Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing vs "traditional" self-managed community

[Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancole]

We deal with bios this way
We have generic descriptions on the website 
But if we have a serious candidate we say, these are the folks who will be your 
neighbors / send them our bios and ask them not to share them.  (If you worry 
about sharing them send a hard copy)

If people see problems with this approach it would be great to learn from you.

liz
Loch Lyme Lodge and Cabins and Pinnacle Cohousing (Lyme, NH)
802.274.1511


> On Jun 6, 2025, at 9:57 AM, Lisa Kuntz via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> TY Alan.
> 
> I like the bio idea.
> 
> Our community does not want bios or any personal information on our website.
> 
> Lisa Kuntz
> Daybreak Cohousing
> Portland Oregon
> 
> I
> 
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM Alan O'Hashi via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
>> Cohousers: My random thoughts. The only group that can self-select
>> consists of the original founding members. One marketing strategy you could
>> use on your webpage is to have photos of same gender couples with
>> testimonials from members referencing their wife or husband. Same gender
>> couples dancing together. Maybe you have a photo of your community meeting
>> with a Pride flag.
>> 
>> Before my place became HUD-certified senior housing, prospective members
>> had to come to a community dinner and attend a meeting. While we couldn't
>> say, it was clear who lived here, with reading glasses lying around all
>> over the place. Dinner conversations weren't about doctors and pediatrics.
>> We talked about doctors and geriatrics.
>> 
>> Many communities have a list of members on their websites, ours does.
>> Members post short bios. Ours are descriptive, such as "Avery and their
>> wife Harper" or "Parker is an active organizer of the community Pride
>> celebration ..."
>> 
>> I think it is in bounds to list general community characteristics:
>> Who we are ...
>> - 80 percent are retired- 20 percent still work- 100 percent find time to
>> volunteer in the community
>> 
>> - 30 percent self-identify as a man- 50 percent self-identify as a woman-
>> 20 percent self-identify as non-binary
>> 
>> - 50 percent enjoy reading- 20 percent like to take long walks- 20 percent
>> play board games on Wednesday night- 10 percent are pickleball hackers-100
>> percent enjoy hanging with their neighbors
>> 
>> Thx
>> Alan O
>> 
>> Alan O'Hashi
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