Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RIP: Rob Woods Sandelin

[Kathryn McCamant (kmccamant]

I can see this is tricky because we have different connections to different 
folks. Certainly both Rob and Joani Blank were big contributors in the 
cohousing world, so we would need to, at the least, honor both of them.  And I 
suspect there are others who have passed that we should also honor, but I’m not 
thinking of right now. 

Katie 
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On 2/16/17, 6:06 AM, "Cohousing-L on behalf of Alice Alexander" 
<cohousing-l-bounces+kmccamant=cohousing-solutions.com [at] cohousing.org on 
behalf of alicecohous [at] gmail.com> wrote:

    
    I appreciate Diane Margolis' suggestion!
    We are creating a space for folks to gather at the conference, to share
    remembrances of Rob Sandelin. I've included this on the 2017 National
    Cohousing Conference schedule <http://www.cohousing.org/2017/schedule> for
    8:15 pm on Friday after the Keynote Dinner.
    Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director
    
    On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Laura Fitch <lfitch [at] 
facdarchitects.com>
    wrote:
    
    >
    > gosh, should we mention him along with Joani - I think so.
    >
    > Laura Fitch, AIA, LEED-BD+C
    > *Fitch Architecture & Community Design*
    > (formerly Kraus Fitch Architects, Inc.)
    > 110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
    > Amherst, MA  01002
    > 413-549-5799 <(413)%20549-5799>
    > lfitch [at] facdarchitects.com
    >
    > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Alice Alexander <alicecohous [at] 
gmail.com>
    > wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > I appreciate these stories, and the opportunity to take pause and honor 
a
    > > cohousing pioneer. I've reposted a couple of stories on the
    > cohousing.org
    > > website, and will repost on the Cohousing Now! eNews so that our 10,000
    > > subscribers, most of whom miss this great list serve, can share in our
    > > appreciation.
    > >
    > > Rob Sandelin: His insight and humor will continue to ripple through our
    > > communities <http://www.cohousing.org/node/4674>
    > >
    > > Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director
    > >
    > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Diane <dianeclaire [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:
    > >
    > > >
    > > > Rob was the wisest cohouser of all.  He always made extraordinarily
    > good
    > > > sense.   Once, while I was touring cohousing communities on the West
    > > Coast,
    > > > I visited him and Sharingwood, his home, his community and the woods 
he
    > > > loved.  There was no way to make our urban, built all at once,
    > Cambridge
    > > > Cohousing more like his rural, lot built Sharingwood (so aptly named),
    > > but
    > > > whenever we get stuck, I try to imagine what Rob would say.
    > > >     It may be too late to make any changes in the program, but it 
would
    > > be
    > > > wonderful if we could add a session at the meeting this May.  Maybe
    > call
    > > it
    > > > "Remembering Rob" and fill it with remembrances and readings for his
    > > works.
    > > >
    > > > Diane Margolis
    > > > Cambridge (MA) Cohousing
    > > >
    > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 6:58 AM, Fred-List manager <
    > > fholson [at] cohousing.org>
    > > > wrote:
    > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > Chris Gallagher <cohousingL [at] sugaree.net>
    > > > > is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
    > > > > Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
    > > > > after putting two attached images of Rob at:
    > > > > http://l.cohousing.org/Rob-Singer.jpg
    > > > > http://l.cohousing.org/Naturist-Rob.jpg
    > > > >
    > > > > --------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS --------------------
    > > > >
    > > > > It is with a heavy heart to let you know that one of our founding
    > > > members,
    > > > > Rob Sandelin <http://www.ic.org/wiki/rob-sandelin/>  (1956-2017),
    > has
    > > > > passed. He passed away from a long battle with cancer last Tuesday
    > > > > surrounded by his family, looking out into the woods that he so
    > loved.
    > > > >
    > > > > He was active in many spheres of life.  In addition to being a
    > promoter
    > > > of
    > > > > cohousing he was an accomplished musician, teacher, author and
    > > > naturalist.
    > > > > He has been an integral part of the Sharingwood
    > > > > <http://www.sharingwood.net/>  community for nearly 30 years.
    > > > >
    > > > > During the 90's he promoted, taught, and lectured on the benefits of
    > > > > co-housing writing many articles, including 'Getting Started: The
    > First
    > > > > Eight Steps <http://www.cohousing.org/first-steps> ', 'Ten Great
    > > Reasons
    > > > > to
    > > > > Live in Cohousing
    > > > > <http://www.cohousing.org/Ten%20Great%20Reasons%20to%20Live%
    > > > > 20in%20Cohousing
    > > > > > ', 'Why use consensus <http://www.cohousing.org/cm/
    > > > article/whyconsensus>
    > > > > ', 'Why would anyone join a cohousing group
    > > > > <http://valverdecommons.com/uploads/file/Rob%20Sandelin%20on
    > > > > %20Cohousing.pdf
    > > > > > ', and stories closer to home 'Sharingwood Stories
    > > > > <http://www.cohousing.org/Sharingwood%20Stories> '.
    > > > >
    > > > > Besides promoting cohousing, Rob
    > > > > <http://birdnote.org/contributor/robsandelin>  was an author and
    > > > > naturalist,
    > > > > starting his adult life as a naturalist in such grand national parks
    > as
    > > > > Yosemite, Denali and Olympic National Park. In addition to writing
    > > books
    > > > > such as, 'Field Guide to the Cascades and Olympics
    > > > > <https://www.mountaineers.org/shop/books/field-guide-to-the-
    > > > > cascades-and-oly
    > > > > mpics-2nd-ed
    > > > > <https://www.mountaineers.org/shop/books/field-guide-to-the-
    > > > cascades-and-olympics-2nd-ed>>
    > > > > ', he wrote a monthly/semi-monthly newsletter called 'This
    > > > > week in the Woods', which helped explain the natural surroundings we
    > > > lived
    > > > > in. This email newsletter continued for at least the past 14 years,
    > the
    > > > > oldest one I found was 2002.
    > > > >
    > > > > For those in the Seattle area there is a memorial for Rob at the
    > Maltby
    > > > > Community Club, http://maltbyclub.org/, on Sunday, 2/26/17, from 1-4
    > > pm.
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
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    > > >
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    > > > --
    > > > Diane Margolis
    > > > 175 Richdale Av.
    > > > Cambridge, MA 02140
    > > > 617 354 1349 <(617)%20354-1349>
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    > > Executive Director
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