Cohousing-L Mailing List: New England Regional Cohousing Gathering: September 14-16, 2007

[Peg Blum (pegb]

Hello all!  We're excited to be able to announce:

The NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COHOUSING GATHERING  which will be happening
on September
14 (evening), September 15 (all day) and September 16 (morning/early
afternoon)

Saturday, September 15, sessions will take place at Cambridge (MA) Cohousing
and will include large and small group discussions as well as an opportunity
to meet the Coho/US board.
Possible discussion topics may include:
•    Consensus decision-making/meeting facilitation
•    Getting the work done
•    Marketing/outreach/finding a site/affordability
•    Intergenerational relationships/involving children and families

September 14 and 16 will take place at Cambridge or other Boston area
cohousing communities with opportunities for networking, socializing and
site visits.

All New England Cohousers, forming groups and others interested in cohousing
are welcome to attend.

There may be very limited availability of affordable coho guest rooms on
September 14 and 15 and possible childcare on Saturday, September 15, if
needed.  A list of other area accommodations will be available.

Registration Fee:  $30 (includes Saturday lunch and snacks)

Registration form and additional information will be on Coho/US website:
http://www.cohousing.org   It's not there yet!  We'll let you know when the
form and info are there.

If you have any questions, please contact
John_MacDougall [at] uml.edu(underscore between John and MacDougall)

Hope to see you at this New England gathering!


-Peg Blum [for the Planning Group: John MacDougall and Norma Wassel
(Cambridge), Jean Hopkins and Linda Cooper (Burlington VT), Dave Entin
(Pathways?-MA), Bob Morrison (long-time cohousing "wannabe"), Steve Hecht
(New View) as advisor.]


Cambridge Cohousing
175 Richdale Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 576-1334

pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org
http://www.cambridgecohousing.org