Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: community software

[Josh Yeats (josh.yeats]

Hey Folks,

This contribution is from New Zealand.
At Cohaus (20 homes) we use Slack (free version), Google drive, Xero
(accounting & book-keeping) and Shoal (a metering & billing platform for
our community utilities system).
We have about 35 people on Slack, and it generally works well.

We don't have a website (with or without a members' login area), and if we
could find the time and drive to do it well, that might be something to
consider.
I looked at Google Sites and was impressed (free, easy to use and good for
editing and integrating documents). Just need time and skill to write and
edit the content, and have a consensus that it's the community voice.

Thanks,
Josh

On Tue, 9 Dec 2025 at 15:35, fernselzer--- via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> What do people recommend for community software?In the past I have heard
> Mosaic and Gather.  Are those still good?  Which is easiest?We have been
> using google.docs, emails, posted calendars in the CH to keep track of
> things.   This is not working well.   Too many emails, texts,  too many
> trips to the CHs to see what is going on, loss of past and current
> policies, and members with limited understanding of how to use and organize
> google docs.What is easy, good for cohousing and not too expensive as we
> are a small group, about 20 adults?   short on time and money, but we could
> schedule in a training and pay for initial set up  I would appreciate any
> ideas.
> ThanksFernNew Brighton CohousingAptos, CA
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