Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: MEMBER APPLYING TO BE PROJECT MANAGER

[Tim Mensch (tim-coho-l]

Racheli Gai wrote:
> We had a member who was our project manager, and it was extremely 
> problematic
The strongest argument I've heard against using a project manager who is 
a member is that: All development projects have issues, no matter how 
good the manager is, and it's best not to use a manager who is going to 
be living with you, since otherwise it's too easy to focus frustrations 
about how the project turned out on that community member. This hard 
reality dispelled any remaining delusions of grandeur I harbored about 
possibly managing a new development, anyway. :)

On the other hand, I've heard of situations where it worked out just 
fine. Here at Wild Sage, the architect lives in one of the units and is 
a strong community member--though as I understand it he was first the 
architect, and then became a member, rather than the other way around.

Tim

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Tim Mensch

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