Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Has anyone had any dealings with Sustainable America?

[Robert Heinich (robert]

Craig,

Thanks for the quick response.

While I agree many have contacted individual communities  
independently, I would prefer if somehow Coho/US could vet these  
folks.  Individual communities can help by referring these inquiries  
to Coho/US.

One of my wishes is that there will be a database of responses to  
questions so we do not need to answer the same question multiple  
times.  (in John Lennon voice) You may say I am a dreamer, but I know  
I'm not the only one ...

I am hoping your inter-organization vision is accepted at 2008 Natl Coho Conf
in Boston next month.

-Robert Heinich
 Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
 www.enocommons.org
 Durham, NC
 where we will review the agreements we reached from last weekend's retreat
 facilitated by Laird Schaub


Quoting Craig Ragland <craigragland [at] gmail.com>:

> I have heard of a documentary producer that has been contacting some
> communities asking them to subsidize their video production with the
> promise of broad cable distribution. I don't know if any communities
> have jumped at it yet, or if it is a "good deal" for PR-hungry groups.
> I'm also do not know whether this organization is connected to those
> inquiries and cannot take the time now to learn more about them -
> there are A LOT of thems.
>
> Coho/US has not been contacted by Aware Pictures in recent history -
> over the years, of course, most cohousing professionals,
> organizations, researchers, press, community seekers, etc. who have
> contacted multiple Cohousing Communities have done so independently
> from Coho/US, rather than trying to "go through us."
>
> A likely goal for Coho/US for the second half of this year is to
> increase our alignment and exchange with other organizations that
> share similar values, e.g. sustainability, intentional community. We
> want to grow the Cohousing Movement by helping more like-minded folks
> learn about Cohousing. This is also a way to help Cohousers, who are
> interested, to more easily access what some of these organizations
> offer. I will share more about our inter-organization vision of what
> lies ahead in one of the plenary sessions at the 2008 Natl Coho Conf
> in Boston next month.
>
> In community, Craig