Re: Power, Money, and Values.
From: Jeanne Goodman (GoodmanJjpcohousing.org)
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:20:09 -0600 (MDT)
>From Robert's valuable post is this excerpt...
Now, it's true that these are things that the whole community wants--the
question was originally whether a policy should be made to "accept gifts
but only to fund the items in the VE priority order."

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Here's what I don't believe I've seen addressed here. Forgive me if I missed
it...

Let's imagine that I have some money, not a lot, but more than I need. (I
wish that were more than imaginary.) I know my community has not raised
enough money to get everything on their value engineering list. I certainly
don't have enough money to donate the cast-iron plumbing for the community,
but I would like to donate the patio, which I could afford. I know the
reason the community put that choice off was because it felt like something
they could raise money for in the future or try to build themselves.

Is that a power thing if I get it for them even though it wasn't as high a
priority as the cast-iron pipes? Is it a power thing if it wasn't as high a
priority as screen doors? I see the patio as an important part of the
community and the screen doors as an important part of the individual units.

It's not the wide-screen TV or wine cellar. It's something always planned on
by the entire community and it supports the *community* of the group.

See, here's the concern I've had about the thread so far. It seems to be
focused on the thought that those with money are going to buy luxuries not
used by the entire community. I'm looking more for the things that we all
really want.

Does that change the framing of the original question at all?

Jeanne Goodman
JP Cohousing
Boston, MA

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