Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Part-time residents

[Robert Heinich (robert_heinich]

Peri,

Have you considered a mechanism where the off-site members could call in?

-Robert Heinich
 Eno Commons Cohousing
 Durham, NC


On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:49:39 -0700 (PDT) perri ardman
<perriblaze [at] yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi -- 
>  
> Ulster County Coho here.  We have some members who will be 
> weekenders in our co-housing community until they are ready to 
> retire and leave NYC for good.  We're wondering how other 
> communities handle the work and/or maintenance fees for people who 
> do not reside in the community full time.
>  
> Also, we have some members who currently live about 2 hours away 
> (our community has not been built yet) and they have a difficult 
> time attending meetings.  They would like to receive an agenda in 
> advance of the meetings, so they can give their input, objections, 
> or consent before the meeting.  Unfortunately our agenda is usually 
> not together until the actual day of the meeting -- sometimes just 
> hours before.  What do you do about long-distance members' 
> participation in discussion and decision-making when they cannot 
> make meetings?
>  
> Thanks for your help.
>  
> Perri
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