Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Membership policy

[Martie Weatherly (mhweatherly]

Welcome to cohousing,Terry and all! Diana Leafe Christian's answer to you has a 
lot of very well thought out and informative information on living in a 
collaborative community. However, there are many of us who believe that 
consensus can work following the traditional consensus model.

This includes what i call the five golden nuggets of consensus: every voice 
matters, relationships first, a clear pathway to consensus, dissent instead of 
block, and a well trained group.

Here is my tip #1 about changing the word block to dissent:
(https://vimeo.com/693751856 

To find out more about my next Consensus: from Conflict to Creativity course, 
or with any other questions, email me at martiew319 [at] gmail.com 
(mailto:martiew319 [at] gmail.com).

Martie Weatherly
Consensus & Process Coach
coachmartie.com
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Subject: [C-L]_ Membership policy

Hi everybody. Just joined this email list and looking forward to participating 
in the discussions.

Our community, Treehouse Village Ecohousing in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, is 
just finishing construction and getting ready for move-in in early 2023. As we 
prepare for this final stage, we&rsquo;re trying to decide on various policies, 
including membership &ndash; who can be a member of our community, should there 
be different levels of membership and what rights and responsibilities are 
associated with those categories?

Some of the questions we are wrestling with are the rights of non-resident 
owners (e.g., owners who rent out their units); the rights of tenants; and the 
rights of associate members (if we decide to have such a category). Do they get 
to use common facilities? Do they pay a fee? Can they participate in decision 
making?

We were wondering if other communities had any insights they could share on 
this? What does your community do?

Thanks in advance!

Terry
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