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7 <br />individual members are each representing a community of people. <br />It is important to stay in communication with the community which <br />is being represented. <br />Bob Hall asked for clarification of what it means to represent a <br />group. It does not mean that no decisions can be made until <br />everything is agreed upon the represented group. It does mean <br />that individuals will make an effort to be in communication with <br />the group they represent. Information needs to be shared both <br />with the group that is represented and with this Planning Group. <br />Verla Insko asked if all of the members of this Planning Group <br />agreed that it was possible to share relevant information and <br />make an attempt to reach a solution that everyone can live with. <br />Elio Soldi mentioned that it is important to look for win /win <br />solutions. If we reach consensus but somebody is not part of the <br />process then we have not won as much. He felt that the fact that <br />interested parties are not present was a real difficulty. They <br />may very well not buy into the solution agreed upon here. <br />Dan Teichman agreed that people not at the table can impede the <br />movement from advice to implementation. The Board of <br />Commissioners can try to encourage all interested parties to <br />attend, however, decisions need to be made even if everyone does <br />not participate. <br />Clint Burklin repeated that it is very important to keep the <br />community informed so that when consensus is reached it is <br />actually a community consensus, not just a consensus of this Work <br />Group. <br />Lee Rafalow mentioned that the power of consensus lies in its <br />creativity, not in its power as a voting tool. He repeated that <br />representation by a larger number of community members would <br />result in a more powerful consensus. He can live with the <br />composition of this group but would strongly suggest enlarging <br />it. <br />Judson Edeburn suggested holding a Public Hearing for the <br />community to come and voice its concern. <br />Verla Insko asked if there was agreement that everyone in the <br />group could live with, and no one had strong objections to, the <br />guideline that each member could live with the outcome. If the <br />whole group agrees that a dissenting voice would be included in <br />the final report, that would be consensus. There was no <br />disagreement with this statement. The group agreed that a <br />working definition of consensus would be that the members of this <br />group come together in good faith to make an attempt to resolve <br />all disagreements and find outcomes that everyone can live with. <br />