So, a few weeks ago, we had a strung-out conversation via email about a specific person coming to spend a few nights at the house. None of us knew them, and the only connection we had was that someone in town had referred them to us as a potential place to stay.
Currently, Friends does not allow "crashers," meaning people staying at the house that aren't guests of one of the members. Other MCC houses do, and have certain policies guarding their rights and the crashers rights to things like food, how long they can stay before paying rent, and others.
We never really finished our conversation on crashers in emails. While I know this is probably something that will need to get brought up officially in a meeting, I thought we could use this forum to begin an open discussion of the subject. What are people's general feelings about crashers? If co-op houses are an example of a radical way of living outside the mass-marketed housing complex, should they or shouldn't they include other radical issues and stances on subjects like crashers, local food, community organizing?
(It'd be nice to have a more general discussion of radical issues house-wide, but here, mentioning them serves as an introduction to the specific issue of crashers and their ability to stay at Friends.)
Please participate in this discussion if you have an opinion on it...it'd be nice to get everyone's stance on this issue.
Currently, Friends does not allow "crashers," meaning people staying at the house that aren't guests of one of the members. Other MCC houses do, and have certain policies guarding their rights and the crashers rights to things like food, how long they can stay before paying rent, and others.
We never really finished our conversation on crashers in emails. While I know this is probably something that will need to get brought up officially in a meeting, I thought we could use this forum to begin an open discussion of the subject. What are people's general feelings about crashers? If co-op houses are an example of a radical way of living outside the mass-marketed housing complex, should they or shouldn't they include other radical issues and stances on subjects like crashers, local food, community organizing?
(It'd be nice to have a more general discussion of radical issues house-wide, but here, mentioning them serves as an introduction to the specific issue of crashers and their ability to stay at Friends.)
Please participate in this discussion if you have an opinion on it...it'd be nice to get everyone's stance on this issue.