Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Coho Home Exchanges (Jim Bronson)

[Alan O'Hashi (adoecos]

Jim et al,  Seems like I recall that Laird Schaub was doing some market 
research about this a year or so ago. I don't know if anything came of his 
cohousing sharing platform. Also there's one I've been tracking called FairB&B 
that sounds very cohousing-esque.

ThxAlan O.


Alan O'Hashi 
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Today's Topics:

  1. Sound Relationship House, Retreat Planning, Nervous System
      regulation and Cohousing in Perspective all in Session 2
      (Laurie Lauer)
  2. Coho Home Exchanges (Jim Bronson)
  3. Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 217, Issue 1 re eating together
      during covid (lienjud [at] aol.com)
  4. Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 217, Issue 1 re eating together
      during covid (Muriel Kranowski)
  5. author seeking writers for book on conflict/conflict
      resolution in ICs (Chris Roth - Communities Editor)


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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:43:43 -0700
From: Laurie Lauer <lauriecohous [at] gmail.com>
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Subject: [C-L]_ Sound Relationship House, Retreat Planning, Nervous
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Join us on February 19th for the CohoUS February online conference, Loving 
Cohousing! <https://www.cohousing.org/cohoevents/2022-loving/>

Check out what is available for Session 2:

What can we learn from the Sound Relationship House (Gottman Couples Therapy ) 
for vibrant lively cohousing communities? (Sarah Arthurs)
A high participation session generating ways to apply the prInciples of The 
Sound Relationship House from The Gottmann Institute to Cohousing 
Neighbourhoods.
Planning Virtual or In Person Retreats for a Cohousing Community During A 
Pandemic (Jennie Lindberg)
Sunnyside Village Cohousing, a forming community in Western Washington, has 
planned and conducted retreats both in person and over Zoom. We will share with 
you how we set goals, organized the day with pacing and breaks, balancing 
business with fun, and resources. We will share with you the differences we 
found between Zoom and in person.
How to regulate your nervous-system to improve connection in cohousing. (Joann 
Lutz)
Recent neuroscience research has shown that our autonomic nervous-system state 
is very influential in determining how well we can listen, think, respond, and 
act. If it is balanced, we can function optimally, offering the warmest and 
most rational and altruistic responses. If it is hyperaroused, in a 
flight-or-fight mode, or underaroused, in a freeze/shut-down mode, our ability 
to connect and participate in community can be compromised. Sometimes the 
dysregulation is subtle, and neither our neighbors, or even ourselves, are 
aware of it. In this workshop, I will teach autonomic nervous-system basics, 
and offer some experiential exercises which can help to balance it.
Chris ScottHanson: Cohousing in Perspective (Raines)
Chris ScottHanson, author of the Cohousing Handbook and part of many cohousing 
projects over the decades, is retiring this month. Many groups have relied on 
the wisdom and approaches to development, formation and building embodied in 
his book, and some have brought him on as a development consultant, project 
manager, or participant. Let's hear from him on what he's learned and enjoyed, 
what challenges he's faced, and what he sees for the future of the cohousing 
movement.

Register Today! 
https://www.cohousing.org/cohoevents/2022-loving/ 
<https://www.cohousing.org/cohoevents/2022-loving/>

We look forward to seeing you there.

Laurie Lauer
Office Admin / Outreach
http://www.cohousing.org <http://www.cohousing.org/>






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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:09:40 -0800
From: Jim Bronson <jimbronsonashland [at] gmail.com>
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Subject: [C-L]_ Coho Home Exchanges
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Thanks to David for raising the question of home exchanges within the coho
larger community.  My partner Sandi and I have been members of the Home
Exchange platform for several years and love the benefits.  I have
contacted Home Exchange to see about their creating a searchable
'coho-related' category so we can easily exchange with others in cohos.
I'll let you know how it develops...  In the meantime, please check out the
Home Exchange website and imagine how it could facilitate inter-coho
exchanging.  (www.homeexchange.com)

