Re: Looking for examples of software coho use to manage community
From: Mac Thomson (macthomsonmac.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 08:12:06 -0800 (PST)
We’ve been using Mosaic for several years now. It has been a huge upgrade to 
our community information flow and bookkeeping. Sean has been amazing in 
helping get the software to fit some of our unique challenges. Thank you Sean!

-- 
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge;
  argument is an exchange of ignorance."
                      - Robert Quillen
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> On Jan 7, 2024, at 10:56 AM, Sean Davey via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> hi Steve,
> 
> you're right, some of the code is specific to cohousing (e.g. meal system) 
> but most of it could be useful to almost any type of community. I do host a 
> couple of sites for non-cohousing groups who have found out about Mosaic from 
> cohousers.
> 
> the origin of Mosaic is simply that I had written this code for my own 
> cohousing community and thought I could provide it to other communities 
> without much effort (ha!). I'm interested in communities helping each other 
> in the same way that members within a community help each other. Since making 
> it available, I've added tons of functionality at the request of other 
> communities which has made it even more useful to more people. cohousing.site 
> <http://cohousing.site/> <http://cohousing.site/ <http://cohousing.site/>>, 
> and sites.community, are the early domains I secured for the sites (which can 
> also use domains owned by a community). The site is focused on cohousing but 
> at some point I'd like to add material that is focused on all types of 
> communities.
> 
> There's a reason the name Mosaic is used by so many different things, it's 
> nicely evocative of a melange of different people. I'm very open to changing 
> the name. The name itself is not important to the sites. Years ago I thought 
> about changing it to Contigo but that has the same search engine problem as 
> Mosaic. The best way to have an easily found thing is to invent a new name. 
> Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
> 
> best,
>  Sean
> 
> 
>> Thank you, Sean for sharing what, at first glance, appears to be an 
>> outstanding solution that could, perhaps, be applied to many different kinds 
>> of communities, not necessarily those "certified" as cohousing communities.  
>> I'm thinking of residential complexes that are looking to help engage more 
>> with their residents and have them engage more with each other to make those 
>> communities function better.
>> 
>> If you don't mind, can you tell us more about the genesis and intentions of 
>> cohousing.site <http://cohousing.site/> <http://cohousing.site/ 
>> <http://cohousing.site/>>?
>> 
>> Steve Katz
>> Lexington KY
>> 
>> Sat 1/6/2024 10:46 AM
>> Hi Julie,
>> 
>> I'm the author of Mosaic, software for helping cohousing communities. The 
>> software, hosting, modifications, and new features are all free. There are 
>> also self-hosting options and everything is open source.
>> 
>> Here are some of the features:
>>   • facebook-like news feed
>>   • unlimited calendars with reminders and sign ups
>>   • contact list of people and households with bios and pictures
>>   • groups/teams/committees with calendars, documents, minutes, etc.
>>   • support for subgroups (useful for sociocracy)
>>   • unlimited email lists
>>   • document storage and organization
>>   • decision making module with support for proposals, agendas, meetings, 
>> online voting, history, etc.
>>   • work tracking
>>   • photo gallery
>>   • online discussions
>>   • online surveys
>>   • notices ("For Sale", "Free Garden Produce", "Free Items", "Help Wanted", 
>> "Help Available", "Wanted to Buy", "Wanted for Free", "To Trade")
>>   • shared lists (e.g. lost and found, recommendations, recipes, movies)
>>   • full accounting system (with automatic invoicing of meals, guest room 
>> usage, HOA dues, etc.)
>>   • common meal calendar integrated with accounting and full reporting
>>   • private household pages with contacts, notes, recipes, todo list, 
>> accounting history, common meal history
>>   • private household calendars
>> 
>> more info at https://cohousing.site <https://cohousing.site/> 
>> <https://cohousing.site/ <https://cohousing.site/>> <https://cohousing.site/ 
>> <https://cohousing.site/>>
>> 
>> best,
>> Sean
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