Cohousing-L Mailing List: nice to see you back-how was michigan?

[C2pattee (C2pattee]

dear lynn,

i was reading, and agreeing with, the nicely written post below, and then i 
noticed your byline.  welcome back!  i've been back from seattle for a week 
now.  the ring operas were wonderful, and the days i spent visiting cohousing 
communities, six in all, were equally special in their own way.

dave and della were lovely hosts, and i reallly enjoyed visiting rosewind.  i 
never got d&d's email addy.  can you send it to me, as i'd like to thank them 
again.  i took a lot of pictures of each community, and had them put into 
digitized files in aol pictures.  i'm in the process of labeling them, and 
figuring out how to make the resulting 'slide show' available to others.  let 
me know if you're interested in seeing them.  i could also email you 
individual shots if you think they'd be useful for your web site.

how was michigan?

in sisterhood, christine pattee


> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 01 00:18:12 -0800
> From: Lynn Nadeau <welcome [at] olympus.net>
> To: "cohousing L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: [C-L]_Re: Choosing a Board (Steering Committee)
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
>
> >But we would like
> >everyone to take a turn at being a director.
>
> wrote the poster from Liberty Village. 
>
> Sometimes "equality" isn't the key. Certainly it was a mess when we 
> rotated meeting facilitation so everyone got a turn. Nor would everyone 
> be equally suited to being treasurer or secretary or 
> email-responder-to-inquiries. 
>
> In our case, the Steering Committee has only a few powers. But they need 
> certain skills, and certain time and energy availability. And when it IS 
> a matter they have to decide, it also helps to have business experience, 
> experience of the group and its history, and the general trust of the 
> group. And however "equal" members may be as valuable members of the 
> human race, we really do have different talents. I would see some 
> definite drawbacks in our group to either allowing or requiring each 
> member to take a term on the Steering Committee. It also helps to have a 
> group which reflects a balance of the diversity of the group, and by 
> consciously choosing who would be a good addition to the individuals 
> whose terms are continuing, we also improve the functioning of the 
> Steering Committee. 
>
>
> Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing
> Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature)