Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Bylaws, Policies & Agreements

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

For definitions of policy:

http://www.sociocracy.info/what-is-a-policy/

http://www.sociocracy.info/policy-decisions/

Policy is the most searched term on my website, the search term one that lands 
most visitors here, and is the most read page. (I should write more  on it 
obviously.)

Be careful what you take out of bylaws. They are purposely hard to change. 
People signed onto those agreements. They set the conditions that control the 
property. A simple phrase like "shall be maintained in first class quality" and 
another phrase that goes something like all amenities will be preserved or 
better, has been very useful when people wanted to get rid of something 
(demolition by neglect) or "not spend the money." 

The consensus process may not need to be in the bylaws in detail but if the 
definition of consent isn't then the whole foundation of the community can be 
changed.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Sociocracy: A Deeper Democracy
http://www.sociocracy.info