Organization

Governance

Though legally a condominium, the style of running Sharingwood could be described as cooperative.

The community elects a Board of Directors (of about 5 people) which meets once a month. The board manages most of the legal and financial logistics of Sharingwood and sets the Agenda for General Meetings. These community-wide General Meetings are held once a month and serve as a venue where people:

• bring up new suggestions or concerns about the community
• to vote on policies
• come to consensus on issues that effect the whole community
• disseminate general information

To a large extent, most of the significant changes in Sharingwood come through the work of motivated individuals who have specific visions for what they want to see in community.

Teams

Sharingwood has a wide variety of teams, one or two of which community members are expected to participate in. Teams are allocated budgets at the beginning of the fiscal year, and can ask for contingency funds of unexpected projects arise. The list of teams is as follows:

• Common House Team. Responsible the maintenance of the common house and the dining programs.
• Landscape Team. That makes decisions on common property landscaping.
• Greenbelt Team. Tasked with being the custodian of the Greenbelt and currently working on a plan to put the Greenbelt into a conservation easement.
• Maintenance Team. Responsible for the general upkeep of the common properties.
• Outreach Team. Responsible for marketing Sharingwood to the outside world.
• Technology Team. Responsible for setting policy on technology related items, such as the web-site, e-mail lists, and the LAN.
• Social Team. Responsible for organizing certain social events.
• Kids Team. A group of children and parents that organized children's events and work through issues related to children at Sharingwood.
• Welcoming Team. Responsible for helping new arrivals to Sharingwood get comfortable in their new surroundings.
• Library Team. Maintains a library in the common house which offers books, magazines, music, and spoken word for children and adults.