Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Co-Living Survey

[Fiona Frank (fionafrank]

I asked him who ‘we’ is and he replied :

“We are ux designers from general assembly in New York. We are designing an
app for the launch of a national Co living company and we want to make sure
we add the features that users want.

Thanks”

Hmmm!
Dwayne

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020, 10:34 AM Fiona Frank <fionafrank [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> What is your team?


On Saturday, 7 March 2020, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thank you Raines for your quick response to this query from Dwayne.
> Speaking for myself, — and I am unanimous in this.. :-) —after years
> working in the Cohousing field I assume everybody is coming from the same
> place I am i.e. sharing information of all kinds.  When a cohousing
> community is built everyone benefits — i’m all for that whoever is building
> it.
>
> And ... there are people and institutions out there in the world that
> would take advantage of the blood sweat and tears (lots of tears...) we’ve
> put into this movement.
>
> So Raines… I am really glad you asked the questions that you did. I also
> like the way you characterized this listserv. And, if Dwayne or anyone else
> falls within our loosely defined organizational standards I trust we will
> support them and their queries as we do everyone else.
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Member of the board  Mid Atlantic Cohousing
> Washington DC
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> All tiipos ... curtesy of Siri  :-)
>
> > On Mar 7, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Raines Cohen <rc3-coho-L [at] raines.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Welcome to the world of cohousing, Dwayne. Nice of you to drop into our
> > decades-long-established link for conversations about community.
> >
> > However, I do need to call out a few things you've done (or neglected)
> that
> > don't comport with the standards for this list:
> >
> > 1. You never say who the "we" is - in your message or on the form. A
> > startup? A think tank? An established business in the space? A
> consultancy
> > serving one or more? Based where? With any background in particular
> > communities? We are a conversational community, and we have more
> > meaningful conversations when we have context for where your questions
> are
> > coming from and what overlaps.
> >
> > 2. Cohousing is shared neighborhoods with separate private homes, most
> > often in a condo homeownership model. The example you link to, and the
> term
> > "co-living" (often as a hashtag without the hyphen), are shared homes
> with
> > private or shared rooms, with shared facilities. Closer to boarding
> houses.
> > Very different in nature, and I rather suspect that any answers we
> provide
> > will be like comparing apples and oranges if you're trying to aggregate
> > data.
> >
> > 3. The form says the data will only be used for "research," but doesn't
> > identify what sort, who will have access to it, whether the required
> email
> > address and other Personally Identifiable Information will be linked to
> > responses, the sort of things that are required to be disclosed in
> academic
> > human-subjects research supervision, and are slowly starting to be
> required
> > in marketing in some states and countries. If you truly want to learn
> from
> > established data about the cohousing world, please engage with the
> > Cohousing Research Network - part of their mission is to provide a single
> > shared repository of data so we all aren't answering the same basic
> > questions over and over again for every student working on a project.
> >
> > I note that by the final page of the survey, several screens in, you ask
> > whether the respondent is willing to be contacted for an interview or
> 30-45
> > minute call. So it sounds like this is an intake form for market research
> > panels, and it might be better for folks to know that before they start
> > filling it out.
> >
> > Nice of you to pop in, but if you want true engagement with our community
> > of communities, please meet us with actual dialog and conversation and
> > context. As it is, I can't recommend that our 5000+ East Bay Cohousing
> > members, or others on this list, respond.
> >
> > Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach
> > East Bay Cohousing / Cohousing CA
> > right now more focused on how to keep our communities safe and accessible
> > for all - see the WebChats scheduled for the next two weeks
> >
> >
> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:08 PM Dwayne McFarlane <dwaine18 [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >> My team would like to interview individuals or couples that currently
> live
> >> in co-living or community themed housings - Think common.com. If you
> can
> >> help, please take the quick screener survey linked below.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dwayne
> >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-f9W_
> AeQFiSCHKjSr67LCpX64L7VwC5LADoFRtgr0-FD-pQ/viewform
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