Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: My Transition: Stepping down as Coho/US Executive Director

[Mary Vallier-Kaplan (marycvk]

Who can speak better than Ann Zabaldo when it comes to coho fact or feeling
so in the common way of community process I will twinkle her message until
my arms fall off!

And also in the often way of community process I will say AND.....you have
done this work so well because of your positive, optimistic, welcoming
values and beliefs.  You have a talent and a gift that will be shared with
others again because that is who you are.

Thank you for all that you have done.  My home is always open to you in NH.

Mary Vallier-Kaplan
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Really, Alice.
>
> Before breakfast?
>
> How depressing.  I need chocolate.
>
> I also need to tell you some things.
>
> You are a mover n’ shaker.  Shook this organization right up!  Moved it
> into the 21st century.  You have energized the organization, this list, and
> all of whom you come into contact.  Thanking you for your leadership seems
> paltry.   I will do it anyway.
>
> Thank you for your leadership and service to us all.
>
> Now I can only hope that before June 30th you will come to your senses and
> realize that a basically unpaid job working 50+ hours a week with a group
> of people in all different stages of development, spread all over the US,
> is exactly what you wan to do with your life.  We’ll take you back.
>
> Right now … I need that chocolate …
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church, VA
> 202.546.4654
>
> As long as you have two or fewer … your ducks are always in a row.  The
> Covert Comic
>
>
>
> > On Apr 20, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Alice Alexander <alicecohous [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > With a bittersweet note, I share the news that I be stepping down as
> > Coho/US Executive Director, effective June 30.
> >
> >
> > I have loved my job! The work involved however is too much for me at this
> > point in my life. I'm being pulled in too many other directions.
> >
> >
> > I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished during my tenure. From
> an
> > organization that was not doing well, we have established a strong board
> > and staffing structure; achieved financial stability; renewed credibility
> > and relevancy as a professional organization; significantly raised the
> > visibility of cohousing; and assisted in creating, growing or
> rejuvenating
> > many dozens of communities.
> >
> >
> > Our success draws in good part from this list serve, and the
> contributions
> > from all of you who give of your wisdom. I have collected many of these
> > postings, and turned them into resources we can share with all on
> > cohousing.org. (And thanks to Fred Olson, this list serve provides an
> > excellent archive of resources.)
> >
> >
> > The Coho/US Board will be recruiting for a new Executive Director. For
> > information, visit  www.cohousing.org/executive_director
> >
> >
> > Thanks for everyone’s support.
> >
> > PS I am not disappearing! Just evolving.
> >
> > --
> > Alice Alexander
> > Executive Director
> > http://www.cohousing.org
> > [image: The Cohousing Association]
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