Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Solving the Cooking Challenge

[Don Benson (benson6451]

Perhaps some clarity would help in your request, specifically there are two 
kinds of NOT
1.  Pre-existing schedules that are firm; and
2.  Life and its variability

And if our intention is clear, to build relationships (as opposed to just 
refueling) at a community meal, we can work with the first kind and not the 
second in collaborative planning for events, staffing, and building the social 
fabric.  

Don Benson
Trillium Hollow 
503.296.7249

On Aug 1, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Elizabeth Magill wrote:

> 
> I'd love to know how you get people to answer the "NOT" question. 
> 
> I ask it at mosaic every two months, and create the schedule and people say 
> "its easier for me to tell you when I CAN cook."
> 
> I personally find it MUCH easier to create the schedule if folk would tell me 
> when they cannot NOT cook, but ....
> 
> -Liz
> Elizabeth Magill
> www.mosaic-commons.org
> Homes available in Berlin, MA 
> $154,500 to $173,000
> www.sawyerhill.org/40b