Cohousing-L Mailing List: Common House Use Guidelines

[John Goldberg (johngoldberg]

Thank you to everyone who replied to my request for feedback about a common 
house use proposal. I realized that I sent proposed rules but forgot to send 
proposed guidelines. The proposed guidelines follow:
 
1. Occasional reasonable use of laundry facilities by nonresident extended
family (not necessarily genetically related) is OK. They must pay usual $
and are encouraged to participate in work days or some other work
for community.
 
2. Requests to reserve c.h. for controversial events should be made at least
one month in advance.
 
3. In general, events won't be refused for content. C.H. cluster should
check with an expert in housing discrimination if considering refusing an
event for content.
 
4. If most of the people at an event are non-cohos, event organizer is
encouraged to ask for a $ donation.
 
5. Recurrent events (eg weekly meetings of outside organization) are
generally not approved unless they are at a low impact time or space (i.e.
during a week day or in kids' room after 8pm or teen's room at 9am).


By the way, I found feedback about specific items more useful that general 
feedback. In either case, I would appreciate any feedback you might have about 
the proposed guidelines in addition to the proposed rules I sent previously.
 
Thanks again,

John Goldberg