Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RE: How to attract and retain members.

[RAYGASSER (RAYGASSER]

Part of retaining members includes making everyone feel welcome and part
of the community. This can include beginning your cohousing experience
before you have a site. At EcoVillage at Ithaca, there is "co-dining"
even though there are no homes or common house. People sent around a sign-
up sheet, made  small groups (3 or for families) and have meals at each
others houses once a week. Unfortunately, I'm still living in NJ, and 
somebody's gotta be an awfully good cook to get me to drive the 4 hrs up 
there for a meal, but the others all seem to love it.

We're also considering a "co-subscribing" group, for people to share 
magazines, journals, etc. and save a little money, too.

Ray Gasser, Maplewood, NJ
raygasser [at] delphi.com