Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: hiring community workers

[Christine Johnson (cbmanz]

Really nice post, Don.    We're looking forward into moving into Stone 
Curves and have followed this thread on hiring community members with 
interest. Your remarks refute the mercantile POV that so infects our 
everyday dealings.  We've been landlords for many years and the 
landlord tenant relationship, from the outset, is fraught with baggage 
from each party's past experience and exacerbated by an unequal 
"status," for lack of a better word.  To cut through that and treat 
each other with decency and respect  is well worth the effort.  In 
cohousing, the same kind of result likely requires the same kind of 
effort.  It's not a blind trust but a respectful and reciprocal 
exchange that is so rewarding to everyone involved.

You probably know that Stone Curves is in the midst of trying to hammer 
out a wall/fence policy.   It's a fascinating discussion which we can 
only participate in from a distance since we're in Texas.  If you have 
a few minutes, would be interested to know if there is a formal policy 
in place for enclosures at Sonora and if so, what's are the premises 
for your decisions?; did the community require that all those who 
wished enclosures agree to use the same media or are variances 
permitted?;  can folks install their own enclosures or are they to be 
professionally installed?  do you all offer a palette of choices or 
.....?

I know James and Diane know all this but they're are swamped with other 
more immediate concerns  if you have some time to discuss it, be 
interested to learn what y'all have already learned.  If not, that's, 
of course, fine :-).

Best,

Christine Johnson

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