Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Associate Membership. Does your communmity have this?

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

We had associates, then friends, and now we have affiliates..
The only problem with "friends" was that people thought it had to
include all our friends!

Here is the policy: https://mosaic-commons.org/affiliates

I don't remember why we changed from associates years ago.

Our affiliates are people who want to use our resources and join us regularly.
They must be known by two households to be proposed.
Only affiliates and members can be on our email lists or reserve our
common spaces.
Affiliates commonly use things like hot tub, laundry, music room
without a member host.
Most affiliates live nearby, including in the other coho on our same
property, or across the street from our neighborhood, or down the
road. Some were once members and may live further away but come to
visit and comment on our email discussions.
While affiliates are welcome to be part of decision making, few take part.

(Only members can engage money issues, only owners can engage HOA issues.)
All renters are encouraged to be members. Affiliates is only for
people not on campus.
Affiliates pay a sliding scale fee, most I assume pay about $5 per
month or $60 per year.

-Liz
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM Jeroldine Hallberg via Cohousing-L
<cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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> Joanna,
> Your message comes at a great time for us at Skagit Commons in Anacortes,
> WA.
> We are investigating this concept and our next step is to review our
> progress and do a first round to get  community input in September.
> Can you share the Cherry Hill and PDX documents?
> Jeroldine (Jerry) Hallberg
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026, 7:43 PM roger cunningham via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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> > Here at Cantine’s Island, Hudson Valley, New York, we have a “Participating
> > Member” category. For a nominal monthly fee members can enjoy all the
> > benefits of membership, are expected to be involved in committees and
> > attend HOA meetings (although they cannot vote/block proposals). For an
> > additional fee they can also use the laundry facility. The original idea
> > was to have people involved who would essentially constitute a waiting list
> > as units became available.
> > We have a few units that have some rental space included and we encourage
> > those renters to have PM status but don’t require it.
> > Roger Cunningham
> > Cantine’s Island bookkeeper
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> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM Joanna Allen via Cohousing-L <
> > cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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> > > I am very interested in the concept of Associate Membership and have
> > > documents from Cherry Hill in Amherst MA and PDX Commons in Portland,OR,
> > > showing how they manage this component of co-housing.  I am broadening my
> > > research in order to better weigh the pros and cons.
> > > In brief, this system enables neighbors of your community, who don't live
> > > on your campus or in your building, but may own a home a few blocks away,
> > > to belong to your community and benefit, as well as bring benefits to the
> > > co-housing community, especially as we age.Thanks,JoAnna Allen, Phoenix
> > > Commons, Oakland CA415-307-2867
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