Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Quorum

[R Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

I can't offer any expert commentary on the relation between high-tech 
communication and consensus.  But as practicing architect working with large 
teams of professionals and stakeholders, my conclusion is ...

High-tech conferencing like Go To Meeting is probably better than no meeting at 
all, but is still not as good as everybody in the room at the same time.  
Unfortunately, not everyone shows up at a meeting having properly prepared, or 
feeling confident in their role, and again, face-to-face accommodates human 
imperfections better than high tech.  I think remote communications -- e-mail 
and screen sharing for instance -- can be valuable when the participants are 
many miles, even many states, apart.  But cohousing meetings are for people who 
live, literally, within shouting distance of each other.  Unless your time slot 
is hopelessly conflicted, there isn't much excuse for missing a meeting 100 
yards from your bedroom.

RPD

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On May 13, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Doug Chamberlin <chamberlin.doug [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:

> My point is that your statement has been "common knowledge" for so long
> that I wonder if anyone has tried a different way recently, now that people
> are *much* more used to electronic-mediated communication.
> 
> Just challenging the accepted norm because the world is fast changing.