Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RE: Shadowlake Research Project

[Molly Lazar (mollyschaefer]

A research coordinator is important to help make sure we only get excellent 
surveys-- to separate the wheat from the chaff.  But once a study gets the Gold 
Seal of approval, I hope people would be willing to work with the researchers.  
Of course, it's the individuals' choice.  But to hear such negativity -- about 
ALL surveys-- from leaders of the cohousing movement has me discouraged.  The 
cohousers that I know are community-minded -- not only about their own 
community, but about the broader cohousing community and beyond.  I would hope 
that for some people this would extend to spending 10-20 minutes out of the 
year to fill out a few excellent surveys, since we are uniquely qualified to 
speak of the cohousing experience.

If people give a blanket refusal to do any surveys whatsoever, that's their 
choice.  But it does seem to be throwing out the babies with the bathwater.

Apologies for the terribly mixed metaphors.

Molly Lazar
Shadowlake Village