Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Ashville Cohousing (Daisy Nauroth)

[Mary Kay Doyle (marykaydoyle]

From: Carmen <earthaven.finance [at] 149993742.mailchimpapp.com>
Date: September 28, 2024 at 4:42:28 PM EDT
To: marjpomper [at] gmail.com
Subject: Hurricane Helene update from Earthaven
Reply-To: earthaven.finance [at] gmail.com
 
Dear Friends of Earthaven Ecovillage,

We are writing to seek the help of our friends, as we cope with the disastrous 
impacts of Hurricane Helene on Earthaven Ecovillage. 

The center of Hurricane Helene passed directly over and through Earthaven. It 
was forecasted for us to get somewhere between 8 to 10 inches of rain between 
Wednesday and Friday. We actually got somewhere around 22 inches in 2 1/2 days. 
The resulting flooding was disastrous.

The good news is everyone is well.

The bad news is the creeks swelled and overflowed so much that they took out 
many of our roads and destroyed or severely compromised all three of our 
bridges, and damaged some of our homes. All of our roads became rushing rapids 
overnight, and are unpassable. Additional impacts include damage to our water 
systems and off-grid power systems. The ground became so saturated that a lot 
of huge trees fell, many of which are blocking the roads both at Earthaven and 
throughout the region. Trees and landslides on the roads outside of the 
community are preventing access.


As we do, we have come together to mobilize efforts to assure everyone’s health 
and safety, restore access, and make sure everyone continues to have what they 
need. As of Friday night, September 27, no one at Earthaven has Internet nor 
cell phone service nor the ability to leave the village. Major efforts are 
being made with chainsaws, tractors and lots of helping hands to clear trees 
from the roads so we can gain more access and mobility. Those efforts will 
continue today and for as long as it takes to restore and repair things to a 
semblance of functionality.

We send our love and compassion to all those experiencing similar difficulty, 
challenge, and loss right now. May everyone have the support they need to 
navigate these wild and unprecedented times. The storm is the biggest storm 
this land has seen in Earthaven’s 30-year lifetime, and is possibly the same 
for many others.

We need funds to restore basic access (roads, bridges, and utility systems) to 
and within our village. The infrastructure damage is unprecedented and will 
take months of work to repair. We humbly ask for your support. Will you please 
donate to our GoFundMe and share the link and an appeal on your social media? 
Donations to the GoFundMe are tax-deductible through our nonprofit, Culture’s 
Edge.

If you are willing and able to support us in a more significant way and you 
would like to discuss how, please contact our development director, Amy 
Belanger, at AmyJBelanger [at] gmail.com or 510-725-5889. 

Thank you, in advance, for your support, now and in the past. 

“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” Helen Keller

In Community,
Amy J. Belanger
Development Director, Culture’s Edge
AmyJBelanger [at] gmail.com
510-725-5889

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Ashville Cohousing (Daisy Nauroth)
   2. Re: HOA/CoHousing Balance (Neil Planchon)


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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 16:57:24 +0000
From: Daisy Nauroth <daisyhn [at] msn.com>
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Cc: Dean smith <deansmith4 [at] icloud.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Ashville Cohousing
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I just heard from Earthhaven Ecovillage near Asheville NC. Their road and 
internet are out. They have posted info on their Facebook page. Diane Leafe 
Christian teaches sociocracy and conflict management. She has lived there for 
many years.
Daisy Nauroth
Village Hearth Cohousing
Durham, NC

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Subject: [C-L]_ Ashville Cohousing

Has anyone heard from any of the cohousing projects in the Ashville, NC, area?  
We?re wondering if they need help.

Dean Smith
Sunnyside Village Cohousing
Marysville, WA
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:51:42 -0700
From: Neil Planchon <neil [at] swansway.com>
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Subject: Re: [C-L]_ HOA/CoHousing Balance
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<Cindy Harris> is the author of the message below. It was posted by Neil from 
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you.?? Neil

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I'm a member of the Rachel Carson EcoVillage, a new cohousing community just 
getting ready to break ground outside of Pittsburgh, PA. This was a question I 
asked during our Sociocracy class when we were reviewing the RCE Community 
Governance Agreement. Our community is committed to governing via Sociocracy, 
but (as in most states) Pennsylvania requires us to be a condo association with 
a board and officers etc. How, I wondered, would we be able to avoid conflicts 
between the condo association board and the idea that Sociocratic groups would 
make all the decisions? The answer turned out to be rather brilliant. The way 
our condo association is established, the board has exactly 3 members, 
identified at the end of the year: the Facilitator of the Coordinating Group, 
the Legal and Finance Planning Group Accountig Manager, and the scribe of one 
of the other planning groups. Those three meet once per year, and have limited 
authority, namely:

To affirm the annual operating budget consented to by LFPG To affirm the 
incoming officers (already consented by their individual groups) To affirm all 
significant actions taken by the Planning Groups over the course of the 
previous year To affirm any changes to the condo association bylaws consented 
to by the appropriate planning group.
To affirm insurance policies and tax filings.

That's it. The condo association meetings will be done via consent agendas, so 
there's really no discussion involved, just approvals. There are no elections 
of board members involved, and I imagine that those board members will change 
over fairly randomly as the various groups turn over their leadership positions 
at least twice per year (some do it three times a year) and not all at the same 
time.

This seems to satisfy both our commitment to Sociocracy and also Pennsylvania 
legal requirements for condo associations.

Hope that helps!

Cindy Harris
Rachel Carson EcoVillage
Pittsburgh, PA

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