Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Coordinating committee AFTER move-in

[Jim Snyder-Grant (jimsg]

Hi Eris:

New View (Acton MA) has had a steering committee forever (well, the
last 4 years of the development process, and the 12 years since we
moved here.). We create the proposed agendas for the monthly group
meetings, and we steer stuff to other committees whenever we can.
(finance, landscape, maintenance, common house,  a newly-revived
process committee, 'nerdview' (the network folk, who only meet by
email..) and more, including temporary taskforces. The community is
very supportive of steering. We have between 5-9 folks in this group.

-Jim http://wwww.newview.org

> I am interesting in hearing from communities that have some kind of
> coordinating committee/executive committee AFTER move-in. Ours disbanded
> after move-in and we are beginning to consider re-instating it. In the
> interests of not re-inventing the wheel, I'd like to hear from those who
> have them how they are structured, who the members are, what their
> charge/mission is, how the community feels about it, etc.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Eris Weaver, Facilitator & Group Process Consultant
> Founding Member, FrogSong (Cotati, CA)
> eris [at] erisweaver.info
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