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

[Wayne Tyson (landrest]

CoHo:

The first rule of brainstorming is that, in the first session(s), there are 
no rules--all ideas, even quirky, silly, left-field ideas, are collected. 
Once that exercise runs its course, the group goes through the pile of ideas 
and assesses them.

WT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah" <welcome [at] olympus.net>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Consensus, Majority vote, blocks


> >  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