Re: associate members | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Maggi (librarymaggigmail.com) | |
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:00:35 -0700 (PDT) |
Diana, you say that residents are automatically considered to be members. Are there any situations in your community where a resident would not be considered to be a member, or could have their membership revoked? On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:41 AM Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: > No, by definition, affiliates are non-residents. Residents automatically > get full membership. Affiliate membership has limitations, like they can > come to meetings and participate in discussion, but if something comes to a > vote, they don't get to vote. > > Like Liz said, we do not try to decide who is a resident. That's up to the > household. In fact, once a year we survey -- who do you consider part of > your household for the purposes of membership? We don't consider it our job > to verify or second guess. No one really cares -- you are who you say you > are. > > As far as I know, we have never had the situation of a romantic > relationship where the partner was an affiliate. Doesn't mean we wouldn't > do it, but it just hasn't been a thing. We've had non-romantic family > related memberships (moms are popular :D ), but I think, if memory serves, > that those family members lived in Camelot, our "sister" community who > shares our land, so that's a different situation. > > Diana > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:26 AM Alan O'Hashi <adoecos [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Diana et al. - Thanks for your responses. Do Affilliates / Associates > live > > in your community or do they live elsewhere and participate in your > > community? > > > > > > I'm also interested in learning how a community decides that an > occasional > > guest such as a boyfriend or girlfriend who stays overnight regularly > > becomes a resident. > > > > > > Are your associate / affiliate membership categories tied to household > > romantic relationship status (do personfriends ever join as associates / > > affiliates to 'test drive' community life) > > > > > > Thx > > > > Alan O. > > > > > > > > *Alan O'Hashi **Get Up Off the Couch* > > www.alanohashi.com > > www.getupoffthecouch.com > > CO: 303-910-5782 .... > > WY: 307-316-2113 .. > > NE: 402-327-1652 .... > > > > > > On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 01:52:42 AM MDT, Diana Carroll < > > dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Adding on to what Liz said about Mosaic’s affiliates. > > > > Alan asked how we decide when someone has crossed from visitor to > > affiliate. Our policy (after lots of discussion) is that an affiliate is > > proposed by two “sponsors”. So it’s an active decision by the potential > > affiliate and their sponsors. Also while that transition sometimes is as > > you describe— they hang around for awhile and then find they want to.be > > more involved — in fact the majority of our affiliates are people who > used > > to live here, and/or residents of our “sister” cohousing group with whom > we > > share land. > > > > Here’s the actual policy. > > https://www.mosaic-commons.org/affiliates > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:25 PM Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] > > gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > In terms of people who sometimes live in the community, it is up to > > the owner to decide who is a member of their household. So if they say > > someone is part of their household and are members then they are > > members. > > > > For people who don't live here, we have a category called "affiliates" > > for people who want to have the privileges and responsibilities of > > membership. They pay 5% of our average dues (we have a sliding scale) > > and help with work and with the fun. > > > > We have called this thing associates, and then we changed it to friend > > and now it is affiliate. Calling it a "friend" was a mistake, some > > people thought that everyone who was their friend should be made > > one---really, we want everyone to feel free to invite friends anytime. > > Affiliate status costs money and has a [slight] commitment. > > > > Liz at Mosaic commons, Berlin, MA. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > >
- Re: associate members, (continued)
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Alan O'Hashi, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Maggi, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Elizabeth Magill, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Maggi, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Elizabeth Magill, April 22 2021
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