Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sociocracy vs Consensus?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Mar 1, 2023, at 8:20 PM, Leslie Hassberg <leslie.hassberg [at] 
daybreakcohousing.org> wrote:

> I've also been getting info about sociocracy and bylaws.  While I am an
> advocate of sociocracy in cohousing communities, mine is strongly in favor
> of consensus and will continue down that path.  So those of you who want to
> share info about sociocracy or consent and bylaws, would you please start
> another thread?

The difference between sociocracy and consensus is that sociocracy is a whole 
system of organization based on consensus decision-making.

Consensus alone, or full group consensus, is only a decision-making process in 
which the full group makes decisions. 

Some people have put full group consensus together with parts of parliamentary 
procedure or other systems of organization, but sociocracy is a complete system 
based on consensus. It helps organize the group's day-to-day operations as well 
as decision-making. 

Consensus is specifically defined as “no objections” in sociocracy. 

Sharon
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Sharon Villines, Washington DC
"Behavior is determined by the prevailing form of decision making." Gerard 
Endenburg