A Neighborhood on Purpose

In our cohousing community members work together to create a socially rich community that is safe, sustainable, diverse, egalitarian, supportive, attractive and affordable.

Members collaborate to plan and develop their own neighborhood. Homes are owned privately but are deliberately clustered to provide a village-like common space that is protected from vehicle traffic. There is also a common house, which typically includes dining, recreation and childcare facilities and other amenities. In our community there is no effort to establish a religious or philosophical creed; what we share is a desire to live more economically, ecologically, and cooperatively.
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Friday, June 18, 2010

An invitation to take the next step

Green Haven has THREE email lists.
These vary with how interested and involved you are in our project.


1. New Haven Cohousing
This is the biggest group. If you're on the New Haven Cohousing list, you are getting only the most superficial news about what we're up to. This list is for folks we haven't met yet.We don't want to overwhelm you with a lot of stuff that may or may not interest you, if you're not yet sure of us. So if you haven't yet come to a meeting, you are probably on the NewHavenCousing list. You get announcements about upcoming meetings, and a few random updates. Since you have never met us, we try to limit our mailings to the bare essentials.
If you want to find out more about us, and move to an email list that tells you a lot more about what we're up to, come to a meeting!

Meetings--the path from one list to the next

These are on weekend evenings:
Sunday, June 27: Business Meeting (Usually the 4th Sunday).
Sunday, July 4, Potluck (Usually the first Sunday of the month)
Saturday, July 10: Business Meeting. (Usually the following Saturday, 6 days after the potluck)
Sunday July 25: Business Meeting (Usually the 4th Sunday, ie, 15 days after the last business meeting)
See info at the upper right ("CALENDAR") about time, place & whether you need to RSVP.

2. Green Haven Friends
Once you've been to a meeting or two, or met us on a co-housing tour, or attended a workshop, etc, and we see you're interested in knowing more about us, we move you to the Green Haven Friends list. That's how you really find out what's happening. You can join committees if you'd like, and get more involved in the details of what we're doing to make this happen. For example, this weekend, our "extra" weekend, the Friends of Green Haven have the opportunity to attend a consensus training workshop and hear more about one of our potential architects Saturday afternoon. Neither of these would make sense for someone who hadn't yet met us or attended a meeting.
If you're ready to move from one email list to the next, come to a meeting.

3. Green Haven Members
But we don't want to overwhelm our Friends, either, so we have an even smaller list, for those really committed to this project. This is our smallest, most active and hardworking list. It consists primarily of Green Haven members, as well as those who've made significant moves along the path to membership. People on this list also receive the other two lists, so we know what you are reading and writing, and can engage with and reply to those on the other lists.
If you want to find out more about what it takes to become a member, come to a meeting.

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