Re: Keeping prospective members | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Dahako (Dahakoaol.com) | |
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:22:29 -0800 (PST) |
Hi- When Eno Commons was forming (before we had any buildings), we started having pancake breakfasts on most Saturdays and later, on community dinners on Tuesday nights and after meetings. Locations varied from the homes of members to restaurants to meeting spaces. Our outreach group, Eno Commons Central (aka Robert and Neal), tried very hard to get every prospective member to at least one meal during their visits to us. The meetings helped us to bond with and retain the members we had, and they showed our neighborhood spirit and sense of community to prospective members in a fun way. On Rob's first comment about following up with people who leave the group for other than financial reasons after joining, I tend to believe the only reason that is true is that they came to feel that the group was coming together in a way that didn't match with what they wanted or needed or expected. They may tell you other things, and some of those things may be "fixable", but the real reason is a fundamental social mismatch of some sort. After two rounds of this cohousing start-up thing, I have come to believe in honoring most folks judgment. Just my two cents. Jessie Handforth Kome Eastern Village Cohousing (and previously of Eno Commons) Silver Spring, Maryland "Where I was cooking in the common kitchen when a green-roof tour came through, so I got to be cohousing Exhibit A. Folks piled into the kitchen to ask questions about meals and kitchen design and cooking for vegans. Here's to marketing to those with related interests!"
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