Re: associate members | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Diana Carroll (dianaecarrollgmail.com) | |
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:42:10 -0700 (PDT) |
Alan, it sounds like maybe you are thinking of a specific situation in your community. Maybe if you give a few extra details people with associate programs might be able to offer ideas. On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:41 AM Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: > No, by definition, affiliates are non-residents. Residents automatically > get full membership. Affiliate membership has limitations, like they can > come to meetings and participate in discussion, but if something comes to a > vote, they don't get to vote. > > Like Liz said, we do not try to decide who is a resident. That's up to the > household. In fact, once a year we survey -- who do you consider part of > your household for the purposes of membership? We don't consider it our job > to verify or second guess. No one really cares -- you are who you say you > are. > > As far as I know, we have never had the situation of a romantic > relationship where the partner was an affiliate. Doesn't mean we wouldn't > do it, but it just hasn't been a thing. We've had non-romantic family > related memberships (moms are popular :D ), but I think, if memory serves, > that those family members lived in Camelot, our "sister" community who > shares our land, so that's a different situation. > > Diana > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:26 AM Alan O'Hashi <adoecos [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Diana et al. - Thanks for your responses. Do Affilliates / Associates >> live in your community or do they live elsewhere and participate in your >> community? >> >> >> I'm also interested in learning how a community decides that an >> occasional guest such as a boyfriend or girlfriend who stays overnight >> regularly becomes a resident. >> >> >> Are your associate / affiliate membership categories tied to household >> romantic relationship status (do personfriends ever join as associates / >> affiliates to 'test drive' community life) >> >> >> Thx >> >> Alan O. >> >> >> >> *Alan O'Hashi **Get Up Off the Couch* >> www.alanohashi.com >> www.getupoffthecouch.com >> CO: 303-910-5782 .... >> WY: 307-316-2113 .. >> NE: 402-327-1652 .... >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 01:52:42 AM MDT, Diana Carroll < >> dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Adding on to what Liz said about Mosaic’s affiliates. >> >> Alan asked how we decide when someone has crossed from visitor to >> affiliate. Our policy (after lots of discussion) is that an affiliate is >> proposed by two “sponsors”. So it’s an active decision by the potential >> affiliate and their sponsors. Also while that transition sometimes is as >> you describe— they hang around for awhile and then find they want to.be >> more involved — in fact the majority of our affiliates are people who used >> to live here, and/or residents of our “sister” cohousing group with whom we >> share land. >> >> Here’s the actual policy. >> https://www.mosaic-commons.org/affiliates >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:25 PM Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> In terms of people who sometimes live in the community, it is up to >> the owner to decide who is a member of their household. So if they say >> someone is part of their household and are members then they are >> members. >> >> For people who don't live here, we have a category called "affiliates" >> for people who want to have the privileges and responsibilities of >> membership. They pay 5% of our average dues (we have a sliding scale) >> and help with work and with the fun. >> >> We have called this thing associates, and then we changed it to friend >> and now it is affiliate. Calling it a "friend" was a mistake, some >> people thought that everyone who was their friend should be made >> one---really, we want everyone to feel free to invite friends anytime. >> Affiliate status costs money and has a [slight] commitment. >> >> Liz at Mosaic commons, Berlin, MA. >> >>
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Re: associate members Elizabeth Magill, April 20 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Alan O'Hashi, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Maggi, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Elizabeth Magill, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Diana Carroll, April 21 2021
- Re: associate members Maggi, April 21 2021
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Re: associate members Elizabeth Magill, April 20 2021
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