Re: community-wide retreats
From: Jenny Guy (jenstermeistergmail.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:22:40 -0700 (PDT)
I would also love to hear about retreats that communities have gone on,
before move-in.  Cost, where did you go, what did you do, did most people
come?

-Jenny
North Oakland Cohousing

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Sally Wright <shwright [at] 
sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> To Existing Communities:
> If you have held community-wide retreats, we'd like to hear from you!
> Some questions:
> - Did you go off-site?  If you didn't go off-site, how did you create an
> environment that feels special?
> - Where did funds come from? Individual contributions? Community funding? A
> combination?
> - What specific topics have been most successful? (Note: we have no
> specific
> problems to focus on, but would like to deepen the community experience)
> - What did you do to attract high attendance?
> - Did you use outside facilitators?  Or if you used internal facilitators,
> what are some suggestions?
> - How did you incorporate kids in your program?
> - Do you hold them annually?
> - What hasn't worked?
>
> Our seven-year-old community has never held an official retreat, although
> we've had spectacular annual camping trips where typically half the members
> attend. To build on these successes, we're considering offering a
> community-wide retreat. We'd love to learn from others' experiences!
>
> Sally
> Pleasant Hill Cohousing
> Pleasant Hill, CA
>
> shwright_at_sbcglobal.net
> 925   288   1666
>
>
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