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adding more notes to consensus section
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Consensus is a form of distributed decision-making | Consensus is a form of distributed decision-making | ||
<blockquote>Consensus decision making is a creative and dynamic way of reaching agreement between all members of a group. Instead of simply voting for an item and having the majority of the group getting their way, a consensus group is committed to finding solutions that everyone actively supports - or at least can live with.</blockquote> | |||
*Consensus is not silence | *Consensus is not silence | ||
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**Governance decisions | **Governance decisions | ||
**Policy | **Policy | ||
=== Conditions for consensus === | |||
* Common Goal: Everyone in the group needs to share a clear common goal and be willing to work together towards it. Work out together what your goals are and how you will get there. If differences arise later, revisit the common goal to help to focus and unite the group. | |||
* Commitment to reaching consensus: Everyone needs to be willing to really give it a go. This means being deeply honest about what it is you want or don't want, and properly listening to what others have to say. Everyone must be willing to shift their positions, to be open to alternative solutions and be able to reassess their needs. | |||
* Trust and openness: We need to be able to trust that everyone shares our commitment to consensus and that everyone respects our opinions and equal rights. It would be a big breach of trust for people to manipulate the process of the meeting in order to get the decision they most want. | |||
* Part of this is to openly express both our desires (what we'd like to see happening), and our needs (what we have to see happen in order to be able to support a decision). If everyone is able to talk openly then the group will have the information it requires to take everyone's positions into account and to come up with a solution that everyone can support. | |||
* Sufficient time for making decisions and for learning to work by consensus. Taking time to make a good decision now can save wasting time revisiting a bad one later. | |||
* Clear Process: It's essential to have a clear process for making decisions and to make sure that everyone has a shared understanding of how it works. | |||
* Active participation: In consensus we all need to actively participate. We need to listen to what everyone has to say, voice our thoughts and feelings about the matter and pro-actively look for solutions that include everyone. | |||
=== the process === | |||
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=== Activity === | |||
Have the group use consensus decision making to select which "prize" to receive: candy or a toy. | |||
= Part 3: Consensus and Facilitation (original) = | = Part 3: Consensus and Facilitation (original) = | ||