or whatever).
> >
> > Since we definitely need the energy and inputs of both "process" and
> > "get-it-done" people, does anyone have a good strategy to encourage  
> > and
> > enable them work comfortably and successfully together, instead of  
> > just
> > p*ss*ng each other off?
> >
> > Michael Barrett
> > Shadowlake Village, Blacksburg,VA  - where the 15 odd acres of  
> > community
> > trees stand watching us with amusement (and every few years with  
> > fear?).
> > And no, although I have one, I am not expressing an opinion on  
> > silviculture.