Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common House reservations

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA

No common guest room, but frequent use of common house for events.
Sponsorship: A member must sign up, ideally signing the contract form  
which specifies some details of the event and summarizes the house  
rules and that the sponsor needs to be there all the time, set up  
through clean up and is the ultimately responsible party.

Personal Socials are such as birthday party, family reunion, cast party.
Sponsored Events are usually for some organization or group that would  
normally have to rent a space somewhere else: annual dinner, peace  
movement group, Audubon group, rehearsal.

General rules: Priority to any RoseWind events, regularly scheduled or  
special events. Fill out a form and write it on the CH bulletin board  
wall calendar with time frame and contact person.
If it's more than a weekend or one day event, it needs clearance from  
the community. So my chorus group meets every Tuesday evening, after  
first notifying the community of our intention and soliciting any  
concerns (one evening was a conflict which we resolved by meeting  
elsewhere that time).

There is a small fee collected to help defray utility and maintenance  
costs.
No alcohol left unattended; any leftover gets taken home (ditto for  
community meals or events).

No event is guaranteed total privacy, as our mailboxes are in the  
foyer, and sometimes people need to drop something off to the kitchen  
or such. But if there is a meditation retreat or such, we give notice  
and people do their best not to disturb it.

Lynn at RoseWind
where we have a rare resale home, spacious and sunny
info and photos at www.rosewind.org