Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Standing exclusive-group dinners vs standing

[Thomas Lofft (tlofft]

Request for clarification: Do the  'Standing exclusive-group dinners' 
commandeer the use of the CH kitchen and dining area and preempt it from other 
uses? Or, perchance are they undertaken in the private residences opf one of 
the exclusive group households? Thanks for clarifying, I think it makes a 
difference. Tom LofftLiberty Village, MD  In Regards to:Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 
07:26:18 -0500
From: "Howard C. Katz" <hcktechdoc [at] gmail.com>
Subject: [C-L]_ Standing exclusive-group dinners vs standing
        community-group dinners--do the former inhibit the latter?
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Hi Fellow Cohousers-
 
In your experience, do standing exclusive-group dinners inhibit the
growth of standing community-group dinners?
 
Some definitions:
* EXCLUSIVE-GROUP DINNERS are cooked by and serve only the members of
the group and their guests. Nonmembers can attend if they bring their
own dinner, but they are not served by the group. Group membership is
controlled by the group.
* COMMUNITY-GROUP DINNERS are cooked by a group of community members.
The group is open to any community member, and the group serves any
and all who sign up in advance.
 
At the 30-household Jamaica Plain cohousing, we've have a standing
10-household exclusive-group dinner group for about 4 years. During
this time, our standing community-group dinners have attrished
repeatedly.
 
Any thoughts on whether this is correlation or causality?
 
Assume that both kinds of group cook equally well.
 
And if this question has already been answered, please feel free to
refer me to the archives.
 
Thank you very much.
 
Howard Katz
JP Cohousing
Boston, MA 02130
 
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