Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Hafidha Sofia (hafidhaaogmail.com) | |
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT) |
I would echo much of what Muriel said. And add: self governance is time intensive, and the more activities or work we do, the more planning and communication time required… most meetings are either for info sharing about a thing that’s going on or for planning a thing we want to happen. Songaia has a monthly ”house” aka community meeting that has a set agenda related to the community’s state of affairs; those meetings are organized by a committee (which meets monthly to set the agenda). And then there’s a second monthly meeting called the community circle that has a very flexible format and wide range of topics; circles generally provide space for ongoing community praxis and skill building — usually related to communication, conflict, trust, etc. We might skip 1-3 circles per year (esp in summer) but we don’t skip house meetings. Our community is very active and does a lot so there are many committees and task forces of 3-12 people who need to meet anywhere from weekly to twice a year to keep the community running, to foster communication, to plan celebrations, to manage facilities, and to handle the legal and financial affairs. We also have round tables, which are optional, but a way for topics and solutions to be explored and temperature checks taken. For example, we had round tables recently to talk about how we felt about covid precautions post vaccines. Separate from that is groups that gather for an activity or identity, like the meditation group, women’s group, people of color group, book study groups, etc. I moved to a cohousing community in part so i wouldn’t need to drive anywhere to have a rich social life. 😁 Hafidha Songaia, WA 2017-2021 now an associate (non resident) member > On Jul 13, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Maggi R. <librarymaggi [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > How many meetings does your community have each month? How many meetings does > it typically take to make a decision on a topic from beginning to end? > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info
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How many community meetings to make a decision? Maggi R., July 13 2021
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Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Muriel Kranowski, July 13 2021
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Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Maggi, July 14 2021
- Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Muriel Kranowski, July 14 2021
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Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Maggi, July 14 2021
- Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Hafidha Sofia, July 13 2021
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Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Ted J Rau, July 14 2021
- Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Elizabeth Magill, July 14 2021
- Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Maggi, July 14 2021
- Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Ted J Rau, July 15 2021
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Re: How many community meetings to make a decision? Muriel Kranowski, July 13 2021
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