Cohousing-L Mailing List: Calif. Cohousing Seminar with Katie McCamant

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Kathryn McCamant, the co-author of Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to
Housing Ourselves, an architect and project manager, who has worked on
dozens of cohousing communities and an 11-year resident at Doyle Street
Cohousing will be presenting the first of several seminars in the
country.  Please join us at Muir Commons in Davis, California-the oldest
successful American Cohousing Community-from October 3 -5.  
Kicking off the weekend on Friday, October 3 will be a two-hour slide
show for people who are new to cohousing and who would benefit from more
detailed knowledge on cohousing.  The slide show, which gives an
overview of the cohousing movement and the cohousing communities, and
the extensive information on cohousing in the book, Cohousing: A
Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves (deemed by the New York Times
as "a bible for the cohousing movement"), is an inexpensive introduction
and exposure to cohousing.  Everyone, at all stages of exploration, is
welcome to participate.

            On Saturday, October 4, there will be an extensive overview
on organizing a cohousing community.  Participants will learn from the
lessons of other cohousing groups on developing realistic timelines, and
on forming development groups. The afternoon sessions will concentrate
on group process, agenda setting, and group facilitation. Participants
will learn how to move from the initial steps of forming a group to the
subsequent steps necessary for site acquisition. The final session will
close with a discussion on critical components in successfully moving
forward. This is the most comprehensive training day available to
individuals and groups interested in building a cohousing community; we
urge you to work within your community to get individuals to participate
in this event and bring your questions and concerns to take full
advantage of the combined experiences of those who have been involved in
cohousing for many years. 

            Provided that there are at least 10 participants on Sunday,
October 5, a session will be held for those groups close to forming or
who have recently formed. The day will be spent on group process with
interaction and discussions amongst the groups and presenters regarding
the intricacies of financing and forming as a group to develop the
project. 
            Please visit the website at 
http://www.cohousing.org  for details and to register.
 


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