Re: Disengaged households | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Laura Fitch (lfitchkrausfitch.com) | |
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:10:29 -0800 (PST) |
Dave, We have different levels of engagement in our community, but have always managed to get the work done. Some of our strategies include: - we have an "affinity team" work systems, that allows members to really pick the type of work they like. I have a slide show that describes this in some detail (which I will send anyone who requests it) - we have a "hub" of 4 who each represent 8 households each in our voluntary work system. They touch base with members who are not participating at the recommended work level (6.5 hours / month) to ask why, and to see if they can help them find some way to participate. Not all participation is visible. - we have a lot of associate members. Friends and neighbors who don't live in community, but like having dinner with us. - we have several long term rentals - add to the number of people who work. Some of the strategies that I've heard other communities use: - require paying $75 per workday NOT attended. They schedule about 6 workdays a year, and members are required to help on 4 of them, or pay their way out. I don't remember which community this is, nor the specifics, but I think it is a possible solution for some. Laura Fitch, AIA, LEED Kraus-Fitch Architects, Inc 110 Pulpit Hill Rd. Amherst, MA 01002 413-549-5799 lfitch [at] krausfitch.com www.krausfitch.com -----Original Message----- From: Fred H Olson [mailto:fholson [at] cohousing.org] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:48 PM To: -cohousing-L mailing list Subject: [C-L]_ Disengaged households David Entin <davidentin [at] comcast.net> is the author of the message below. It was posted by Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> after deleting quoted digest and supplying subject line. -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- Our community is wrestling with the problem of four disengaged households who have said they want to leave and put their houses up for sale. But some of these are doing little to market their units and seem slow to move on, a problem compounded by a poor real estate market.. Their disengagement means the loss of active members for a sustained a period of time. We were wondering if other communities faced this problem and found any creative solutions? If so, we'd love to hear about it. Thanks. David Entin, Rocky Hill Cohousing, Northampton, MA. _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
- Re: Disengaged households, (continued)
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Re: Disengaged households dmcfe, November 2 2009
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Re: Disengaged households Rob Sandelin, November 2 2009
- Work systems Laura Fitch, November 2 2009
- Re: Work systems Diane, November 13 2009
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Re: Disengaged households Rob Sandelin, November 2 2009
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Re: Disengaged households dmcfe, November 2 2009
- Re: Disengaged households Laura Fitch, November 2 2009
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Re: Disengaged households Jeanne Goodman, November 2 2009
- Re: Disengaged households Mark.speaks, November 2 2009
- Re: Disengaged households Sharon Villines, November 2 2009
- Disengaged households Rod Lambert, November 2 2009
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