Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: campaign signs & worthy causes

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

Lynn wrote:   <From: Lynn Nadeau <welcome [at] olympus.net>
Subject: [C-L]_campaign signs & worthy causes

One view is that free speech is great, but that signs on the commons or 
common house imply that all members endorse or believe in what a sign 
says. The danger is that a member who disagrees would feel pressured to 
go along with ok-ing it, or would feel less welcome in the community if 
their views were different from what appeared to be a "party line." Ditto 
for sponsoring events- does that mean that all members think X is the 
best cause around? Resulting tensions could work counter to building 
community. 
>

At Monterey Cohousing, (Minneapolis, MN) the above is our policy, for
most of us.  We just had a  big discussion about it.   Almost everyone
did not want expressions that appear to represent the community.  One
member is now putting political signs on the roof of his car, when
parked, which seems fine and individual.  We don't want the community
to endorse, though individuals can host events AS individuals.

Judy

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Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
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-- e-mail:      baxter [at] epi.umn.edu
15 homes - 7 new townhomes plus 
        8 coop apartments       in the Mansion (a rehab Georgian building)
(built as a retirement home in 1924 -) which also serves as our Common House
coops moved in in 1993, townhomes in 1996
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 Voice Mail for Monterey Cohousing - 952-930-7554
 web page: http://www.jimn.org/mococo/ 

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