Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [C-L]salons

[Laura Fitch, A.I.A. (lfitch]

> Diane wrote:  One of the ways our group has attempted to solve the
> social-issue-time-pressure-during-development problem is by having "salons"
> at a member's house outside the general meeting. At these informal
> sessions, members get together and have a chance to sit down and discuss
> ideas that are important to them without the time pressure of having to
> make a decision. If your meeting schedule is far apart enough to allow
> this, I highly recommend it. (We meet the second & fourth Sunday.)
Eight years into living together, our community still holds periodic 
salons to address specific questions / issues.  We find that it is often 
necessary to talk an issue over outside of the decision making meetings, 
before we can come together and make decisions on it. Lately we have had 
salons on the following issues:  cats, bicycle safety, and house 
additions.  When we were getting to know each other during develpment we 
had salons on things like:  education and schooling, parenting, our 
relationship with our own parents, body image (women), etc.  They have 
been fabulous!
Laura

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Laura Fitch, A.I.A.
Principal Architect

KRAUS-FITCH ARCHITECTS, INC.
110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
Amherst, MA  01002
413-549-5799
413-549-7918 (fax)

lfitch [at] krausfitch.com




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