Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Associate members of completed communities?

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Jim, did this happen as a "natural" or continuous transition from your
formation, or was it added after the fact?

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Jim Snyder-Grant <jimsg [at] newview.org> 
wrote:

>
> Newview (acton ma) has three 'community member' households (folks who
> pay a substantial amount per year & participate & everything but a few
> condo-doc-defined voting matters) and a handful of associates (sliding
> fee, small bucks, participate mostly in meals & common house events &
> email discussions).
>
> details are here:
>
> http://newview.org/Joining.htm
>
> I'd say its worked well, especially with the community members, who
> are all within easy walking distance. Some of the associates tend to
> disappear for months or years at a time, so it is disconcerting when
> they pop-up and folks don't even recognize them.
>
> -Jim Snyder-Grant
>
>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I am curious about the experience of "associate members" -  people who
> >>>> live
> >>>> outside the community but who have a special relationship, and who
> >>>> participate in some meals and activities.
> >>>>
> >>>> We are developing a cohousing project in Grass Valley, CA (located in
> the
> >>>> foothills above Sacramento), which has extra land which we plan to
> sell
> >>>> as
> >>>> eight single family lots, across the road from the cohousing
> community.
> >>>>  We
> >>>> have received inquiries from people who would like to build homes on
> the
> >>>> lots and participate to some extent in the community.
> >>>>
> >>>> We'd welcome any information on arrangements for "associates."  What
> >>>> expectations do you have of them, how much they pay in dues, how they
> get
> >>>> along with the rest of the community, etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any feedback!
> >>>>
> >>>> Rick Mockler
> >>>> CoHousing Partners
> >>>> Davis, CA
> >>>>
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Craig Ragland

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craig [at] cohousing.org

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