Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Alan O'Hashi (adoecosyahoo.com) | |
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 06:06:25 -0700 (PDT) |
diana - it's a matter of equity. when a two-member household with a full member and an associate member pays, say, $200+25=$225 a month to the hoa and another two-person household that is comprised of two full members pays $200+$200=$400, I can tell you from my community experience, equity matters. thx alan o Alan O'Hashi Get Up Off the Couch www.alanohashi.com www.getupoffthecouch.comCO: 303-910-5782 ....WY: 307-316-2113 ..NE: 402-327-1652 .... On Friday, August 13, 2021, 06:23:58 AM MDT, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: I don’t have specific answers to your “gray area” questions but I wonder why it matters. So a couple was in a trial period. I doubt they were trying to sneak around to pay a lower fee. Or someone eats common meals more often than one thinks a visitor would. If you community is not in dire straits financially, is it worth trying to nail these occasional things down? I think all this works only by assuming some amount of good intent and not stressing too much when someone’s good-intent interpretation conflicts with someone else’s good-intent interpretation, as long as no one is harming anyone. In Mosaic Commons, I was on the “affiliate policy” team. We spent a lot of time talking about these various permutations and eventually decided none of them mattered. What REALLY mattered was that the affiliate affirmatively wanted to be part of the community, and the community (or reasonable subset of) affirmatively wanted them here. Everything else is noise. Diana On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 7:46 AM Alan O'Hashi via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote: Cohousers: We have an Associate Member category. Here is a cautionary question, when does an Associate Member become an actual member? We had two instances where Associate Membership was used as an interpersonal relationship tool for two couples who were trying to figure out if they were a couple. So they used the Associate Membership to test drive each other. It turned out that they actually lived together during the test drive period, but one person was paying the lesser Associate Membership fee. Another example, what if a member has a significant other who stays over for say, three nights a week and participates in meals, etc. Is that person an Associate Member or just an occasional guest in the community? Thx Alan O Alan O'Hashi Get Up Off the Couch www.alanohashi.com www.getupoffthecouch.comCO: 303-910-5782 ....WY: 307-316-2113 ..NE: 402-327-1652 .... _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://L.cohousing.org/info
- Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members, (continued)
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Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Yochai Gal, August 12 2021
- Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Elizabeth Magill, August 12 2021
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Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Alan O'Hashi, August 13 2021
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Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Diana Carroll, August 13 2021
- Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Alan O'Hashi, August 13 2021
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Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Diana Carroll, August 13 2021
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Re: Friends, affiliates, or associate members Yochai Gal, August 12 2021
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