Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Deciding on Committee Members

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Feb 7, 2024, at 1:36 PM, Earthlink Heidii <heidinys [at] earthlink.net> 
> wrote:

> I had put on our community Living agenda discussing who would be a good 
> candidate for our Outreach Committee.   As I recall, [in Sociocracy aka 
> dynamic Governance]  there is a sensible/wise recommendation re: having a 
> limited number of people [4-6 as I recall] on a decision making body.  
> And know what qualities [?] are wanted in a committee person,  and decide who 
> has those qualities and invite those.

Aside from all the best ways to conduct elections/selections and the qualities 
of good team members, in cohousing the most crucial consideration is that you 
have a limited number of people who will need to serve on 2-3 different teams 
or take on 2-3 different responsibilities. You aren’t choosing from an 
unlimited pile of resumes and won’t have the option of advertising for the 
right person from outside. 

It all comes down to this is us’uns and one or more of us will have to take 
this one. 

There has to be a place for everyone. How do you recognize and balance the 
limited range of skills and interests available to the community? It takes time 
to learn what jobs you need and to learn enough about each other to match 
people up. Do your best but expect the team assignments to take time and for 
people to move around.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org