Cohousing-L Mailing List: Having two members of a household on the Board

[David Clements and Evan Richardson (evdavwes]

Westwood Cohousing in Asheville NC has adopted a variant of Sociocracy.  
We have a Sun Circle (General Circle) which is the main governing and policy 
making group.  The Sun Circle serves legally as the Board of Directors.   The 
Sun Circle delegates authority to three Planet Circles (Community, 
Buildings/Grounds, and Administrative/Finance).  Most of those on the Sun 
Circle are there by virtue of being Operations Leaders for or Representatives 
from the Planet Circles.  
As of now there are 8 members of the Sun Circle.  Two households each have two 
members on the Sun Circle.   
We have heard concerns that it is a bad idea to allow more than one member of a 
household to serve on the Board/Sun Circle at a time.  We could change our 
bylaws to allow only one Board member from each household.  
Have any of you had this issue come up, and what did you decide about it?  
Thanks for any feedback.  
David ClementsWestwood Cohousing