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

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

I live in the same community as Liz.

We have two web pages related to affiliates and membership.

https://mosaic-commons.org/membership

https://mosaic-commons.org/affiliates



On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM Elizabeth Magill via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> 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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