Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Friends of ....

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

We started with associates, changed to friends--but then people wanted
everyone to be one--so now have affiliate membership.
Covers old members, people who live in the area and want to hang with us,
people in the next door Cohousing that want to use our resources
(especially music room, garden, hot tub) or really wanted to live on our
community.

Affiliates pay at least 5% of our average Cohousing fee (most pledge about
$5 per month).
They can take part in decision making outside of buildings and money but
mostly don't.
When we say "members" it includes affiliates.

Some discussion of whether renters are affiliates but decided everyone who
lives on campus is a full member not an affiliate.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 7:43 AM Tom Carpenter via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Do any cohousers out there have a "Friends of" level of association for
> former members who wants to stay involved in the community? If so, can you
> share?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Carpenter
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