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

[Casey Morrigan (cjmorr]

Deb, where is your group in the process of building/move-in? This would 
have an impact on how I'd answer your question, since membership processes 
were different when we were building than after move-in.

Casey M.
Two Acre Wood
Sebastopol, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deb LaQua [mailto:cohodeb [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 3:26 PM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ membership process questions esp. re: renters
>
>
> We would appreciate some ideas of how other cohousing
> groups are handling their membership process,
> especially as it relates to renters.
>
> 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.
>
> As a part of this review process, we are asking for
> information and experiences from other cohousing
> groups. Is anyone using a process that is different
> than self-selection for membership, and if so, could
> you share your process/agreement with us, and let us
> know how it is working for you? If you have a
> self-selection policy, has your community had any
> experiences where the wisdom of self-selection was
> brought into question, and how did you resolve this?
>
> We thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and
> experiences.
>
> Deb
>
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