Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Unit Choice [was Associate Members]

[Mac Thomson (mac]

We gave members a spot in the lot picking queue similar to what  
Sharon described below.  Once you've committed (non-refundable  
investment), then you get your spot in the queue.  Being an associate  
member did not reserve your spot.

Good luck with your community.

Cheers,
Mac

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Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
        - T. S. Eliot
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On Sep 14, 2005, at 4:16 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:

> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:22:16 -0400
> From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> Subject: [C-L]_ Unit Choice [was Associate Members]
> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Message-ID: <1ae17511cce99e6ec92c0a3810f598a2 [at] sharonvillines.com>
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> We selected units strictly on the basis of "first check first choice."
> After that people did swap and mix and match but it was purely by
> agreement between the parties.
>
> Before the units were ready to be chosen, people had to put down a
> nonrefundable membership fee (per unit) of $500 (as I remember) to be
> considered a member and to hold a place on the selection list.
>
> Then to get the construction loan we all had to put down 10%. After
> that new members had to pay the membership fee plus the 10% in  
> order to
> hold a unit.
>
> Commitment is important to the group. You can't move forward  
> without it
> and it is unreasonable and unworkable for people to expect the  
> group to
> do it. For whatever reason people cannot commit, that's life. We did
> have members of the group who loaned people the 10% when it was due by
> 6:00 today and their funds were not available "that day" but this was
> also arranged privately with signed letters of agreement.
>
> Sharon
> ---
> Sharon Villines
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