Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing

[Alan O'Hashi (adoecos]

in co, like ma, homeowner associations are governed by state law. silver sage 
is organized as an hoa and has a 'board of directors' selected by the 
membership which internally is called the 'steering team.' the steering team 
hashes out the reports of the community teams and the vetted content that 
requires approval gets placed on the monthly meeting agenda for consideration, 
discussion and consensus-making.
the steering team tries to address any problems or issues concerning a 
community decision prior to it being calendared for 'prime time.' most of the 
time community decisions are routine, sometimes the steering team miscalculates 
what will be hot-button issues, which happened at our most recent meeting.

the only time the steering team votes is when there is a community meeting 
consensus deadlock which is broken by the 'nuclear option' - a majority vote. i 
don't believe the community has ever pushed the red button.

'cohousing' is nothing more than a cultural overlay. 
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Alan O'Hashi
Views from Behind the Lens
 http://www.alanohashi.com
Colorado 303-910-5782
Wyoming 307-274-1910
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