Kids with wrinkles

We had a great meeting last night, with nearly a dozen new faces. We had a lively discussion, apportioned some tasks and agreed to meet in two weeks.

• The members said they wanted to visit nearby cohousing projects. New member Judy Wismer volunteered to set up a tour at Two-Acre Wood in Sebastopol (she lives there).
• Judi Marley will coordinate with Eloise Tweeten to vist Yulupa Cohousing.
• Helen Baum will arrange a visit to FrogSong in Cotati.
• Gayle Walz will arrange a day trip to Davis to visit both the senior cohousing and other cohousing projects there.

In other tasks,

• Lorene Romero will attend a meeting Sunday, March 16 concerning the Sonoma Mountain Villge cohousing project in Rohnert Park.
• Barbara Spain is going to acquire Jay Walljasper’s “The Great Neighborhood Book” and add it to our library.
• Judy Wismer is going to investigate the Elders Guild, a new umbrella organization in the East Bay.
• Helen Baum and Margo Austin are going to investigate the Elder Cohousing Conference in Boulder, CO May 1-4. With luck, one or both of them will attend.

Announcements:

• We have an email address: kidswithwrinkles@gmail.com
• Helen Baum coined a neat phrase: she says what we are doing is a Community of Caring. What a great description!
• Next meeting: 6 p.m., Wednesday March 26 at Subud Hall, 234 Hutchins Ave., Sebastopol.