Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting the work done

[Monty Berman (mberman116]

11/10
Re: Getting the work done
What comes upon for me with the difficulty and concern about Getting the work 
done.
Something of the order of having it be a topic of one of your meetings. Not who 
will do some of it but more along the lines of looking to get the residents 
"best thinking" on the subject. Not from a place of who will do what but, 
again, looking for best thinking on the subject. From a place of "let's think 
together on this."
Monty Berman  EcoVillage at Ithaca  Founding member.


  


 




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> 1. Re: Getting the work done (Kay W Wilson)
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> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:29:16 -0800
> From: "Kay W Wilson" <kwilsonfisk [at] comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Getting the work done
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> We are a standard cohousing community, with people of all ages,
> but the trends are clear: most of our owner members are nearing
> retirement age, and most of the younger members are renters. 
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> We too are seeing a time in the not too distant future when fewer
> people will be able to do the more physical chores, e.g. climbing
> up tall ladders to clean gutters and dryer vents. We are starting
> to talk about hiring help to do more of these kinds of chores.
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> We have had mixed success getting renters to help get the work
> done. (Because of the economy we have three units with rental
> ceiling exceptions, giving us a higher proportion of renters than
> we had planned.)
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> The national demographics predict that as the baby boomers age,
> more and more homeowners will be retired. It looks like our best
> hope is that the national economy will improve, allowing more
> younger people to be able to purchase homes.
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> Kay Wilson
> Meadow Wood Community
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Okner [mailto:renko2828 [at] gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:54 PM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ Getting the work done
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> We are a senior targeted cohousing community in Boulder CO and I
> would love to know how other communities both Senior and Multi
> Generational are dealing with jobs/chores/projects that the
> community won't or is not able to perform?
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> Arthur Okner
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> 303 444-1099 or renko2828 [at] gmail.com
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