Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Telling the communities history

[Juva DuBoise (juva]

Becky - interestingly enough we are about to do this for the first time. We
have a Wellness Retreat (day long gathering to connect, clear the
air...check - enhance the wellness of the community).  We are just starting
this tradition.  It will be our second gathering.  The first activity we are
doing is telling the story of our community..each person will tell what was
happening in the community when they joined.  We still have one couple that
started and have been with the group continuously...we then have one that
has been involved but less intensely from the beginning and a couple of
other folks that dropped out and are back.  We hope to make this a
tradition...so that over the years the story of our community becomes gnown
(grounded gut level knowing) to us.
We are just over half full at this point (16 households out of 30) have our
land and have put in our application to be put on the Corvallis ballet in
November.  
Juva -CoHo (like the fish) Ecovillage - Corvallis Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-bounces+juva=alyrica.net [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-bounces+juva=alyrica.net [at] cohousing.org] On Behalf Of
Becky Schaller
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:03 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_ Telling the communities history

I am going to be moving from Sonora Cohousing in Tucson to the Chicago
area in a few weeks and I've been thinking about what I would like to do
to acknowledge this occasion.   One thought I've had is to plan a time
when various people tell parts of the history of the community up until
the present.  Very few people were here from the beginning and therefore
don't know much about when the community began.  Generally new people
don't know much about the history before they moved in. I like the idea
of people telling parts of our history as they see it and hearing others
tell other parts.  We moved in in 2000 and I think people first started
talking about this in about 1993 or 1994.  If people in other
communities have done this, would you be willing to tell me how you
structured it?  I'm looking for ideas. 
Thanks,
Becky Schaller
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