Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Who is providing workshops on concensus in cohousing?

[Don Benson (benson6451]

I find it Interesting to think about desired outcomes regarding consensus, and 
where to start.  Is our objective to learn and agree to use a consensus in 
decision making events or in developing a consensus culture.  And how will one 
influence the other?

Don Benson
Trillium Hollow
503.296.7249

On Mar 30, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Richart Keller wrote:

> 
> 
> Am wondering who is doing workshops to help forming cohousing communities
> learn to use concensus?  
> 
> Also, who is doing workshops on concensus for existing communities?
> 
> (Other than the rich variety of assistance available at the CohoUS national
> conference...)
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
> Richart Keller, AICP
> Pioneer Valley Cohousing
> 120 Pulpit Hill Road #25
> Amherst, MA 01002
> 413-835-0011
> 401 486-2677 (cell)
> (richart.keller [at] gmail.com)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Lofft [mailto:tlofft [at] hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:05 PM
> To: Cohousing Network-L
> Subject: [C-L]_ Property Taxes on Common Property
> 
> 
> 
> 
> In MD, all communities owning common property in the name of the Community
> Association are entitled to have the common property exempt from assessment
> and taxation in as much as the common property is never sold or purchased
> individually by any Seller or Purchaser of a home. The value of the
> community property is imputed as being a part of the value of the individual
> residences being sold and purchased by private parties.
> 
> If the common use property is retained in the private name of the developer
> or a partnership or corporation that is not a registered
> Community/Homeowners' Association, then it continues to be assessed and
> taxed as private property.
> 
> For example, if the community were to rent a home from a private owner and
> use the rented property as a common use property, the owner would have to
> pay local government and state property taxes. 
> 
> In any case, all expenses of the Community Association are budgeted for on
> an annual basis. The Community Association assessments are then levied
> against each individual property owner and payable as a monthly assessment. 
> 
> Tom Lofft
> Liberty Village, MD
> 
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:34:56 -0600
> From: "Shari Hirst" <sharihirst13 [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Property Taxes on Common Property
> To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> ElderGrace in Santa Fe, NM, is wondering how other CoHousing communities
> handle property taxes on their Common buildings. Do you pay property taxes
> on Common buildings and how are they collected? Does your County divide it
> and charge each member for their share or does your County charge your HOA a
> separate bill? Thank you for your information. 
> 
> Shari Hirst
> sharihirst13 [at] gmail.com 
> ElderGrace CoHousing
> Santa Fe, NM 87507
> 
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