Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Private use of Common Space

[Jeanne Goodman, JP Cohousing (goodmanj]

Dear Rob and others,

Thank you for your response. Where is the line drawn between a soccer club 
and a church retreat or private workshop? What is the difference between 
them. Are your rental fees requested as donations?

As you may have seen in my other messages on the subject, our big concerns 
are liability (which I understand is different if you charge rent,) 
security, and theft/loss. Do you have any words of wisdom or suggestions on 
these matters?

Jeanne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: [C-L]_ Private use of Common Space


> At Sharingwood we allow private use of the commonhouse. It has to be
> scheduled 30 days in advance, all Sharingwood functions take precendent 
> over
> private uses, and there has to be a Sharingwood member as the laison at 
> all
> times, we do not rent out to non-Sharingwood functions like the local 
> soccer
> club, etc.  If the event is a non-family event, such as church retreat or
> private workshop we charge a fee for the rental. Like many of our 
> policies,
> we started with a simple one, got some experience, then modified it later
> based on our experiences. We have been allowing private use for about 5
> years, It gets used privately maybe 10 times a year, and have had few
> problems other than occaisional parking issues.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Sharingwood
>
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