Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Consensus, Majority vote, blocks

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

>  In other words, anyone can show up at any [including committee or  
> task force] meeting, anytime, and enjoy all equal privileges of  
> talking, consensing, and blocking.  Third, we have requirements that  
> any such meeting be properly noticed in advance, with an agenda that  
> is more than telegraphic buzz-phrases, and that meeting minutes re  
> decisions taken, plus any relevant documentation, get posted to the  
> community.  ...
>
> So I don't know if this meets the standards of a discussion circle,  
> but it feels pretty open to me.


This, and a number of other posts, seem to focus on the individual  
letting others know their opinion. The best-case discussion circle  
evolves opinions. A first go-round airs the opinions and concerns  
people arrive with. Almost always, a later round shows changes: "Now  
that I heard what Joe said,..." , "I hadn't thought of what Sue  
suggested,,," and not uncommonly, opinions may flip significantly.

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA