Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: membership process questions esp. re: renters

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 2/20/04 6:25 PM, "Deb LaQua" <cohodeb [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> We currently have a self-selection policy, which
> involves asking prospective members to attend a few
> meetings and community functions, read parts of the
> Cohousing book, read our book of agreements,
> participate in a discussion of community expectations
> and such. The final decision to become a member or not
> is up to the prospective member alone. For the most
> part, this has worked very well for our community, but
> a recent difficult experience has us reviewing our
> membership process.

I think from other postings on the list, this is what other groups do. I
suspect that anything else would be worse than one bad experience. The
responsibility for saying no to someone, even if it is legal which I don't
think it is, can be far worse than one bad experience. Ensuring that the
person understands who you are and what you expect of each other and them I
think is pretty much all you can do.

Sorry,

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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