(Approved by the Board of Directors March 3, 1993)
- The Students Cooperative Association uses consensus as a
decision making procedure for all meetings except for the elections for
corporate and house officer positions. (These elected positions are
determined by majority vote at the General Membership Meeting for
corporate positions and the first house meeting of each term for the
house positions.)
- A consensus workshop will be held each term to help educate old
and new members about how consensus works. All new SCA Board members
must attend the consensus workshop for that term.
- The consensus workshops should ideally be scheduled the second
Sunday of every term. This allows the houses to elect officers the
first meeting, but is still early in the term to help the houses use
consensus more actively.
- There are several potential vendors for our consensus
workshops: Alpha Farm in Deadwood, Oregon, and DUMA Co-op here in
Eugene both have members that teach consensus workshops. Whomever we
choose should be contacted at least three weeks before the meeting is
scheduled. (Neither of these organizations work on our "term basis" and
so the arrangements need to be re-confirmed each term.)
- The workshops last approximately three hours, and should be
scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. and end at 10:00 p.m. The workshop is
divided into two sections: the first half focuses on consensus itself,
and the second half explains facilitation in the consensus process.
Refreshments are a nice way to split up the break and can help get rid
of the discomfort that three hours can bring.
- The workshops should be paid for at the time they are held,
with a general account check made payable to the vendor, and charged to
the Consensus Workshops line item.
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