Cohousing-L Mailing List: Join CohoUS for a series on Community Conundrums

[Carolyn Pruitt (carolyn]

Hi everyone,


While each community is unique, many of the small tensions and conflicts we 
experience are, in fact, pretty common. Join us for a series of events with 
facilitation expert Karen Gimnig where we’ll explore common conundrums and 
strategies for solving them:


Low Meeting Attendance | Wednesday, September 17, 3pm - 4pm MT


Community members often express concern that there is low attendance at their 
business meetings. In this session we'll explore when to be concerned about low 
attendance, reasons it might be OK for people to opt out of meetings, and some 
strategies for addressing this if it's actually a problem.


Register here: 
https://cohousinginstitute.org/product/community-conundrums-low-meeting-attendance/


People Who Talk Too Much | Wednesday, September 24, 3pm - 4pm MT


If you've lived in community, odds are good that you've sat through meetings 
where one or more other members talked longer than you thought they should, 
possibly off topic, and in a way that just wasn't helpful. In this session 
we'll talk about why this happens and how to address it. We'll cover 
facilitation methods that can greatly reduce the problem without shutting out 
or putting down the more verbose members of your community.


Register here: 
https://cohousinginstitute.org/product/community-conundrums-people-who-talk/


Members Aren't Following Agreements...Now What? | Wednesday, October 1, 3pm - 
4pm MT


In a conventional HOA if people aren't following the rules, you can ask the 
board to step in. Cohousing doesn't work that way. What do we do in cohousing 
when someone parks in the guest spaces, uses the pool after hours or doesn't 
clean up after their pet? In this session we'll talk about how agreements work 
in community and the options we have for addressing non-compliance. We'll also 
talk about the likely outcomes of those options and some strategies for using 
the approach that will work best for you.


Register here: 
https://cohousinginstitute.org/product/community-conundrums-member-agreements/


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Each event is free for CohoUS members or $30 for non-members.


Learn more about membership here: 
https://cohousinginstitute.org/become-a-member/


If you have any questions, email us at cohousingassociationofus [at] gmail.com. 
We look forward to seeing you there!


Best,

Carolyn Pruitt

www.cohousing.org