Re: Commitments to community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: alberta maged (albertamaged![]() |
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:10:59 -0800 (PST) |
That was such a generous and kind way of describing the greeters/swans. I bet you all have great pot-lucks. I'm probably somewhere in between when it comes to physical work (and I don't play chess) ... I really appreciate your heart. Thanks, Alberta Non-co-housing Fruitvale Oakland Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 21, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Mary Baker, Solid Communications <mary [at] > solid-communications.com> wrote: > > > Apologies for coming late to the discussion. We have a really robust work > culture here, and it’s all entirely voluntary. I think that’s because the > appreciation is always flowing, verbalized and feted, and so work offerings > are considered part of our socializing. > > Having said that, we do have a few (very few) people who like to swan at the > work parties—they make a big show of attending and greeting everyone but if > you watch closely they always have someone to talk to, or a plant to deliver, > or have to get a bottle of water and so they dodge in and out and never > actually get anything done! Ditto for teams. Sometimes the most visible or > vocal individuals are not really accomplishing much outside of their own > interests, while our quiet heroes like our reclusive chessmaster, IT team, > maintenance team, are quietly getting stuff done every day! > > But you know what? That’s a society. Everyone is different. If you replace > the word ‘swan’ with ‘greeter’ then those individuals bring the sunshine and > smiles, and that’s an important contribution too. > > While respecting your concern, I think that imposing mandatory participation > in anything is not a good idea. 1) I believe it’s disrespectful—it says, in > effect, that your citizens are untrustworthy and need to be policed. 2) It > squashes individuality. 3) Someone has to constantly be the participation > police, and who really wants that job? And 4) I think if a community is > lacking in participation, the reasons are much deeper than you realize. > > Regards, > Mary B. > The Cohousing Life > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Re: Commitments to community Mary Baker, Solid Communications, January 21 2016
- Re: Commitments to community alberta maged, January 21 2016
- Re: Commitments to community Sharon Villines, January 22 2016
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