The Collective Process

This document describes the collective model for decision-making employed by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), based on the rejection of the traditional hierarchical structure of decision-making, which the document argues, subordinates women. The document also addresses the VWHC's attempt for inclusiveness and representation as an organization, some analysis of "lines of power" within the organization and their attempts to neutralize these, the consensus model for decision-making that they operate within, and some ways that they systematically practice consensus in meetings.