[Ailist] Examples of delegate bodies using something other than Robert's Rules?

[St. Charles Consulting, Inc.]

I spent many years working organizationally with Will Schutz (FIRO B).
When we wanted to ensure consensus in the group, we used the power of
YES.  The process was elegantly simple:  If people agreed to support the
decision they would say 'yes' NOT okay or sure or yeah.  It had to be
yes.  Any other word meant they were not totally in agreement to
support  the decision. If they said NO or any of the other conflicted
words, the group would stop and listen to their concerns.  By the end of
the process, which sometimes would require checking agreement a few
times around the circle, all had been heard and were in agreement.  I
did not experience a stalemate in all the times I used this process. It
made decision execution very smooth. Gail

Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote:

>Hi All,
> 
>I'm in conversation with a large membership organization about using
>participatory methods at their delegate convention.  For the past 50
>conventions they have used Robert's Rules of Order for their decision
>making.  They fully realize just how tedious and antiquated a process that
>is and they are eager to open the dialogue during the business meeting.  But
>they are understandably concerned about the impact of engaging in high
>engagement processes such as AI Interviews, World Cafe discussions and Open
>Space Technology meetings and then switching to something so linear and
>formal as Robert's Rules for voting on the proposals before the delegate
>body.    
> 
>I'm hoping for stories of membership organizations that have successfully
>used something other than Robert's Rules as the decision making process.
>I've just begun checking into Roberta's Rules of Order and would welcome
>those examples, as well.
> 
>Thanks in advance for any examples.  I will compile the results and feed
>them back.
> 
>Warmly from cooling Phoenix,
> 
>Christine
> 
>Christine Whitney Sanchez
>CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
>2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
>Phoenix, AZ  85048-8990
>480.759.0262
>www.christinewhitneysanchez.com <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/>  
> 
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