Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing Association of the U.S?

[Raines Cohen (rc2-coho-L]

On 5/6/03 10:37 AM, Peg Blum <pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org> wrote:

>Well, I guess the news hasn't gotten to the East Coast yet!  Tell us more.

Here's the excitement, excerpted from today's e-newsletter:

The Cohousing Network's board of directors reached a consensus decision in
December 2002 to change its name to "The Cohousing Association of the 
United
States," or "Coho/US" for short.

This bold change came in part to broaden our identity and to develop a 
more
formal and permanent profile with potential cohousers, the news media and
local governments. The new name will help brand us as the authority of the
cohousing movement. Our new name also reinforces that cohousing is about 
the
"concept of us" by emphasizing the two most important letters in the 
middle
of cohousing -- "us."

The old name had two strikes against it, according to TCN's 
Communication's
Team, which developed a proposal for a new name. The first is the unclear
definition of "network," which isn't as widely understood as 
"association."
TCN also did not signify the scope of the organization - whether it's 
local,
regional, statewide or national.

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I'll post the other e-newsletter items shortly.

Raines

Raines Cohen <my initials,2,dash,coho,dash,L at my first name .com>

  Member, Swan's Market Coho [Oakland, CA] <http://www.swansway.com/>
Where we cleaned out lots of construction debris and old computers on our 
Spring Cleaning workday.

  Member, Berkeley [CA] Cohousing (settling in)
Where the new fence conceals the trashcans so well that they don't get 
collected. <sigh>

  Facilitator, East Bay Cohousing [on hiatus] <http://www.ebcoho.org/>
Working to refer

  Boardmember, Coho/US <http://www.cohousing.org/>
Formerly The Cohousing Network (TCN), now The Cohousing Association of 
the United States

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