Cohousing-L Mailing List: Part-time residents

[perri ardman (perriblaze]

Hi -- 
 
Ulster County Coho here.  We have some members who will be weekenders in our 
co-housing community until they are ready to retire and leave NYC for good.  
We're wondering how other communities handle the work and/or maintenance fees 
for people who do not reside in the community full time.
 
Also, we have some members who currently live about 2 hours away (our community 
has not been built yet) and they have a difficult time attending meetings.  
They would like to receive an agenda in advance of the meetings, so they can 
give their input, objections, or consent before the meeting.  Unfortunately our 
agenda is usually not together until the actual day of the meeting -- sometimes 
just hours before.  What do you do about long-distance members' participation 
in discussion and decision-making when they cannot make meetings?
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Perri