Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: how to handle "donations"

[Mac Thomson (macthomson]

Our entire community would never decide about something so trivial as a 
furniture donation. We make maybe a half dozen community decisions per year.

All the rest of our decisions are delegated to teams. In this case, it’s the 
Common House Team that needs to accept donations. Thanks, but no thanks, to 
unneeded donations.

You can find our Team Agreement on our website: 
https://www.heartwoodcohousing.com/teams.html

-- 
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


"In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should 
fail immediately, they had better aim at something high."
      - Henry David Thoreau
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> On Nov 7, 2025, at 8:49 AM, lisa pletka via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering if other communities might have some advice on how to fairly
> and efficiently handle "donations,"  things like used pieces of furniture
> which one member is convinced will fit perfectly with the decor in your
> commons room, or worse, anonymously deposited in one of your public spaces?
> We have a policy here about our membership having to approve any donations,
> but that seems time-consuming at a board meeting for a small item like a
> table. How does your community handle these instances?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lisa P.
> Santa Rosa Creek Commons, CA
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