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

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Howard Katz <hckma [at] yahoo.com>
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Hi Thomas Lofft-

Thank you for reading my posted question.


The standing exclusive-group dinners do commandeer the use of the CH
kitchen, which can accommodate only one group at a time. At the same
time, our CH's Great Room can seat multiple dinner groups.


Given this information, what would you say?

Howard Katz
Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston, MA 02130

 


>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:41:48 +0000
>From: Thomas Lofft <tlofft [at] hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Standing exclusive-group dinners vs standing
>To: Cohousing Network-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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>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

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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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