Re: Re: Who lives in cohousing/ division of labor
From: Judy Baxter (BAXTERepi.umn.edu)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:59:48 -0700 (MST)
I agree with both Sharon and Lynn.  People's lives change - mine has
changed - I've been  on the list since it started, and now I read very
sporadically , why?
        1. I have other time priorities at the moment.  This list is
often very high traffic.
        2. I find that few of our community RARELY want to think about some
of the ideas I  find - and I rarely have the energy to push them. And,
occasionally, I do find an audience for ideas from here. 

I suspect that many besides me are more and more flooded with email,
and forced to do triage.

          I too need to remember that just because I've been spending
time on X doesn't mean lots of others aren't spending time on Y, which
I never deal with.      

Judy
Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing, Twin Cities (near Minneapolis), MN

--------Original message------

SHARON wrote:
>The point is that the vast majority of people want to LIVE in cohousing --
>they don=BCt want to theorize about it or discuss the details. They want =
to
>get on their lives. ...they have lives that are
>not focused on any of the issues that we discuss here in detail.
>
LYNN wrote:
I see this as a division of labor, or style. My personal contribution =
to my community includes being probably the only one of us who reads =
the list, and the only one who posts to it. I'm a resource, sometimes =
going on line with specific questions the group is wrestling with, =
and being able to report back that "in three other communities, they =
do it that way and it seems to work" or "listserver replies made me =
realize that we forgot to consider x". 

The detailed discussions here are carried to wider circles via those =
of us who collect and disseminate ideas. We may be fewer in number, =
but (read The Tipping Point) our influence is sometimes significant. 

I do get frustrated sometimes when I'm faced with the fact that I'm =
one of the few among 24 families who sees us as having =
responsibilities to forming groups or researchers or a "movement". I =
know that I'm the only one willing to pay a bunch of my own money to =
be able to give us presence at conferences and gatherings. Or take a =
day of my time to be hospitable to people touring projects. 

But before I start feeling too huffy about it, I realize how many =
things in my community I do NOTHING about! Not deciding where we =
invest our capital, not whether the irrigation system needs mending, =
nor many other areas that are handled by others. 
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