Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Associate seniority -- what's it good for?

[Mac Thomson (mac]

Jonnie,

For the reasons you stated, we never had associate seniority.   
Seniority started once someone fully committed to the project by  
becoming an equity member.

Cheers,
Mac

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Mac Thomson

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


"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit  
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On Jan 2, 2007, "Jonnie Pekelny" <jonniep [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I am a member of the membership team at North Oakland Cohousing --  
> a development-phase community in North Oakland, California. We are  
> trying to put together a seniority system for our members and  
> associates.
>
> One subject we've had a hard time getting my head around has been  
> associate seniority. I know that many communities do have a  
> seniority system for their associates, but we haven't figured out  
> what good it actually does, since associates do not have equity in  
> the project, and so can't be "in line" to receive units unless they  
> actually join as members. If they do join as members, it seems to  
> me that that they wind up as the junior member anyway, in terms of  
> seniority.
>
> So, how does associate seniority work in your community? What's it  
> used for? What are the advantages to being a more senior associate,  
> versus a more junior one?
>
> Jonnie Pekelny
> North Oakland Cohousing