Re: Prospective non-locals | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 08:32:01 -0600 (MDT) |
On 5/05/2003 9:29 AM, "Fred H Olson" <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > Several non-local people have expressed interest in becoming members, and > we were wondering how other groups have handled the membership > requirements for people who can't get to meetings. Some of these > prospective members are several states away, so we'd like to get an idea > of what might be a reasonable request for participation. I truly believe that the growth of cohousing and the greatly reduced time from initial meeting to move-in is the result of email and the ease with which allows people to find, join, and keep in touch with developing communities. There are many things people can do from a distance by email. And you need all the people you can find who will sign on, pay money, and move in. Don't worry about where they live now. Stop and think about what "a distance" really means. Some people will live an hour away and consider this too far to drive to attend meetings in the evenings or more than once a month on weekends. Others will live near but have jobs that require them to work at the very times others are available for meetings. Someone may live 8 hours away but come to town every week on business. Another lives across the country but will move closer as soon as they know the project is a "go" and can find a new job. Some people will be very active at particular points of the project and less active at others -- "distance" has lot of different meanings. At Takoma Village (in DC) many people joined the project who lived at a distance. Over two years of the development they gradually moved closer and became active on organizing. Some lived in the next major city, others lived in the distant suburbs, but several lived states away. I was in Florida, Carol was in one of the Carolinas, Rich was in Rochester NY. We now have a family in San Francisco waiting for a unit large enough to become available. Doris was moving from Denver; Eric and Betsy from Chicago. We picked up people who wanted to move and were ready to move but needed a place to move to. They gradually moved to temporary housing in DC. Since our move-in date was changed several times, most of us were in temporary housing of one kind or another in the area for the last months. As long as people are willing to make a financial commitment, those at a distance are as reliable as those living close. Two households that dropped out at the very last minut, were living and still live within blocks of the property. Sharon -- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Prospective non-locals Fred H Olson, May 5 2003
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