To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Ecovillage stuff
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:53:16 -0700
Aloha,
> naturally,
> the more personal relationship/friendship there is between the owner and
the
> lease-takers, the smoother it will work.
...IF the more personal relationship does not lead to unspoken assumptions
and leaving out explicit contractual details (if one chooses to go with the
business-contract model)..."oh, I know him/her really well, no need to get
picky about the fine print." A recipe for disaster later on...and of
course business contracts are broken every day, with varying consequences.
There's no "escape" from fundamental human relatings; not in "consensus,"
"democracy," "dictatorship," or anything else. Not much in formal PC
curriculum/practice invites to this either...a missing piece, work to be
done...
John Schinnerer
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Cultural & Ecological Designing
Human Habitat Design
john@eco-living.net http://eco-living.net