Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Orienting renters and other new people

[Jennifer Savin (jensavin]

I guess I should mention, we have vacant homes, no renters and owners  
living here w/o doing their fair share.

We do have a mentor process- people are matched 1:1 with a helper who  
guides them and reminds them of the way things happen here.


On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:53 PM, Rob Sandelin wrote:

> At Sharingwood we have a welcoming team whose mission is to connect  
> with new
> people, give them our community guide, invite them to a private  
> dinner, and
> provide them with a gift basket and welcome. At this point they are  
> given
> the list of teams and asked to sign up to be on two. Pretty much  
> everybody
> seems to follow through and sign up to be on at least one team.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Sharingwood
> Snohomish County, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kay Wilson Fisk [mailto:kwwilson [at] bartcommunity.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:54 PM
> To: 'Cohousing-L'
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ participating in community
>
>
> We had an orientation process for renters during our construction  
> phase, but
> have not continued it. Our landlords do their own orientation, and  
> it is
> clearly not working. I would appreciate any tips you might have. For
> example:
>
> - Who does the orienting of renters? Do you have a certain person or
> committee to do this?
>
> - Is completing orientation a pre-requisite of signing a lease?
>
> - Is there a participation agreement they sign?
>
> Kay Wilson
> Bartimaeus Cohousing at Meadow Wood
> www.bartcohousing.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Entin [mailto:davidentin [at] comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 1:28 PM
> To: Cohousing-L
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ participating in community
>
>
> We orient renters and require them to abide by community rules and  
> expect
> them to participate in community chores.  So if an owner has left  
> and then
> rents, we have some work done by the renters.
> David Entin, Rocky Hill Cohousing, Northampton, MA
>
> <snip>
>
>
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