Cohousing-L Mailing List: Opening a meeting

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

OK , all you meeting veterans out there in Cohousing land, how about 
sharing some of your  methods for opening a meeting?  I know many 
groups start meetings with some sort of activity or opening and I need 
some new ideas for my own group - and of course everyone can benefit.

Some of the ways we have opening meetings at Sharingwood:
Singing our names
Assembling on a map of the US by where we were born
group humming - vocal improvisation.
Writing out our middle names and matching the middle name to the owner
Sharing Appreciation's
Sharing one sentence word goals for the community
Pantomime our feelings at the moment

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood