Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Need Suggestions for complying with bank guidelines to opening cohousing bank accounts etc

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

If you are already built community you would presumably have some kind  
of home owners association with appointed officers or trustees.  If  
you are still forming it needn't be any different.

I don't see any negative impact on consensus and community by having  
different people take on different roles.  I assumed the role of  
treasurer because I'm good with money.  Other people took on different  
roles...pr person, land search, design committee, secretary, childcare  
coordinator, etc.  Some of the roles were reflected in the llc officer  
roles and some weren't but that didn't affect the consensus driven  
aspect of the coomunity.

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On Apr 11, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Leslye Janusz <leslyej [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> Our group, Auburn Ecohousing, in Auburn, CA is looking for help in  
> how our
> group can comply with guidelines for opening a bank account, or a  
> member
> operated LLC.
>
> We've had "officers" in the past, elected, or selected by the entire  
> group,
> but that feels so antithetical to the concept of cohousing and  
> consensus.
> However, banks want to know who the officers are for purposes of  
> opening an
> account and who can sign on an account. In setting up a member  
> operated LLC,
> is it necessary to have "officers?"
>
> What are other groups doing to show some official sort of structure or
> leadership team that would satisfy banking intitutions?
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