Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: seeking input on membership structure

[Grace Goldberg (gracehgoldberg]

Hi you can check out our membership information @ www.midcoastcohousing.com  
We are in Edgecomb, Maine.  We formed two LLCs, one to purchase our property 
(36 acres on a tidal cove with two existing dwellings, one of which will 
become our common house and also include 5-6 small dwelling units-  the 
house is quite large.)  The other LLC is doing the development and has a 
option to purchase from the other LLC.  Menbership is for the developing 
LLC.  We have 3 levels of membership and a dues requirement. This LLC will 
evolve into an HOA.   We hope to break ground in the spring.  Grace

"There is no way to peace.  Peace is the way."
A. J. Muste




> From: "Jonnie Pekelny" <jonniep [at] sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: jonniep [at] sbcglobal.net,Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org>
> To: "Cohousing-L@Cohousing. Org" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: [C-L]_ seeking input on membership structure
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:50:38 -0700
>
> Hello, everyone. I am on the membership committee of North Oakland 
> Cohousing.
>
> At the same time we are trying to establish the membership structure and 
> guidelines. I would very much like to hear feedback from communities in 
> stages BEFORE move-in (and the formation of the HOA) about your membership 
> structure. Especially the following information:
>
> 1) Do you have different levels of membership (e.g. full member and 
> associate member)? If so, what are the different tiers and what 
> privileges/limitations/implications do they involve?
>
> 2) Is membership, or the different levels of membership, linked to equity 
> investment in the project? Or to the level at which people have committed 
> themselves to the group? Or both? If both, how does that work? In our case, 
> we are just forming our LLC, so most of the participants, even the most 
> solid, are NOT equity members yet. Yet they pay dues... It's a bit 
> confusing.
>
> 3) How is your dues / entry fee structure organized? In our group we ran 
> into an issue with wanting to be as fair as possible to various family 
> configurations and income levels, without bogging ourselves down in overly 
> complex plutocracy. The main ideas seem to be to pay by household, or pay 
> by adult member, or have some kind of sliding or varied scale, but a 
> relatively simple one. How does your community do it?
>
> Thank you very much for all responses.
>
> It would also help me to contextualize the answers if you tell me roughly 
> what stage of formation/development your group is at.
>
> Jonnie Pekelny
> North Oakland Cohousing
>
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