Re: Orienting New Members to the Values | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Emilie Parker (emilie.v.parkergmail.com) | |
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:01:20 -0800 (PST) |
Thanks so much Katie for that great list. Wow. Lots of questions. We have discussed some of these questions. We will inevitable have to answer a lot more of them. i'm thinking of the values as something people should use to make sure they want to join us. We have not all gotten together and defined how we will implement all the values, just a few. We have decided that we will use sample policies from cohousing.org as a draft or reference for most of our policies to get us started. I like one of the things they do things at Nomad. I went on a tour of Nomad at the Cohousing conference last year in Boulder Colorado. One long time member who gave the tour said they don't try to make policies until it's pretty clear they need one to solve a problem they've identified. He said they tried to make them when they first moved in and spent many hours in meetings. Now they take up things as they came up and meet....I think he said once per month. Do you just hand values out to new people. Post them on the website or something else. I've seen values on a sign on the dining room wall at Nyland. Our core group is still forming and we are moving ahead to get it built at the same time we are recruiting new members. I hope our core people would only commit to them if they were their own values. The values would create a starting point to address all the questions, balance possibilities, make decisions and create policies. We have to be doing a lot of things at once -- building our membership, values, governance, financial and the physical structures before we even know which of us will go the distance and move in. I wanted to know how other communities use their values to help people determine for themselves if they want to be part of the community before they make a major commitment. I grew up going to church on Sundays and the values are really big in keeping that community functioning -- every Sunday from the pulpit the pastor reinforced and elucidated, but cohousing is not about that. That way of governance didn't involve a whole lot of discussion by a lotta people. I wanted to know how other communities use their values to help potential members determine for themselves if they want to be part of the community before they move in. ----------------- Emilie Parker emilie.v.parker [at] gmail.com 303-317-4558 main 240-350-8533 cell > > >
- Re: Orienting New Members to the Values, (continued)
- Re: Orienting New Members to the Values Jerry McIntire, February 28 2015
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Re: Orienting New Members to the Values Katie Henry, February 28 2015
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Re: Orienting New Members to the Values Sharon Villines, February 28 2015
- Re: Orienting New Members to the Values Emilie Parker, February 28 2015
- Re: Orienting New Members to the Values Emilie Parker, February 28 2015
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Re: Orienting New Members to the Values Sharon Villines, February 28 2015
- Orienting New Members to the Values RJ Hirsch, February 28 2015
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