Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Docs to conference?

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

Scanners with reasonable OCR (Optical Character Reading) are ridicously
cheap these days. Give me your documents in electronic form and I will post
them on the Intentional Commnities Resource Pages so anyone on the planet
can access then via their own computer. There is a whole page of sample docs
already, I would be delighted to add more.

Rob Sandelin
Northwest Intentional Communties Association
Building a better society, one neighborhood at a time

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cohousing-l [at] freedom.mtn.org [mailto:cohousing-l [at] 
> freedom.mtn.org]On
> Behalf Of Todd O. Derkacz
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 1:05 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Docs to conference?
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>
> As a germinating cohouser, burning soul and wanabe developing partner, I
> intend to fly in to the cohousing conference, swoop up oodles of info
> and flame stoking inspiration.  One thing that I think might be helpful
> for all to share are sets of documents and paperwork that keep our
> collective consciences on the same page(s).
> I mean more than the usual declarations, bylaws and other legal items,
> although they would certainly be useful for review by folks in genesis,
> but also things like the meal planning forms that hang in the CH next to
> the bulletin board, assignment rosters, promotional material, agendas
> and minutes, orientation/membership manuals, purchase and sales
> agreements, bank loan packages, budgets.  Understandably, there may be
> some things groups are reluctant to share because of the blood, sweat,
> tears and dollars invested. And all that refined pulp would add up to a
> hefty 30 plus pounds to be lugged on and off airlines.  Still, our group
> is already asked for copies of our documents, such as they are, and it
> might be interesting to see what others have done who are more seasoned
> at paper systems.
> So maybe the appropriate suggestion is to bring just a few samples the
> groups are most proud of or that seem to function well.
> I recently read Winslow's bulletin board and it was very helpful for
> getting "the feel" of a group from a different angle.
> By the way: Bravo to Cohousing.org.  It is really looking good these
> days. Thanks for the "Danish slide show."
> Todd Derkacz
> Hilltop Cohousing Neighborhood
> San Marcos, Texas
> 512.353.4617
> hilltop-cohousing.com
> Once we're built you'll probably regret you didn't join when you had the
> chance
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