Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: mrbouchez06 (mrbouchez06aol.com) | |
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:21:18 -0800 (PST) |
I reread Michael's posting as well as the many postings in response. It's great that people have pointed out that there are many ways to participate and be active in a co-housing community. However, in my reading of it, Michael was not saying that everyone has to do the same work; he was pointing out that some people don't participate at all and thus miss a main value of cohousing - interaction with other residents/participants. Common sense would dictate that people that have a particular disability could not necessarily do certain jobs but as was discussed, everyone has some strength/value to offer. Sometimes we just have to dig a bit to find what it is that we can offer to the common good. At a workshop for Asset-Based Community Development, the speaker stressed that we often focus on the weaknesses of a community or a particular person/ this particular gentleman had a serious heart condition and he said he could be looked at as John with a heart problem. Or he could be viewed as John who is an incredible speaker/writer/interviewer/researcher/exhorter etc. If each resident in co-housing or community in general was willing to give to the best of his/her ability in whatever that capacity is, then I think Michael's well-founded point would be addressed. tricia **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
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Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation Mac Thomson, December 10 2007
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Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation Villines Sharon, December 12 2007
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- Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation Larry Miller, December 12 2007
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Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation Villines Sharon, December 12 2007
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Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation Mac Thomson, December 10 2007
- Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation mrbouchez06, December 12 2007
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