Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Board of Directors

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

Sharingwood has a very functional board of directors. They are the guiding
and steering force of the community, looking at big picture issues, figuring
out the meeting agendas (with the facilitation team) and our money keepers.
They are a sounding board for members who have an issue but not sure how to
deal with it, they have a project budget of $1,000 which any member can ask
for to accomplish something for the community. They look at how the
community is running, and ask questions and assign tasks if needed. There
are 6 board members, 3 elected to 2 year terms each year. The secretary is
in charge of keeping minutes for the board and general meeting, the
treasurer works with the accountant on budgeting and tracking expenses. The
president calls the meeting and signs things as needed. They tackle a lot of
difficult issues and often get very little thanks for it. They are
absolutely vital to our community.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments  <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous [at] msn.com


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[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of S. Kashdan
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 7:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [C-L]_Board of Directors



From: <WOLF1GDSFM [at] aol.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 8:32 PM
Subject: [C-L]_Board of Directors
How have other cohousing communities dealt with the Board of Directors
issue?

Here at Jackson Place Cohousing in Seattle, Washington, our board of
directors consists of all homeowners. The law requires us to have board
officers: president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. We elect them
for two year terms, with two being elected each year. They are the ones who
are ready to sign the various legal papers for our condo association when
they come our way. The treasurer is part of the finance team, and reports to
that team and the whole group on a regular basis. The secretary is in charge
of taking notes at board meetings, and community business meetings, and
coordinating committee meetings. All four officers are part of our
coordinating committee. Each team also sends representatives they chose to
the coordinating committee, which meets twice a month--once before each
business meeting, and once afterwards to do more coordinating and get things
in order. The coordinating committee coordinates between the teams and
decides on business meeting agendas. Since we don't have any lawyers here,
we rely on our lawyer for any know-how that goes beyond what us layfolks
know. Here in Washington State, there is also a consumer organization for
homeowners associations, that helps condominium associations, cooperatives
and such in dealing with those kinds of things. They have pamphlets, give
classes, referrals, etc.

Sylvie Kashdan
skashdan [at] scn.org
Jackson Place Cohousing
800 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA 98144
www.seattlecohousing.org


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