RE: SEtting up and day to day running of the Common House
From: Rob Sandelin (floriferousmsn.com)
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 21:18:37 -0700 (PDT)
Congratulations on moving in! Welcome to the grand experiment of community.
My advice  in general, Be open, experiment, try things out. In fact
cultivate a culture of trying things out. This is a major shift from the
concrete  decision making you have been in, and you need a shift of
attitude. Almost nothing about living together is concrete, and most
decisions you make about these things will be temporary. You will change how
you do things. Sometimes over and over again. This is a good thing, you want
to iterate, improve, change as you learn how things work or not. As new
people replace those who leave you need to adapt to new ideas, new needs.
Evaluate your processes once a year in order to see how things are working.
The adage, if it aint broke, don't fix it, should be replaced with, If its
working, how can we make it work better. If its not working, lets figure out
how to make it work.

There are people who are not going to like this. They are going to want
things done and figured out once and for all. Sometimes those people figure
out that community is NEVER figured out once and for ever. Sometimes those
people get fed up and leave.

Adapt and evolve, it is your destiny. And remember to laugh.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments  <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous [at] msn.com



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