Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Committee Membership

[Diane Simpson (coho]

We had a similar problem (Not committee burnout but non-members 
hijacking a meeting) and we decided that only committee members could 
participate in the discussion unless you were an invited guest. 
Otherwise you can attend as an observer only.

--Diane Simpson
   Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston Massachusetts
P.S. Fred I hope this doesn't come across as HTML--I'm using a new 
e-mail program.
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On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 01:29 PM, Becky Schaller wrote:

> In our community, we have been experiencing a fair amount of committee
> burnout and I'd like to see us work on this.  One question I have is, 
> How do
> you determine what constitutes membership on a committee?   Do people
> formally sign up to serve on a particular committeee or committees?   
> If
> someone who is not on a particular committee wants to attend, are they
> allowed to actively participate as much as any  member of the 
> committee?  Or
> are they asked to be a silent observer?  Or are they asked to observe 
> some
> in-between role?   We usually strive to have open meetings here.   But
> sometimes attendance at committees gets to be so erratic that it's 
> hard to
> have continuity.  I think this is one factor that has contributed to
> burnout.  I'm wondering how other communities have defined or looked 
> at the
> question of committee membership.
>
> Becky Schaller
> Sonora Cohousing
> Tucson, Arizona
>
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