Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: What is the Etiquette?

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

I’m collecting the wisdom of the group.

I love :  … isn’t Utopia, magic elves do not do everything for you , etc.

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 3:25 PM, Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah <welcome [at] olympus.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ann,  I think it is completely reasonable to tell people wishing a tour that 
> it simply isn't workable right when they want it. That may also help them 
> realize some of the back story about cohousing: it isn't Utopia, magic elves 
> do not do everything for you, and it's populated by real people who have 
> everyday lives and a community that also has its everyday life of meetings 
> etc. 
> 
> 
> Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
> RoseWind Cohousing
> long built in Port Townsend WA
> (where if it gets up to 80 we stay inside because it's too hot....)
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Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church, VA
703.688.2646