Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Forming Groups and the National Open House Day!

[Kathryn McCamant (kmccamant]

Existing communities could include forming groups in their area by
inviting them to have information about their forming community, and
members of that group, to have a table in their common house, which would
be open for tours.

Katie 
-- 
Kathryn McCamant, President
CoHousing Solutions
241B Commercial Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
T.530.478.1970  C.916.798.4755
www.cohousing-solutions.com







On 10/16/15, 4:51 PM, "Cohousing-L on behalf of mira Danyel brisk"
<cohousing-l-bounces+kmccamant=cohousing-solutions.com [at] cohousing.org on
behalf of mirabepeace [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
>Hi again,
>I might as well be the first to brainstorm.  This is brainstorming,
>remember!
>
>As I was writing the note above, the idea of literally having each of the
>dedicated forming member (who want to and can) open their house and invite
>people in.   This may not be practical for some groups or people, but
>could
>be interesting to have almost a 'tour of open houses' in the area of the
>members.  Perhaps there are different activities people can do at each
>location..    and then meet up at the end of the day...
>
>Having an event where the forming members are all together would be nice
>too.  I was imagining that having it at the people's actual houses helps
>to
>give the feel for what cohousing may be like when those that are close by
>come to visit Inside someone's home and have a chance to casually hang
>out,
>do activities together, learn, etc.
>
>...
>
>
>
>On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:13 PM, mira Danyel brisk <mirabepeace [at] gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> YES!
>>
>> With almost as many 'Forming' group as there are 'Completed' ones now
>>(see
>> the stats from the coho/us site below), there definitely will be support
>> around having these groups be an active part of the 'National Open House
>> Day'.
>>
>> So, maybe you won't be opening your own house.. or maybe you will!  How
>>you
>> want to do it is really up to you and your group.   It may not be as
>>'easy'
>> as in a Completed location where the people Already live close together,
>> but honestly, they will have their own challenges and questions to face.
>>
>> I'm a part of a forming group myself.  I would like to use this email
>>chain
>> to start brainstorming ways a forming group could accomplish an 'open
>> house'.   After all, we are Actively in the marketing and outreach mind
>>set
>> all the time. This event could be especially important for us to get
>> publicity and put 'on the map', even before you have a site to call
>>home!
>>
>> Completed = 131
>> Building* = 24
>> Own Site = 20
>> Forming = 98
>>
>> Peace,
>> *Mira Danyel Brisk*
>> *Move With Spirit!*
>> *704-293-0412*
>>
>> *Cohousing Charlotte & Coho/US*
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