Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: building industry (was Cohousing App)

[Alice Alexander (alicecohous]

Yes! Cohousing professionals deserve compensation as any experienced
professional does; I quite agree with Eris and Katie.

Connecting cohousing groups, both forming and established, with cohousing
professionals is an important service that Coho/US provides. These
professionals include architects, development consultants, groups process
facilitators and others who address the specific needs of cohousing
communities.

Furthermore, Coho/US regards advertising and promotional opportunities for
cohousing professionals as mutually beneficial; we recognize that
professional are instrumental in further our agenda of growing and
supporting cohousing.

I encourage folks to check out the Coho/US professionals webpage
<http://www.cohousing.org/professionals>, as well as our professional
services section of our classified ads <http://www.cohousing.org/classified>.
And support our cohousing professionals, yeah to them!

Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Kathryn McCamant <
kmccamant [at] cohousing-solutions.com> wrote:

>
> Eris,
>
> Interesting about “the vine” at PCBC….will be interesting to hear what you
> find.
>
> But really want to support you on your blog about getting paid. Maybe if
> one is a techie for income, or you do most of your work for big
> corporations that paid very well, you can afford to discount for special
> groups.  But those of us that have spent our entire careers in this realm
> of community and non-profits don’t have that luxury.  All of my clients are
> cohousing groups, and they are all cash poor and thinking they are poorer
> than everyone else. The reason I am so good at doing what I do is that I
> have spent decades working you groups and projects just like yours.  I’ve
> definitely hit the point where if its not worth it to you to paid my
> standard fees, then its not worth for me to do the work.  Ultimately, if we
> are going to change the world, there has to be a sustainable business
> models to support people doing this work.
>
> 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 6/20/16, 2:18 PM, "Cohousing-L on behalf of Eris Weaver"
> <cohousing-l-bounces+kmccamant=cohousing-solutions.com [at] cohousing.org on
> behalf of eris [at] erisweaver.info> wrote:
>
>
> I'm kinda coming in to this convo late.Two things on my mind that may be
> relevant or interesting.
>
> Thing One: There has been recent mention of other
> associations/organizations
> that have a bit of overlap with us in terms of development, condominium
> management, etc. Tomorrow I will be attending a one day event called The
> Vine, affiliated with the Pacific Coast Builders Conference put on by the
> California Building Industry Association. (Yes, I will report back what I
> learn!) How I came to this: as a facilitator I have a lot of colleagues in
> the meeting and association industries, and a good buddy of mine is the
> organizer/promoter/mastermind of this event. A year or two ago he invited
> me
> to give an Ignite presentation about cohousing at one of their events in
> Sacramento, which was very well received. Tomorrow I'll just be spectating.
> Info for anyone interested: http://www.pcbc.com/vine-program
>
> (Are any of the developer/architect types here involved with CBIA or its
> equivalent in other states?)
>
> Thing Two: There were also a few threads regarding the whole volunteer vs.
> paid issue...one that has been particularly up for me lately. Rather than
> rant & rave here I'll link to a recent blog post:
> http://erisweaver.info/blog/?p=507
>
> **********************************************************
> Eris Weaver, FrogSong cohousing in Cotati, CA
> Graphic Facilitator & Group Process Consultant
> eris [at] erisweaver.info . 707-338-8589 . http://www.erisweaver.info
>
> "On days when you have no ideas at all, the best thing you can do is start
> doodling." Charles M. Schulz
>
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-- 
Alice Alexander
Executive Director
http://www.cohousing.org
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