Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: To Go or Not To Go---Cohousing and CoHo US

Apart from the question of whether such a thing as "no ideology"  

exists, it's quite clear

even from the discussions of this issue on this list that MANY MANY  

cohousers care about unions,

and that the possibility of crossing a picket line might keep  

substantial numbers away.

So, in and of itself, that should have compelled a discussion of this  

issue by the organizers - on the basis

of self-interest (ie: getting as many people as possible to show up at  

the conference.), if not

out of taking a position on the union struggle.

Racheli
Sonora cohousing, Tucson.

On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:42 AM, <kkudia [at] peoplepc.com>  

<kkudia [at] peoplepc.com> wrote:

Katie: Well said. I tend to concur: the  primary commitment of CoHo  

as an

organization is the shared commitment of building neighborhoods.  

Individuals

are free to pursue a variety of political/religious persuasions and  

social

issues (women rights, animal

rights, poverty/racial issues, poverty in developing countries,  

sustainable

agriculture etc) and I imagine this organization like

others are composed of such a mixture. Perhaps the strength of CoHo  

is its

clear focus.

Karen
Anthony Fl

I?ve been troubled by this whole union situation for several reasons:

1.     By definition, cohousing is not supposed to have a shared  

ideology.

Cohousers claim to want a diverse range of political and social
viewpoints, but

of course the vast majority of cohousers are lefty liberals and  

anyone who

doesn?t share that perspective doesn?t really fit in. I can  

understand and

respect why individual members would not want to attend the  

conference and

cross

a picket line, but why is support for organized labor even an issue  

for

the
association? It?s not part of any mission statement or platform. >

It?s regrettable that this union issue seems to be putting a damper  

on the

conference and possibly causing people to not attend.  I commend  

the board

for
trying in good faith to work with the union, but the main goal ? the
reason

we?re all here ? is to support and advance the cause of cohousing,  

and I

think
the board made the right decision to carry on with the conference.

Katie Henry

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Re: To Go or Not To Go---Cohousing and CoHo US	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Racheli Gai (rachelisonoracohousing.com)
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:59:51 -0700 (PDT)