Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Need "Work Group" how-to guidance - help homeless veterans

[Joanie Connors (jvcphd]

Wonderful work! Please keep us updated!

Our cohousing group failed, but others here have a goldmine of great
strategies!

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Ty Albright <tmalbright [at] verizon.net> 
wrote:

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> Dear Cohousing Community;
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> Can you email me your community's "how to" guidance for work groups?
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> I'm working with a nonprofit team to develop a tiny house village for
> homeless veterans in Denton Texas - which will use cohousing-like design
> and
> community creation strategies; and one of our goals is to establish some
> "how to do this" guidance in advance.
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> We would rather build on the work of others than try to figure out all this
> stuff from scratch.
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> The residents of this village will be responsible to self-manage their
> community.  We envision the creation of various work groups who will be
> responsible for different aspects of operating the community (mess hall,
> grounds, safety & security, conflict resolution, new resident orientation,
> etc.).
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> It would also be helpful it have "how to live in community" guidance.  We
> intend to have the community self-govern (with limitations - there is
> ministry oversight and resources to be made available) but decisions by
> full
> consensus may be a bit much given the circumstances - so we are looking for
> some "Roberts Rules of Order" guidance .. how to conduct a meeting /
> organize a community .. etc. type instructions.
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> If you have anything you are willing to share - guidance - a power point
> pitch - a manual - anything for work groups, governance, etc. please email
> it to me.
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> Thank you.
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> Ty
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> Ty Albright Project Management
> Little Red Hen LLC
> 214-336-7952
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