Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common house use

[Fred H. Olson (fholson]

Maggi R. Seymour <mrohde [at] si.umich.edu>
is the author of the message below but due to a problem it was posted
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Mac wrote:
> So if a person doesn't need to use a specific common resource for an
> activity and if the activity isn't a group activity, it won't happen
> much in a common facility.  That's why I think that reading rooms and
> meditation rooms in common houses don't tend to get used much.  Those
> tend to be private activites that don't require a special common
> resource. 

  Good theory, Mac.  In regards to the reading room, what about things
like common libraries -- it wouldn't need to be a room, just a shelf? 
Other commonly shared items, like games, videos, etc?  Is it done, or are
people in cohousing too proprietary for sharing these things?  =)  

  -Maggi