Re: Accommodating strangers | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharon![]() |
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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 08:28:48 -0700 (PDT) |
> On Aug 23, 2018, at 2:20 PM, Cheron Dudley <cherondudley [at] gmail.com> > wrote: > > If it’s a total stranger - who plays host? Are there any safety or security > issues to consider? Like Cornerstone we require a host on site for each guest. I don’t think we receive many if any requests from total strangers. Usually it is someone from another cohousing community. We defined host as “on-site” because a host might reserve the guest room for a friend or relative then go to Chicago on business. The guest needs someone who can answer questions and notice if they need to know something they don’t know they need to know. Or if unexpected events occur — like they are reserved for the wrong days or the wrong room. We have a team that is responsible for the cleaning and functioning of the guestrooms but not hosting guests. We have a person whose email address is published as the general contact the community and people from outside the community usually contact him. He has often hosted people himself. Otherwise he puts out a message asking if there is anyone who would like to host them. No host, no reservation. Over time, fewer people volunteer to host because it means washing linens and cleaning the room, checking guests in and out (getting keys and linens, filling out a form, etc,). At first it is exciting to share this wonderful thing called cohousing but over time the new wears off and it’s work. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org
- Re: Accommodating strangers, (continued)
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Re: Accommodating strangers Sharon Villines, August 25 2018
- Re: Accommodating strangers Philip Dowds, August 25 2018
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Re: Accommodating strangers Muriel Kranowski, August 25 2018
- Re: Accommodating strangers Elizabeth Magill, August 25 2018
- Re: Accommodating strangers Sharon Villines, August 25 2018
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Re: Accommodating strangers Philip Dowds, August 25 2018
- Re: Accommodating strangers Sharon Villines, August 25 2018
- Re: Accommodating strangers Ann Zabaldo, August 26 2018
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Re: Accommodating strangers Sharon Villines, August 25 2018
- Re: Accommodating strangers Kathleen Walsh, August 26 2018
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