Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
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 >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ >> >> >> > > > -- > > David Mencher > 08-9266104 > https://www.facebook.com/GypsySwingIsrael?ref=stream > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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[SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? Craig R. Wright, April 19 2017
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Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? Sharon Villines, April 19 2017
- Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? Craig R. Wright, April 19 2017
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Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? David Mencher, April 20 2017
- Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? Craig R. Wright, April 22 2017
- Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? David Mencher, April 22 2017
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Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? Sharon Villines, April 19 2017
- Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? Tom Smyth, April 20 2017
- Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community? STEPHANIE FASSNACHT, April 23 2017
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