Re: Leaf blowers in cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddesscomcast.net) | |
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:35:12 -0600 (MDT) |
You know, I think there's a misperception out there that we have a policy for everything in cohousing. Or that we need to meet about everything. We don't. Most of our "policies" are decided when people are outside talking to each other. Making formal decisions about this kind of small stuff is a waste of time. New groups tend to focus on small details they think will be an issue, and more experienced groups do the "work" of making decisions outside of meetings, by talking to their neighbors. I'm not saying that this stuff is not important (especially at the beginning of move-in when people are still feeling each other out and making connections), but that it's better to just talk about stuff than try to make policy. To answer your question, we don't have a policy, and I don't remember discussing it, but I'm quite sure that there is agreement that we won't ever use them. -- Liz Stevenson Southside Park Cohousing Sacramento, California tamgoddess [at] comcast.net > > > Are there any cohousing communities where using leaf blowers is > prohibited? > For me and, I suspect, for a lot of others, the sound of a leaf blower > is very irritating, more so than that of a lawn mower. And, raking > leaves or grass clippings by hand isn't really strenuous, compared to, > for example, using a hand lawn mower. So if I were living in cohousing, > which I'm not, I would prefer that using leaf blowers be prohibited. > > Bob Morrison > Boxboro, MA _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Leaf blowers in cohousing Bob Morrison, September 1 2003
- Re: Leaf blowers in cohousing Elizabeth Stevenson, September 1 2003
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