Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Policy on members soliciting business from the group

[Jeanne Goodman (GoodmanJ]

I wonder if a notice handed out at a general meeting giving thanks to those
who have volunteered their skills to make the project happen and the virtual
value of those contributions would help Charlene realize the disconnect in
her contribution policy?

It could be a notice that says something like, we'd like to thank Diane for
her graphic design work that saved the group $20,000 in marketing costs.
We thank Bill for his contribution in research that would have cost $15,000
in research costs.
We thank Margaret for her contribution in Administrative work that would
have cost about 18,000 in the open market.

Their efforts so far have saved us $53,000 on our project which has reduced
our unit costs by nearly $2,000 per unit. Way to go!

If you would like to join our unit cost reduction team by volunteering your
skills, contact the Coordinating Committee about how to contribute.

Jeanne Goodman

----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Simpson
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:43 PM
Subject: [C-L]_Policy on members soliciting business from the group


It has recently come to my attention that member of our group seems to have
joined for no other purpose than to solicit business.  I'll call her
"Charlene." Charlene is well liked by the group and doesn't take up a lot of
group time with discussion and emotional issues, but is not much of a
contributor to the group either. But Charlene makes what many of us feel are
inappropriate requests for information due to a specific interest in landing
a contract with the group. She asks to see copies of legal documents and
contracts that her committee is not currently working on, claiming that that
will help her decide to become a member.  Also, although Charlene has
expertise in a certain area, she deliberately chose not to join the
committee working in that area, even though she could be a major
contributor to that effort.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.














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