Cohousing-L Mailing List: re: Youth Communication

[Paul B. Chen (pzbc]

On 3/26, Callie Porter-Borden wrote: 

>I would like to have some kind of connection though Cohousing-L or a
>chat room with other young people (adults welcome) planning to be, or
>in, cohousing. All I see on Cohousing-L is adults talking about "kids",
>but no young people talking with each other or adults.
> 
>Is there an interest in this? Please ask your young people. How can
>something be set up to deal with youth questions, issues with adults,
>and other parts of cohousing life? How about a Cohousing-L SUBJECT
>category "Youth Chat"?
> 

I=B9m an adult.  But I wanted to write in and support Callie's call =
for a "Youth Chat" subject category.  Also a couple suggestions.

1) If adults join in, please identify themselves as adults.  
2) Though I have not seen or participated in one myself, I understand =
that real-time chats can be done over the Internet.  If there is =
enough interest on the part of the youth, perhaps one of the more =
technically savvy among us can assist in creating such a facitliy, =
and the youth can manage scheduling, etc. via Cohousing-L.



Paul B. Chen
pbchen [at] mindspring.com 

East Lake Commons - a cohousing/ecovillage of 67 units in two =
communities on 17 acres of urban land just minutes from downtown =
Atlanta.