Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Process Committees

[CJ Q (homeschoolvideo]

I was a teen when the Great Peace March ended in DC and I was so impressed
by the festivities and the message.  Thanks for the facilitating and work
you did!

I wanted to add to another topic - the urgent messages.  I got an airhorn
for the swimming pool so people could come quick if there was an emergency
there.

Happy Hanukkah,
Carol

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:09 PM Maraiah (Lynn) Nadeau <welcome [at] 
olympus.net>
wrote:

> Years ago, we tried rotating facilitation among all the members. In my
> opinion, it was awful: meeting facilitation is a skill not everyone has.
>
> In 1986 I was on the elected “city council” of the cross-country Great
> Peace March for 6 months, meeting nearly every day, with a consensus-based
> process. As the same group was facilitated by a series of various
> facilitators, the feel and efficiency of our meetings varied enormously.
> With one facilitator things proceeded peacefully and effectively; with
> another facilitator it felt like we were dragging through mud. The skill of
> the facilitator was the variable, and it made such a difference.
>
> At RoseWind we moved from rotating to having a pool of facilitators. Then
> Rob Sandlin counselled us to switch from having a POOL of facilitators to
> having a TEAM of facilitators. This has worked successfully now for many
> years. The team meets ahead of the monthly business meeting, to plan, and
> in the week after the business meeting, to debrief. At the meeting itself,
> various team members guide different parts of the meeting.
>
> If the process runs into challenges, the facilitation team can call a
> break and confer among themselves, as to what to do.
>
> This is going well.
>
> RoseWind Cohousing
> about 34 years in, in Port Townsend WA
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