Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Standing exclusive-group dinners vs standing community-group dinners--do the former inhibit the latter?

[Joanie Connors (jvcphd]

I agree, the exclusiveness is a problem.

I could see an interest group like an international food or a foreign
language practice group using the commonhouse for meals, but these
could be open to other community members who wanted to try them out.

Why are other community members excluded? What is their rationale for
exclusion (or the bring your own food rule?)? That could have a
negative effect on the community as a whole.



On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Sharon Villines
<sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote:
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> On 9 Feb 2012, at 7:26 AM, Howard C. Katz wrote:
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>> * EXCLUSIVE-GROUP DINNERS are cooked by and serve only the members of
>> the group and their guests. Nonmembers can attend if they bring their
>> own dinner, but they are not served by the group. Group membership is
>> controlled by the group.
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> This would never happen in our community. People just wouldn't conceive of 
> it. It would feel to weird.
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> Just because I said "never" someone will probably suggest it tomorrow, but 
> the idea would quickly die. The only time a group would say you can join us 
> but you have to bring your own food would be if they decided to join when the 
> food was already purchased and there wouldn't be enough. But the larger issue 
> is "exclusive". We don't have exclusive activities in the CH unless someone 
> is hosting a retreat workshop for their office or something like that.
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> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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