Cohousing-L Mailing List: (no subject)

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

mikearnott [at] juno.com is the author of the message below.
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
because it quoted a complete digest which made it too big and it was 
rejected. I trimmed it (a pain at the moment since I had to delete
one line at a time) and restored the subject line from "digest..."

DIGEST SUBSCRIBERS:  Please trim you messages and fix subject lines when 
you reply to cohousing-L!

Fred, list manager who will be back to his own computer in a couple days.

--------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS --------------------

I agree with Tom, language and terminology varies from state to state.
Demeaning responses are not going to be helpful when living in a
cohousing community. 

Mary White
Cornerstone Cohousing - a multi million dollar real estate development
project
Cambridge, MA

Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:34:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: Matt Lawrence <matt [at] technoronin.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Stamp out acronyms
 
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Tom Hammer wrote:
 
> I think that we could charge a $5 fee for unexplained acronyms, payable
> to cohousing.org, for every one used (except for common ones like NASA,
> FBI).  (I know of one organization that actually asks members to donate
> to an "acronym fund", sort of like the "cuss box" that some families 
> use.) Or, maybe we need an Official Acronym Translator among our 
> members.  For example, the following snippet means very little to me 
> (not to pick on this writer in particular):
>
> "We would like to understand how other condo co-housing communities
> rectify the legalities of managing the community with co-housing
> principles, i.e. HOA boards, CC&Rs versus the community process."
 
While I do understand how overwhelming it can be, I think that if you are

going to be involved in a multi-million dollar real estate development 
project, learning the language is a requirement.
 
-- Matt
Nothing great was ever accomplished without _passion_