Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: A Glimps of Cohousing in 2060

[Carol Agate (carolagate]

No, Mabel. You aren’t one of those people. No way! You and Bob are among the 
most active participants in the community.  Sharon was told about those who 
come in at the end and object. You are a full participant, excellent at 
catching flaws in proposals, and when you do object your objections are 
reasoned and made during the process and not at the end.

Carol  


On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Mabel Liang <mabel [at] twomeeps.com> wrote:
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> Hi Sharon, 
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> This makes no sense. We have people here at Cornerstone who keep on
> worrying about people blocking. We consensed a new decision-making
> process back in October of 2013, over a year ago, which got rid of
> blocking. Very condensed summary - there is a general meeting with a
> call for objections. Meeting(s) are held to attempt to resolve
> objections. At the next attempt to pass the proposal, if there are still
> objections, we can go to a 75% vote. What is this blocking? There are
> those of us who point out that our process no longer includes blocking,
> but others keep bringing up its specter. 
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> I'm reading "For others" to mean that you are providing an explanation
> to other people about conditions at Cornerstone. 
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> My household is probably one of this "entrenched small group". I don't
> suppose you _met_ any of these people while you were here? I think you
> got a very one-sided picture. I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to meet
> you when you were at Cornerstone - my husband and I were in Chicago
> celebrating my father's 90th birthday. Otherwise we would have attended
> the conference. 
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> Thanks for listening. 
> 
> -- Mabel :-)
> 
> mabel [at] twomeeps.com
> Mabel Liang
> Software Engineer turned Gardener
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> On 2015-01-07 16:19, Sharon Villines wrote: (excerpt) 
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>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Carol Agate <carolagate [at] me.com> wrote:
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>>> What if it's always the same few people who block?
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>> I heard more about this problem when I was at the conference at Cornerstone. 
>> For others, it is an entrenched small group that doesn't seem to participate 
>> other than coming in at the end and objecting.
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