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Cohousing Policies

Submitted by KarinCoHoUS on

By Elizabeth Magill, Mosaic Commons in Berlin, MA

What shall we discuss as we are forming our communities? Every forming community (I hope!) asks this question and communities that have already moved in give lots of different answers. Many of those answers are in the form of "I wish we'd resolved this" and "we decided x which was irrelevant and should have decided y which was important." All of those reflections are completely true, of course, but I don't think they get at the purpose for deciding things prior to move-in.

The purpose of discussing policies before move-in is to
resolve as much as you can about your values before getting so many
new members you can never agree on values.

Marketing for Cohousing - no car salesman techniques needed!

Submitted by JennyG on

Shelly Parks, CoVision Consulting

“I don’t want to be a used car salesman.” This is the response I most often hear when I ask forming cohousing groups to describe their feelings around using sales techniques in their membership recruitment.

And I get it. We tend to stereotype sales people as sleazy movie car salesman: they pounce aggressively and they don’t listen. They leave us feeling coerced. We picture the guy to the left.

Why I Contribute to Cohousing.Org Every Year

Submitted by KarinCoHoUS on

By Marty Maskall, Founder, Fair Oaks EcoHousing

I just made my annual contribution of $100 to Cohousing.org. I do this every year because of the many benefits the organization has provided me: support, friendship, resources, and inspiration. Each year I choose ten organizations that are important to my life and my community, and I make a donation. To me, it’s a privilege and an obligation to give back to organizations I support.

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