Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Members and rentals (was Short-term Rentals)

[R Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

In theory, there are two classes of residents operating in two different 
domains ... but in practice, it's all in together.

Makes sense to me.

RPD

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> On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> In terms of decision making, we have rarely had a need to draw a line.  The
> two groups meet at the same time; we discuss as a group; people with
> concerns and opinions state them; we craft a decision that attempts to
> address all the concerns and reach consensus. The process is the same
> whether it involves plowing (HOA) or planning work days (cohousing).
> 
> Like many groups we have a policy of attempting to reach consensus, and
> falling back to a vote if we can't.  If we vote, then indeed only members
> of the relevant group would be allowed to vote...but that hasn't happened.
> When it does I imagine it will be up to our steering committee to
> determine whether a particular decision is HOA or cohousing...and it will
> probably come down to which budget it affects.  our strictly HOA related
> decisions have so far not been the controversial ones...but that may be
> because our physical community is so new that we have not yet had to deal
> with major expenses for maintenance so we will see.
> 
> Diana