NW Regional Gathering at Duwamish Cohousing (Seattle)
Pre-registration: $25, including lunch
Please join us at Duwamish Cohousing for a fast-paced, fun-filled day learning and sharing about cohousing!
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This event will feature several cohousing professionals, members of the Coho/US board and staff, and cohousing activists from several northwest cohousing communities.
Cohousing experts include:
- Rick Mockler, Muir Commons resident and Cohousing Developer with Cohousing Partners (also the Coho/US Board president)
- Eris Weaver, FrogSong Cohousing resident and Cohousing Facilitation consultant (also a member of the Coho/US Board)
- Grace Kim, Cohousing Architect with Schemata Workshop (also a member of the Coho/US Board)
- Raines Cohen, Berkeley Cohousing resident and Consultant with Cohousing Coaches (and a former member of the Coho/US Board)
- Fred Lanphear, Songaia Cohousing resident and FIC Board member, and NICA Founder
- Your name here? Send proposed breakout topic to craig [at] cohousing [dot] org
This fast-paced day uses presentations, breakout sessions, and networking to explore best practices for forming and established groups, what’s new in the cohousing movement, and the 2009 National Cohousing Conference in Seattle – lots of fun and a yummy lunch!
Here's our working agenda - note: its still subject to change.
8:30 Registration and Gathering
9:00 Program begins
9:30 Round-robin introductions of all attendees
10:00 Intro to Breakouts and Morning Sessions
- Aging in Community with Fred Lanphear
- Building Sustainably – a case study of one community’s goals versus their budget with Grace Kim
- TBD
11:30 Re-gather for whole gathering conversation
12:00 Lunch
1:00pm Upcoming Cohousing opportunities
1:30pm Afternoon Breakouts
- Marketing Cohousing Online with Raines Cohen
- Cohousing Development: Issues and Strategies with Rick Mockler
- Facilitation First Aid with Eris Weaver
3:00pm Break and Regather
3:20pm Closing of the NW Cohousing Gathering
3:30pm Set-up for Puget Sound Cohousing Fair, which starts promptly at 4:00pm (although some folks generally show up early, while communities are setting up their tables)
4:00pm - 6:00pm Puget Sound Cohousing Fair (free to everybody)
6:00pm - 7:30pm Potluck Dinner (free to everybody)
Our regional gatherings in Boston, Denver, and Oakland were wildly successful - Coho/US is pleased to join you for this edition in Seattle, where the 2009 National Cohousing Conference will be next summer.
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Immediately following the gathering for communities and forming groups is the third free Puget Sound Cohousing Fair for the general public. Why not make November 15th a full coho-day! Established Communities and Forming Groups are invited to reserve a table ($10) to help them meet new folks – the cohousing curious and some who want to buy or rent their first cohousing home! More info
Hope to see you at Duwamish Cohousing (Duwamish Cohousing on Mapquest)
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