Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community?
From: Craig R. Wright (crwcrw.xyz)
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 17:45:02 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the response!

What types of info gets shared via Facebook? Do you use it to plan events? 

Thanks,
Craig


> On Apr 20, 2017, at 1:00 AM, David Mencher <menchers [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Craig,
> 
> In our fledgling cohousing community-in-progress, (approx 40 members and
> another 15 prospective members), we have instituted a communications
> committee to interface between individual members and boards/committees.
> We encourage Bcc for large mailings, and try to limit the number of
> mailings per week to 2.
> 
> In this day and age, most of our members already suffer from email
> overload, and we have taken these steps in order to avoid a situation where
> community emails get disregarded.
> 
> So far, it's working.  We also have both a public and members-only fb page.
> 
> Good luck
> David
> CoHousing Israel (CHI)
> 
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 5:40 AM, 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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