Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Membership

[Rob Sandelin (Exchange) (Robsan]

        Cindy J. Westley asked about membership and family members who are not 
part 
of the group.

At Sharingwood we have a definition of renter and guest.  A guest is any 
adult who stays at Sharingwood less than 90 days.  After 90 days they become 
renters, even if they don't pay rent, and have most the obligations and 
expectations of regular members, including paying assessments. So in our 
case if an adult child moved in with a parent, after 90 days they would be 
considered a renter and would be expected to participate in the community to 
some degree and to pay a monthly renters assessment.

In general this has not really been an issue for us because our expectations 
are that people who live in the community take part in it in some way or 
another.  This is not always the case, and no one gets too upset about it 
yet, but it will eventually get talked about and dealt with on a case by 
case basis.