[RSCT] guidelines for consensus decision making?
jennefer harper
jennefer at countermilitary.org
Mon Jan 26 14:32:01 CST 2009
Wonderful! I am trained in the consensus process and use it in many organizations. Below is a link by a local trainer. Perhaps some of the info will be useful to you. Be sure to checkout the resources link. Hand signals might be one tool that elementary students may easily embrace. This consists of "twinkling", and a raised fist or crossed arms for a block. What I like to stress in defining consensus is that we all have a piece of the truth, and there is no division of winners and losers in the consensus process- everybody wins because we strive to attain a solution that everyone can agree on. I'm so glad to hear you are using this!
http://treegroup.info/topics/A1-consensus_basics.html
-Jennefer Harper
Eugene, Oregon
--- On Fri, 1/23/09, Marian Aste <maste at mail.sdsu.edu> wrote:
> From: Marian Aste <maste at mail.sdsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [RSCT] guidelines for consensus decision making?
> To: jbisson at comcast.net, rs at criticalteach.org
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 4:56 PM
> I have found some great guidelines for consensus
> decision-making by just googling it. Here's one that I
> find helpful: http://www.npd-solutions.com/consensus.html .
> I hand out a red, a yellow and a green piece of paper or
> card to each participant so that they can indicate 1) I
> agree/yes/let's do it (green), or 2) I'm not crazy
> about the idea but I can live with it. (yellow) or 3) No/I
> disagree/I don't like it (red). So they can respond and
> see how others react. It's a great idea.
> Good luck,
> Mernie Aste
>
>
> At 10:30 PM 8/27/2008, jbisson at comcast.net wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am an early childhood education consultant, trainer,
> and college instructor. I'm also currently the Vice
> Chair on the Site Council (PTA) at my son's public
> elementary school. We are trying to move away from
> Robert's Rules of Order and instead embrace Consensus
> Decision Making at our meetings.
> >
> > Does anyone have guidelines for consensus decision
> making that you would be willing to share?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Julie
> >
> > --
> > Julie Bisson
> > jbisson at comcast.net
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: Jesus Nieto <nieto at mail.sdsu.edu>
> > Hi, Paul. I've enjoyed your emails for some time
> now so thanks for all that you do. Regarding your search
> for films about genocide:
> >
> > In my multicultural education classes at San Diego
> State University I have used "El Norte" for years
> and it's had a great deal of impact on my students, who
> are largely future teachers. Also:
> >
> > The Killing Fields
> > Salvador
> > Thunderheart
> > A Dry White Season
> > Come See the Paradise
> > Whale Rider (you might also consider
> "Once were warriors" about the Maori)
> > Zapatista
> >
> > There's also an excellent film about Palestinians
> called "Occupation 101."
> >
> > Good luck! -Jesus
> >
> > At 09:42 PM 8/26/2008, anniej at igc.org wrote:
> >> Rabbit Fence, True story of Australian aboriginal
> youngsters thrown into concentration camps for the crime of
> being "mixed," then being hunted down when they
> escape.
> >>
> >> Mapantsula, on the issue of hegemony. Made under
> apartheid South Africa disguised as a "gangster"
> film, looks at the internal conflict a "gangster"
> type deals with when he has to decide whether to snitch
> after being caught up in a brutal wave of repression.
> >>
> >> Annie Johnston
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: "Paul C. Gorski"
> >> Sent: Aug 25, 2008 9:47 AM
> >> To: mcp at edchange.org, name-mce at nameorg.org,
> rs at criticalteach.org
> >> Subject: [RSCT] Films about Genocide? Films about
> Hegemony?
> >> Hello, friends.
> >> I'm trying to identify a few films that deal
> with genocide/holocausts. I know of some of the popular ones
> such as Hotel Rwanda, but I wonder if you have any other
> ideas. Does anybody know, for example, of a film that frames
> the annihilate of Native Americans explicitly as genocide?
> Or African slaves in North America? What about something
> related to native peoples that might be even more
> contemporary? Or even something about Rwanda other than
> Hotel Rwanda? Or something that looks across several
> different genocides?
> >> If you could send me a title and short description
> of any ideas you might have, that would be wonderful.
> >> I'm looking, as well, for films that might
> capture the notion of hegemony for first year undergraduate
> college students. Any ideas on this?
> >> Thanks for any help you offer.
> >> Best,
> >> Paul
> >> --
> >> Paul C. Gorski
> >> New Century College, George Mason University
> >> Founder, EdChange:
> <http://www.edchange.org/>http://www.EdChange.org
> >> President-Elect, Nat. Assn. for Multicultural
> Education:
> <http://www.nameorg.org/>http://www.nameorg.org
> >> Multicultural Pavilion:
> <http://www.edchange.org/multicultural>http://www.edchange.org/multicultural
> >> Social Justice News:
> <http://www.socialjusticenews.net/>http://www.socialjusticenews.net
> >> SoJust Human Rights History:
> <http://www.sojust.net/>http://www.sojust.net
> >> Social Justice Store:
> <http://www.cafepress.com/edchange>http://www.cafepress.com/edchange
> >> FeminisTees:
> <http://www.cafepress.com/feminist_tees>http://www.cafepress.com/feminist_tees
> >> Multicultural Poster Store:
> <http://www.edchange.org/posters.html>http://www.edchange.org/posters.html
> >>
> >>
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> > From: Jesus Nieto <nieto at mail.sdsu.edu>
> > To: anniej at igc.org, "Paul C. Gorski"
> <gorski at edchange.org>, mcp at edchange.org,
> > name-mce at nameorg.org, rs at criticalteach.org
> > Subject: Re: [RSCT] Films about Genocide? Films about
> Hegemony?
> > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:15:05 +0000
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