Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing 101 (June 26, Seattle)

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Hi All,

>From time to time, we get an email or call from somebody that does not
understand what Cohousing is all about - sometimes they are REALLY
excited until they learn that there are no communities near them. I
was reminded of this by an email sent to "editor [at] cohousing.org" this
morning.

To help them get up-to-speed,  I suggest they read some Cohousing.org
pages, urge those who are really excited to try to visit a community,
take a tour, or check out Coho-L.

At the 2008 Conference (this past summer in Boston), we had a number
of people attend who were brand new to Cohousing - mostly people
looking for community and professionals, but there were also a few
academics - one suggested that we have an introductory session before
the main programming started and another complained about the amount
of "inside lingo" such as common house, programming, etc.

For the 2009 Conference in Seattle, the Conference team is responding
to this issue by presenting (drum roll please):

Cohousing 101 ($20)
http://www.cohousing.org/2009/pcw/101

This Friday afternoon session is a low cost way that allow more people
to participate. On Friday morning, there is also a FREE workshop:

Incorporating Affordable Units into Urban Cohousing
http://www.cohousing.org/2009/pcw/student

Hope to see you in Seattle!

Craig Ragland
Executive Director
Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US)
425-487-3550
http://www.cohousing.org
craig [at] cohousing.org