Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Consensus, Majority Vote, "Blocks"

[Wayne Tyson (landrest]

Coho:

If this point has been made, please forgive me.

Opinions are not a reasonable basis for decision-making. Decisions require a 
continuum of analysis. To do otherwise is playing Russian roulette with 
destiny--to the extent that it can be  "predicted" or "controlled" at all by 
just guessing. That's why decisions have to be subject to change, to 
adjustment, or tossing out, as actual conditions warrant. BUT, "officials" 
tend to ignore scientists and technicians. At least that's what happens here 
in the USA.

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Consensus, Majority Vote, "Blocks"




On 18 Oct 2011, at 5:06 PM, Moz wrote:

> Having a democratic faction and a consensus faction meeting
> to finalise or confirm a decision would be ... interesting.

I also think it would be interesting for people to fill out secret ballots 
before or after reaching consensus — one for majority vote and one with 
ratings (5 stars). Then compare the results.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org