What shall we discuss as we are forming our communities? Every forming community (I hope!) asks this question and communities that have already moved in give lots of different answers. Many of those answers are in the form of "I wish we'd resolved this" and "we decided x which was irrelevant and...
Delegation/Committees
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By Elizabeth Magill, Mosaic Commons in Berlin, MA Views since 5/2014: 2,077 |
by Sharon Villines Communities designing their common houses often ask about what they will need. What do people really use? What kind of storage is needed and what will go in it? Is an office necessary and for what? They don’t know about storage for 8 snow shovels or 6 different kinds of brooms and mops.
When our... Views since 5/2014: 2,270 |
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by Diana Sullivan Over the last several years I have served on the Cohousing Association of the US Board of Directors and it's
been an absolute delight! My term will be ending the end of this year.
The board meets monthly by phone and with a well-crafted meeting by our executive
director, Karin Hoskin, we move... Views since 5/2014: 1,974 |
Sharon Villines In sociocracy, consent and consensus decision-making are only used for policy decisions. Policy decisions are those that govern actions and allocation of resources (budget, people, etc.). But this leaves questions for many people about when to use consent and consensus decision-making. It helps to... Views since 5/2014: 2,934 |
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Sharon Villlines, Takoma Village Cohousing When lying awake last night reflecting on various decisions made in cohousing and in my neighborhood community, I explored some questions about what is open and transparent in a world where everyone belongs to several organizations and tries to involve and represent a larger community.
What is... Views since 5/2014: 3,717 |
Sharon Villines, Sociocracy.info Question: We are 3 months into starting a co-housing community in western MA. We will soon be discussing how we will make group decisions. I don't think we have to reinvent the wheel on this one. Consensus and sociocracy seem to be common strategies. Which do you recommend?
Sociocracy and... Views since 5/2014: 14,287 |
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Sharon villines "It is a strategy I think a community could use to jump start their program, and then talk about how to reduce the centralization after a year or more of successful meals. Since we have quite slowly added new households it is quite clear that our successful meals program is what has helped get more... Views since 5/2014: 5,805 |
Liz Logan, Cohousing Conference 2008 Skills for Committees Slides
This presentation is copyright Liz Logan, 2008.
Permission is granted to download one copy to share with your community, with attribution.
Please call or write if you have any questions about it, or would be willing to let me know how it was received by the community... Views since 5/2014: 2,958 |
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In principle, whenever a group identifies something that needs to be done, it helps to name a “lead;” that is, the person responsible for taking the next step. If a new committee is formed, who is responsible for convening the first meeting? If more information about something is needed, who will... Views since 5/2014: 3,583 |
