Re: waiting lists | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Nancy Wight (wightwal.hp.com) | |
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 07:47 CST |
> I'm curious about those waiting lists - how committed are the people? Any > financial commitment? What does it mean to be on the waiting list? Are the > people involved at all? > > New View also has waiting lists - and I'm not sure how close they are to > building. > Judy The pivotal point for us was finding a site. Once we started the site purchasing process, we suddenly had a waiting list (of course the membership committee did a great job in recruiting people too!). That was two years ago, and we have had a waiting list ever since. Because of some very complicated negotiations having to do with the type of permit we have to get, our construction has been delayed (if things had gone our way, we would be building by now). The way things look now, we won't be beginning construction until this summer. :^( In terms of how committed the waiting list members are, we don't ask them to come up with any money. We just ask people to get pre-approved for a mortgage of their approximate house price, attend two whole-group meetings, and attend two "potlucks" to get to know people in the group. Once they do these things, they are placed on the waiting list. They are not otherwise involved (don't attend committee meetings, don't vote, etc.) We recently expanded our group from 22 households to 26, taking 5 families off of the waiting list (one of the founders dropped out at the same time :^( ) . I believe that all five have made the financial commitments required to become a "provisional" member (correct me if I'm wrong, other nerdviewers). The waiting list idea has worked well for us (alas, maybe not so well for those who have been on the list for over a year!). I don't have any scientific evidence of this, but it seemed to me that once our group started growing to be close to the final expected group size of 25-29 (that's what the comoplicated negotiations are about so we don't know exactly yet), people started getting on the proverbial bandwagon, realizing that there wouldn't be any room left soon. - Nancy -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nancy Wight (508) 659-4974 New View Neighborhood Development, Acton, MA wight [at] wal.hp.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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