Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: unit selection priority?

[Berrins (Berrins]

We used seniority, based on when each household became a core member.  It's 
pretty much the only thing I can think of that we did based on seniority.  
For me, it felt at bit weird but somehow the right way (we were #12 of 24 to 
choose).  

Before we chose, however, we went through a meeting or two where we discussed 
some of our individual values re: clutter, noise, and other neighborhood 
qualities.  The first round of choosing was done with about 9 or 10 houses, 
then 5 or 6 more.  Each time a little shuffling around was done to get some 
balance.  The last few houses picked as they joined.  We only had one 
household drop out before construction began and the replacing household was 
able to build the unit size they wanted.

    Roger Berman
    Pathways Cohousing
    Northampton, MA

        Where we finally got grass (and today, our first snow flurry of the 
season).