Cohousing-L Mailing List: What are optimal numbers for beginning group?

[Nikki Sachs (nikkisachs]

Hi, We are just forming our group and are wondering how many people are too
much for a process workshop and a design workshop?  What have been other
groups experiences as you form in terms of numbers of members?  Is it better
to have a smaller early group or not.  Our project hopes to have 30
households when complete.  Would that be too many people to design a common
house?  We have a lot of interest in our project and will have to close the
group at some point (excluding some people for a while) and we are trying to
figure out the best numbers for  effective work. Thanks, Nikki Sachs  North
Oakland Cohousing