Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 252, Issue 4

[Jack & Carolyn Salmon (2salmon]

I live at Quimper Village in Port Townsend, WA.  We began development in 2014 
and moved-in in  2017.  During development we had two kinds of meetings, one 
focused on the tasks of physical plant development and one on the talks of 
people-community development.  We still have, now monthly, all-member meetings 
(we call them general meetings) focused on operations, physical plant, 
community decision-making, etc, and a weekly second meeting, called Friday 
Forum, focused on the people community.  Not as many members participate in 
Friday Forum; but it is important to those who do.

We also have a weekly TGIF hour which is open to all members…folks bring 
nibbles to share, their choice of beverage and most importantly, themselves.  

BTY  -  'heart-share' is a good name.  

Carolyn

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>   1. Experience with mediators? (Elizabeth Rosenau)
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> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 10:44:00 -0800
> From: Elizabeth Rosenau <ejrosenau [at] gmail.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ Experience with mediators?
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> Hello,
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> I?m a member of Compass Cohousing in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.  I?m 
> pleased to share with you the exciting news that we broke ground yesterday.  
> ???
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> We have many wonderful members with skill sets that have been so useful in 
> helping us get to this point.  Unfortunately two of these valued members have 
> struggled to get along and there are potential negative effects for the 
> community if the dynamic between them continues to play out as it has.
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> I am wondering if other cohousing communities have had any experience hiring 
> mediators for one on one work.  If so, who did they hire and was the 
> experience a good one for all involved?  At Compass, we?ve identified a 
> preference for working with a mediator experienced in NVC mediation 
> techniques, but we would be open to working with anyone who comes highly 
> recommended.
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> On a related note, we are beginning to explore the possibility of having 
> ?heart share meetings?.  The idea is to have a space outside of our regular 
> business meetings where people can share how they?re feeling.  Does your 
> community have anything like this?  How does it work?  Has it been helpful in 
> increasing understanding and empathy between members?  Does it make your 
> business meetings more successful?
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> Thanking you in advance for your responses.
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> With warmth,
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> Elizabeth Rosenau, Compass Cohousing.
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