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

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Elana Kann <ekann [at] bellsouth.net>
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At Westwood Cohousing Community in Asheville, NC, now almost 6 years old,
the self-selection process actually has taken several years since first
move-ins. Sometimes it takes living in a place to find out whether it's a
good fit. Although it might not be the ideal or simplest process, people can
still leave after living in a community. The people who move in now that the
place is built and lived-in are generally more realistic about what's
involved than when we consisted of some drawings and ideas.
--Elana Kann


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.






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