Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Filtering members in a forming community

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Always the voice of reason ...  thank you, Rob!

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village
Washington, DC

On Jan 26, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Rob Sandelin wrote:

> In reading through all the threads my impression is that this  
> proposal is
> just another self reliant community notion. Not to sound  
> dismissive, but you
> can check the FIC Reachboard and find dozens just like it. In my
> understanding from the posts, There has been no land identified or
> purchased, no development plan created etc. If I understand it,  
> This is very
> early idea phase, and without being too harsh, the reality is, most  
> plans
> like this crash. So frankly rather than worrying about setting up  
> filters to
> keep the wrong people out, I would worry about finding enough core  
> members
> and financial support to keep it going to the point you can  
> actually start
> dealing in the difficult realities of actual community development.
>
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Sharingwood Cohousing
> Naturalist, Writer
> The Environmental Science School
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