Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: associate membership policies

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

I'll add that I've been chatting with some of our associates who are NOT happy 
with our policy.

Essentially "have the same rights and responsibilities as members" does not 
feel good to folk who try to live up to the letter of the law. 

Despite very active involvement they feel guilty for not coming to meetings, 
don't WANT to be allowed to speak to "what its like to live here" issues, feel 
they should not have equal role in consensus decision making, and don't think 
they should have to do the same level of work.

So we still have some work to do.

-Liz
(The Rev.) Elizabeth M. Magill
www.worcesterfellowship.org
www.mosaic-commons.org
508-450-0431


On Feb 28, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> At Mosaic Commons we do have associate members, meaning in this case
> non-resident members.
> 
> We spent a lot of time and energy working out a much clearer policy.
> *MEMBERS* must be residents (http://www.mosaic-commons.org/membership);
> others are *ASSOCIATES* (http://www.mosaic-commons.org/associates)
> 
> (All this is separate from our HOA, in which membership is clear: it's for
> owners, period.  After all, that's what the "O" is HOA stands for :-)
> 
> Diana
>