Cohousing-L Mailing List: "Getting the Work Done"

[Berrins (Berrins]

Hi folks-
    I'm in Pathways cohousing, a 24-unit community being built in Northampton 
MA.  Our discussion are moving from concentrating on mostly design issues to 
how we will organize ourselves after we have all moved in.  Doing our by-laws 
and rules and regs addressed many issues, like rentals and pets, and we would 
like some ideas on committee structure/task forces/work crews, etc.  I went 
to the cohousing conference just last month at Pioneer in Amherst, and the 
session on getting the work done was very helpful, but there weren't any 
written outlines, organizational flow charts or the like for us visual types 
to take home (with the exception of "Brad's notes" from Cardiff Place and a 
Work Day Proposal- thanks!).  Pioneer has been a great source of information 
throughout our planning, and they appear to have a pretty good organizational 
set-up, but it isn't perfect and of course, we would like our set-up to be 
perfect, so all the work gets done and nobody is ever sad or confused.

SO-  We are looking for some more models, and if you could throw in some pros 
and cons you've observed in your set-up, that would be great too.  If you 
have anything in writing, please email it or send it snail mail to:
                                    Roger Berman
                                    28 Highland Ave.
                                    Northampton, MA 01060-3206

Even if your community doesn't have anything written down, please don't 
hesitate to start a discussion thread (I know how shy most of you are about 
writing stuff)....

Thanks one and all-
        -Roger