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

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Peg and everyone New England working on this "gathering" --

This is AWESOME!  What a significant contribution to cohousers  
everywhere.  Wish I could be there with you.  I hope you or someone  
will give a summary of the event to those of us on the list unable to  
attend.

Thank you for creating this "gathering!"   An example of great  
regional cooperation we can all model!

Ann Zabaldo
Board of Directors
Mid Atlantic Cohousing
www.cohomac.org
zabaldo [at] earthlink.net
202-291-7892



On Aug 17, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Peg Blum wrote:

> You are invited to the NEW ENGLAND COHOUSING GATHERING on   
> September 14-16.
> This will take place mostly at Cambridge Cohousing.  You may have  
> already
> heard about this event: here are some additional details (apologies  
> for any
> inconvenience if you get this message from multiple sources).
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>  We welcome to the gathering everyone who currently lives in a  
> cohousing
> community, or is a member of a group in formation, or of a  
> community further
> along in its development.  We are also inviting others interested in
> cohousing.
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>                 Our main goal is to enable people involved or  
> interested in
> cohousing to share concerns and information, and to network with  
> each other.
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> There will be discussions all day on Saturday Sept. 15 at Cambridge
> Cohousing, with both large- and small-group sessions.  The sessions  
> will go
> from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and be followed by a reception.  Members  
> of the
> board of the Cohousing Association of the US will be present, and  
> there will
> be opportunities to meet them. Child care will be available on  
> Saturday.
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>         At the sessions on Saturday, topics will include:
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> ·         Consensus decision-making and meeting facilitation;
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> ·         Getting the work done;
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> ·         Economic and racial diversity, including affordability;
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> ·         Environmental sustainability;
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> ·         Building community (meals, events, rituals, etc.);
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> ·         Management/fiscal issues (e.g. insurance, using common  
> space for
> private events, whether to hire a management company);
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> ·         Inter-generational relationships, involving families and  
> children,
> and aging in place;
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> ·         Dealing with controversial issues (pets, alcohol, etc.).
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> On Friday evening September 14, there will be a social get-together at
> Cornerstone Cohousing, also in Cambridge MA—further details will be
> announced later. In the morning of Sunday September 16, there will  
> be a
> brunch at a Boston-area cohousing community (details to be  
> announced).  During
> the Sunday afternoon there will be "open houses" at Cambridge and  
> New View
> (Acton MA) cohousing communities, plus hopefully other local  
> communities.
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>   The registration fee is $30, which covers lunch and snacks on  
> Saturday.
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>   To register, go to http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing- 
> workshops.aspx    If
> this link doesn't work, go to www.cohousing.org   then to "Tours  
> and Events"
> then to "Workshops and Seminars."
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> We urge people to register as soon as possible, and not later than  
> September
> 1.  We will have to limit the number of participants to 50. If more  
> than
> that number register, we will put people on a waiting list, and  
> will give
> preference to those who register early.  Also, in order to ensure  
> that the
> largest possible number of cohousing communities are represented,  
> as we fill
> up we may have to limit the number of persons attending from any one
> community.
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> Regarding accommodation, no guest-rooms are available at Boston-area
> cohousing communities. However, a few members of those communities are
> kindly agreeing to put participants up in their homes; for more  
> details of
> this, please contact Peg Blum at pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org.  For
> information on local hotels, bed and breakfasts etc., visit
> http://www.cambridge-usa.org/visitors/sleep/
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> In addition to myself, the planning team for the gathering is: Peg  
> Blum and
> Norma Wassel (Cambridge Cohousing); Linda Cooper and Jean Hopkins
> (Burlington VT Cohousing); David Entin (Rocky Hill Cohousing,  
> Northampton
> MA); and Bob Morrison (of Boxboro MA, not in any community but a  
> cohousing
> enthusiast).  Steve Hecht (New View Cohousing in Acton MA) is  
> serving as the
> liaison between our planning team and the group organizing the  
> national
> cohousing conference to be held in the Boston area in summer 2008.
>
> If you have any questions, please contact me at
> John_MacDougall [at] uml.edu(with an underscore between John and
> MacDougall).
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> We look forward to seeing you at the gathering!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Peg Blum for John MacDougall (Cambridge Cohousing)
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> pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org
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> http://www.cambridgecohousing.org
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> Peg Blum
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> 175 Richdale Ave  #414
> Cambridge, MA 02140-3354
> (617) 576-1334
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