Sending your positive thoughts to their development team wouldn't hurt.
 ?  (Tamara at: support [at] homeexchangehelp.zendesk.com)

Jim Bronson
River Song Cohousing
Eugene, Oregon
650-815-5885


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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 01:34:37 +0000 (UTC)
From: lienjud [at] aol.com
To: "cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 217, Issue 1 re eating
    together during covid
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As we are trying to learn with covid, our community has wrestled with how to 
restart community activities, meals included. I thank all communities that have 
responded to this question. It allows me to see that we are not alone in this 
challenge. I am seeing that communities are saying that some meals are 
happening but fewer that pre covid and fewer volunteers to cook etc. I am 
wondering if other aspects of your community life have been similarly affected 
or if it is just the common meals aspect. I look forward to your answers.?
Judith Lienhard, Cascadia Commons, Portland Oregon
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:59:35 -0500
From: Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Eating together during COVID
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We went back to 1 or 2 meals a week (instead of 3 or 4) last summer
(or spring?)
First it was all take out. Then take out but some folk ate in (half on
the porch, half inside).
Then, once everyone was vaccinated, back to eat-in but take out
containers available for those that prefer it.
Some folk would request masks for folk in line to serve, others did
not request it.
We've stayed nearly covid free until this January when omicron kinda
swept through. Several meals were cancelled when cooks and/or
assistants tested positive.
But now back to eat-in with take out containers available.

We've not made any agreements about what to do when, each person
decides whether to volunteer to cook, clean, or eat.

Numbers are mostly down, although pre-omicron they were getting back
up to usual numbers. We do have many fewer volunteers, thus the fewer
meals.
-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431





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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 22:26:26 -0500
From: Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu>
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 217, Issue 1 re eating
    together during covid
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 I'd say that all aspects of community life are somewhat on pause now. Some
folks are still coming out for our 5 pm Friday Happy Hour which is always
held outdoors, bundled up in their winter coats, but they're not staying
very long. Happy Hour usually goes into Winter hibernation but as no indoor
activities are taking its place this year, a couple of stalwarts have kept
it going.

We had only one common meal in January, which a couple of volunteer cooks
did as a takeout meal for the rest of us - a really lovely thing to do! At
least we got to briefly say hi to them and to each other as we filled our
takeout containers, wearing our masks. Aside from that, participation in
meals was quite reduced when we resumed doing it in 2021, between April and
December - there were fewer cooked meals and fewer people eating.

Some committees/teams have been meeting in person, outdoors when possible
on someone's porch or the CH porch, but most seem to be on Zoom. I know
some people are trying to plan fun activities for later in the spring.

Things that still happen that make me happy to be in cohousing: emails
asking if anyone has a (fill in the blank) that they need, with a follow-up
email soon after saying "Got it now, thanks!", and other emails offering
giveaway items followed by "Claimed!" Also: seeing kids playing on the
central Green or the playset. Getting to say hello to a few neighbors
almost every time I go out for a walk. The coho special sauce is still
there, even if its expression is attenuated.

  Muriel at Shadowlake Village, Blacksburg VA


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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:29:16 -0500
From: Chris Roth - Communities Editor <editor [at] gen-us.net>
To: Cohousing listserv <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject: [C-L]_ author seeking writers for book on conflict/conflict
    resolution in ICs
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We at Communities magazine received this message via our online contact form. I 
thought some on this list may be interested in writing for Michael's book--if 
so, you can respond to Michal directly:

This is a message sent automatically by the gen-us.net Contact Form. My name is 
Michal Palgi. My email ispalgi [at] research.haifa.ac.il. My message is: Call 
for chapters for a book I edit on "Conflicts and conflict resolution in 
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articles on the following topics. 1. Ways of reaching agreements in intentional 
communities when conflicting situations arise. 2. The dilemmas of conflict 
resolution in intentional communities and organizations. 3. Conflict between 
internal and external community by-laws. Can you help us and publish the call 
for papers? Thank you, Michal Palgi ,palgi [at] research.haifa.ac.il

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