Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Rental policies? / Adoption & ratification process

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

Thanks for sharing your process, Kay. Always helpful to know how other
groups handle these issues.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Kay Wilson Fisk <caseyjackets [at] 
gmail.com>wrote:

>
> > Oh, I like this approach.  I can think of lots of situations where
> this could apply, not just rental policies.
>
> Yes, we are starting to use this approach with other issues too. Our
> precedent for this is that this is exactly the process our Declaration
> specifies for approval of the budget: the board "adopts," and the
> community "ratifies." If they fail to ratify the adopted or an amended
> budget, the adopted budget stands, and we are not stuck without a
> current budget.
>
> This has worked really well for budgets. This year, we did a survey of
> "Needs, Wants, and Wishes." The board gathered cost estimates for the
> "needs," then invited anyone who wanted to lobby for any of these to
> attend a special budget meeting. As a result, the Board adopted a
> budget with a 5% increase to fund most of the "needs." At tonight's
> meeting the board will lead a discussion on this budget, and next
> month will ask the community to ratify it as adopted or as they choose
> to amend it. This should give everyone plenty of time to decide if the
> "needs" are worth an increase in monthly assessments.
>
> Kay
> Meadow Wood cohousing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diana Carroll [mailto:dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:50 AM
> To: Cohousing-L
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Rental policies?
>
> Oh, I like this approach.  I can think of lots of situations where
> this could apply, not just rental policies.  (We are right now
> struggling with fine tuning our processes around board decisions,
> including which decisions need to go to the group and under what
> circumstances.)
>
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