Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Affiliate/Associate/Friend membership

On Oct 16, 2005, at 12:43 PM, David Heimann wrote:

        -- What sort of these relationships do you have in your community?
        -- What privileges, responsibilities, and costs do they entail?
        -- What response do you have for these relationships?
        -- What has been your experience with these relationships?

When we began we wanted all or some of these relationships. Our lawyer 

advised us that if we had all these relationships we would be 

functioning more like a club than a condo and would need to function as 

a different legal entity. She advised us to hold off on that until we 

got our physical plant under control.

It was very wise advice. We have just not had the space or the labor to 

support all these programs.

We have owners and residents. Some residents sign a form and become 

associate members and thus have the full rights of members and are 

expected to participate on the same basis. Associate members cannot 

vote on issues that would increase condo fees (since they don't pay 

them).

People who do not live here are welcome as guests of residents.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

Re: Affiliate/Associate/Friend membership	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com)
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:19:08 -0700 (PDT)