Cohousing-L Mailing List: call for volunteer/post pluses

[Judy (BAXTER%EPIHUB]

On 26-AUG-1994 I wrote, after some discussion of the Denver Post article, the
following .

<Which brings me to my point - this is a very serious discussion for many of us
- and sharing of ways to solve problems. Of which there are many in this
complex process.  But it does give a very biased view of cohousing - we don't
spend a lot of time repeating the joys, the benefits, the reasons why we do
this.  So for a newcomer, or a reporter, it is very unbalanced.  Does anyone
but me think it would be useful to put some such disclaimer in the stuff that
goes to new subscribers?  And/or post it frequently  (now that we are on
Gopher?)>

I think I've been a bit misunderstood, so I'd like to clarify and ask for a
volunteer.

I know there is lots of positive stuff out there about cohousing - it's just
that most of us doing the talking here are in the trenches, very committed to
Coh., and dealing with the nitty-gritty how-to's.  And that means we focus on
problems and get help on how to deal with them.  But for you lurkers out there,
it gives an unbalanced picture - which is what I am concerned about.  So -
here's my idea (I did something similar on our bulleting board at Monterey -
for purposes of morale - and I could bring that to this).

How about somebody (not me ) volunteering to collect
items/stories/pluses/anecdotes about the joys of living in cohousing.  (true
stories please?  with at least a community, preferably a name, attached). I
would expect, by the way, that most will be things that we have all had to some
degree without cohousing.  I would assume ITEMS WOULD BE COLLECTED BY
INDIVIDUAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND NOT CLUTTER UP THE LIST.

Then maybe once every ?? (2 wks) the volunteer could post either the collection
to date, or if it gets too long, an update.  That would mean that those who
read by Gopher and don't read the intro would get to see it. And post a
reminder asking for items.

I'll contribute one -

Having a group of people available who try to drive to and pick up from the
airport - so we usually come home to someone.

Judy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community, (MoCoCo)
Twin Cities Area, Minneapolis/St.Paul Minnesota
e-mail: baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu