Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Retrofit Cohousing -- initiation and dev. process

[Bruce Koller (bkoller]

> People who wish to have regular potluck suppers at each other's 
> houses NOW may not (later on) want to spend a monthly sum to
> support a common dining facility.

One thing that my wife has pointed out to me and that I want to throw out 
for the group's consideration:

Pot lucks, while fine in their own right, do require every household 
participating to get some kind of food together.  Common meals, on the 
other hand, only require participation once in a while.  Since this is 
one of the chief practical advantages of cohousing, shouldn't we start a 
"dinner club" where households take turns making a complete dinner for 
each other, to illustrate the advantages?  As long as it's only for 2 or 
3 families, it would be doable.  If the club caught on and grew too large 
for individual homes, the need for some kind of common house space would 
be clear to all participants, as would the advantages of same.

Just a thought.  Haven't tried this yet.

Bruce Koller
Old Oakland Cohousing Group
bkoller [at] dvc.edu