Cohousing-L Mailing List: Document Library: zero response! (was "call for Membership Policies")

[Andrew Netherton (andrewnetherton]

Hello,

Since my call for Membership Policies for the CohoWiki Document
Library (http://wiki.cohousing.org/index.php?title=Document_Library)
just over a week ago, I have had exactly zero responses to my request.
The wiki has also remained unaltered from when I last touched it.  No
Membership Policies have been submitted, either through me or directly
to the CohoWiki.  I am somewhat disappointed by this result, and would
like to put for the question: WHY has there been no response?

My best guess?  The only difference between people asking for examples
of a such-and-such policy here on-list and my request is that the
document being requested will be catalogued and made available
publicly.  As such on-list requests are typically responded to in a
fairly timely manner, the assumption I'm going on is that
communities/individuals are not willing, or have concerns, about
including their documentation in the Document Library.  That again,
begs the question: why?

If you have ever provided someone with the text of (or a link to) one
of your community's policies or documents on-list, but have not yet
responded to the request for the Document Library, I would be very
much interested in hearing why you haven't responded.  Everyone seems
to agree that the Document Library is a good idea... but is it a good
idea only if it's populated with other communities' documents?

In community,
Andrew Netherton
Laurel Creek Commons
Waterloo, ON, Canada
http://andrewnetherton.wordpress.com

On 3/27/07, Andrew Netherton <andrewnetherton [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> The CohoWiki (as I call it) has been up and running for a while now,
> so it's time to start populating the Document Library.  While I'm
> certain that eventually communities and individuals will start
> populating the Library of their own initiative, I'm going to kick
> start the process by issuing calls for documents now and again.
>
> To being with, I've (very arbitrarily) chosen Membership Policies.  I
> have added Membership Policies to the Document Libarary page
> (http://wiki.cohousing.org/index.php?title=Document_Library), and have
> added a new page specifically for Membership Policies
> (http://wiki.cohousing.org/index.php?title=Membership_Policy) where
> policies can be linked from and generally explained (in greater depth
> than I've gone into).
>
> If you are not able to upload your documents, please send them to me
> off-list, and I will upload them for you.
>
> Spread the word!  Let's get as many sample documents available as possible.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Netherton
> Laurel Creek Commons
> Waterloo, ON, Canada
> http://andrewnetherton.wordpress.com
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