Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Collaborative Marketing

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorliz]

1) We also have had people join right after a contentious meeting.  
People said that it is obvious after such a meeting that we'll be  
able to work out whatever problems we face in the future.

2) While I agree with the "sell community" sentiment, I think the  
request was for ideas of how to get people to whom you can "sell  
community".

When you say that, what things are you thinking of that will get  
people to a supper or a meeting, or a community event?

-Liz
www.sawyerhill.org
Where it's all about community, which happens to take place in a  
neighborhood where homes are still available.
508-450-0431



On Jan 30, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Michael Barrett wrote:

> Perhaps even more than  Rob I advocate selling the community more  
> than the
> real estate.
>
> But I was more intrigued by the paragraph below cut from his email .
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
> To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Collaborative Marketing
>
>
> <cut>
> > Another side of this was a group who invited new members to their  
> > business
> > meetings, which at that time were difficult and contentious. Many  
> > many
> > people never came back for a second look because all they saw was  
> > the hard
> > stuff and they never saw any of the community relationship side of  
> > why we
> > do
> > this.
> <cut>
>
> > Rob Sandelin
> > Sharingwood, Snohomish, WA
>
> In the forming days of my previous community (before any  
> construction was
> begun), we not infrequently had first time visitors to our bi-weekly
> meetings - which had both business and social content.  They often  
> were
> complete strangers to cohousing, and sometime we felt awkward   
> that, when
> the meetings got contentious and/or emotional, we were exposing our  
> visitors
> to our "less socially acceptable" side.  Yet after the business  
> meeting the
> visitors would very frequently comment on how moved they were by  
> the frank
> expression of opinions and emotions and particularly by the  
> gentleness and
> respect that they were afforded.
> More than one found this to be a very positive and attractive  
> aspect of that
> forming community.
>
> Michael Barrett
> Shadowlake Village,
> Blacksburg, VA  - where the kids are enjoying the snow that Muriel has
> already reported.
>
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