Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: dogs in community

[Wayne Tyson (landrest]

Ann and all:

I do not want to clog in-boxes, so I will try to be as responsive to several 
emails (I don't mind clogging, but I can't always respond to all of 
them--and if I did, the moderator would object) as I can.

I have followed the discussion of this subject, contributed to it once, and 
have come to the PROVISIONAL conclusion that it is of great interest to a 
number of people, because of  all the traffic on the subject. I am trying to 
understand it in neutral terms, hence the questions. Dog owners seem to be 
out walking their dogs or are not on the list, as they don't seem to have 
been represented much in the discussion. My questions are an attempt to get 
the facts in focus. Either the questions are relevant or they are 
irrelevant, but they are not biased, nor are they part of some nefarious 
scheme. I am not interested in "inferences" or other generalities, only in 
facts.

I obviously do not have the power to require anyone to do anything, and if I 
did, I wouldn't use it.

I remain most interested in cohousing as it is, and in its potential and 
history. You folks have been most kind in tolerating my intrusions into your 
discussions, and, as I have tried to make clear, I welcome corrections. I am 
interested in conflict resolution and intellectual and social engagement, 
but not at all interested in arguments about opinions. I want to understand 
the phenomena under discussion and the phenomenon of cohousing in all of its 
dimensions. I would like to know how individual cohousing groups are alike 
or similar and how they differ.

I hope I have been properly responsive to your enquiry; if not, please tell 
me specifically what is out of order with respect to the questions I have 
asked. I try not to be judgmental in my comments, and, again, would welcome 
specific references and comments where I have been out of order in any way.

Best,
WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Zabaldo" <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ dogs in community


> Wayne and all --
>
> How would knowing the answers to your questions be helpful in dealing w/ 
> this issue?  I'm not picking at this -- I'm trying to understand what 
> inferences you could draw from knowing if 5% or 50% of the 
> owners/residents are dog owners.
>
> If only one resident has a dog and that dog is a problem then the 
> community has a problem.  If 100% of the residents have dogs and none of 
> them are a problem and the community at large has no problem w/ the dogs 
> then ... there's no problem.
>
> I don't know what difference it would make in a cohousing community if one 
> or more people on the board have or do not have dogs.  Since most 
> governing boards in cohousing work at the behest of the membership the 
> membership is the body that sets "the rules" ... O!  Excuse moi!  I meant 
> "guidelines."  :-)
>
> I'm probably missing something glaringly obvious so do fill me in.
>
> :-)
>
> Woof!
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church VA
> 703 663 3911
>
> On Jun 26, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Wayne Tyson wrote:
>
> > CoHo:
> >
> > What is the proportion of dog owners to non-owners among the respondents 
> > to
> > this thread and its sub-threads?
> >
> > What is the proportion of dog owners to non-owners on this list at large?
> >
> > What is the proportion of dog owners to non-owners on the governing 
> > boards?
> >
> > Thank you for your responses,
> >
> > WT