Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Steering Committees

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

Sharingwood has a 6 person board of directors, as is common in most  CONDO
hoa's. The board is elected to 2 year  terms by the membership, with half
the board coming up for election at any year. The real process is that
people are asked to serve prior to any formal election. The board has broad
powers, defined by the legal HOA agreements of the CONDO, and represents the
community in any legal disputes or local governmental issues (2-3 such
things show up a year).

The board does team overview, and broader community issues and planning, but
makes few actual decisions, rather makes proposals the membership for
discussion, modification and approval.

The boards big job is to create and present the annual budget. The board has
a discretionary budget fund, so if a project comes up that is desirable, but
there is no team to own it, or no budget, the board can fund such things.

The board meets monthly, and often outlines the issues that end up on the
general meeting agenda.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood Board Member
Snohomish County, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Diane Simpson
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:08 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_Steering Committees


Greetings from Boston!

I did some research in the Cohousing-L archives on Steering Committees, but
did not find information relevant to what I was looking for. I am looking
for specific information about:

1) If your community does or does not have a Steering Committee

if yes,

2) How were the members of the Steering Committee chosen?

3) What powers does the Steering Committee have?

if no,

4) What organizational body do you have to coordinate the work of the
committees and take charge of issues that fall in between committees?

Thanks for your help!

--Diane Simpson









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