Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community?

[Craig R. Wright (crw]

Absolutely! I am still learning the etiquette here, some communities prefer 
little-r replies and some don’t mind big-R Reply-alls. Personally I don’t mind 
reply-all culture but I have pretty good email filters. :D

Thanks,
Craig


> On Apr 19, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Why respond to you instead of the list. I’m sure everyone is interested in 
> the responses.
> 
> Sharon.
> 
>> On Apr 19, 2017, at 10:40 PM, Craig R. Wright <crw [at] crw.xyz> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello Fellow Co-housers!
>> 
>> I would like to know how you communicate within your communities. I am 
>> particularly interested in problems or dissatisfactions you have with your 
>> communication tools. 
>> 
>> As a template, I would like to know about your methods of communication in 
>> these high-level areas:
>> 
>> * All-community discussions and announcements
>> * Committee discussions and coordination
>> * Meals (menu announcements and sign-ups)
>> 
>> Please reply directly to me. Any additional information you would like to 
>> provide is welcome.  As an example, here are my answers for Swans Market 
>> Co-housing (speaking for myself, not the community):
>> 
>> —— 
>> * Community discussions, announcements, and social sharing happen in email 
>> on a special mailing list. Disagreements are resolved outside of email, 
>> either 1:1 or at the HOA. Problems: works well, but sometimes it is hard to 
>> find what is relevant, as in what is an urgent request vs a link someone is 
>> sharing from Facebook. Also, sometimes disagreements do happen in email, and 
>> require intervention to de-escalate (usually just a reminder of our email 
>> practices). Tone and emotion can be difficult to judge (easy to misjudge) in 
>> email.  
>> 
>> * Committee meeting coordination happens in email (mailing lists), otherwise 
>> all discussions happen in person at the committee meetings. Problems: in my 
>> opinion, as a result of the lack of willingness to discuss smaller issues 
>> via email, we miss opportunities to coordinate and resolve issue between 
>> meetings. 
>> 
>> * Meals announcements happen on a paper sheet, signups on the same paper 
>> sheet. The schedule is managed with a big paper calendar. Problems: as a 
>> pre-millenial, the non-digital calendar makes it hard for me to plan and 
>> schedule to be at meals. :)
>> —— 
>> 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH for even reading this far, and an extra special thanks 
>> if you choose to participate.
>> 
>> Why? I am doing market research for a product. I am working on this 
>> independently, I do not represent an established company, just myself. The 
>> product concept is a group messenger focused on private, asynchronous 
>> conversations within friendly communities. It occurred to me that co-housers 
>> are potentially an ideal audience. I have interviewed all different types of 
>> people, including members of my community, but I hadn't thought to interview 
>> co-housers more broadly. So, I’m doing that now! :) Any questions or 
>> comments welcome.
>> 
>> Thanks, and be well,
>> Craig Wright
>> 
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