Cohousing-L Mailing List: Thanks all contributors to thread on private and community dinners in cohouisng

[Howard C. Katz (hcktechdoc]

Thanks to all who contributed to the thread I started on private and
community dinners in cohousing communities. Each contributor added a unique
perspective.

I need to correct a misstatement. Jamaica Plain Cohousing's once-a-week
private supper club has always shared the Common House kitchen (and Great
Room). They never had exclusive use. I stand corrected.

To summarize my thoughts and feelings on the topic:
* I enjoyed the weekly community bike rides and not-infrequent community
dinners of American Youth Hostels/Hosteling International/Center City
Touring Club in Philadelphia 1980-1985.
* I enjoy the twice-a-month community dances and not-infrequent community
dinners of the Boston-area GLBTQ-and-friends contradance in Jamaica Plain
1989-present.
* When I became an equity member of JP Cohousing in 2001, 4 years before we
opened, I was especially looking forward to community dinners.
* I deeply regret that regular, stable community dinners never took root in
my community--for whatever reason--and I envy cohousing communities that do
have them.

Respectfully,

Howard Katz
Jamaica Plain Cohousing