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Quick/timely links:

• Resident Portal - view your account, pay your condo bill, etc.

• Current COVID-19 guidelines and other information.

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Welcome to the Cambridge Cohousing Wiki (CCH Wiki) an internal private website for residents. This site contains the community memory – short-term and long-term – of Cambridge Cohousing created collectively by ourselves, it can be accessed by any member of CCH-Talk or CCH-Business. There are two ways to find information stored here. 

1.   Search: Click on the search symbol at the upper right corner of every page to open a search box. 

2.   Table of Contents/Menu: Click on  the three lines ("hamburger") at the upper left of every page. Page through the menu of the entire site that opens to the left of the main page.

On CCH Wiki you will find: 

Our short-term memory (for instance):

• a home page for each core circle and subcircle

• minutes of our community-wide circles: Full Circle, Managing Board and Hub

•  membership of our circles and sub-circles, information about what each circle is working on 

• minutes of recent core circle and sub-circle meetings

• a go-to list of members responsible for different aspects of our community life and community resources

• the calendar for use of our guest rooms

• information about ourselves:  contact information, a birthday list, and photos and bios when we choose to add them.

Our long-term memory – you can think of this as a living community handbook:

• agreements for how we govern ourselves

• procedures we use for conducting meetings and making decisions, large and small

• a description and diagram of our community structure: all our circles and sub-circles

• guidelines for how we use our community spaces and resources

• guidelines for sales and rentals of units

• our legal documents

• Master Deed

• Bylaws

• Rules and Regulations

• Archives of earlier and outdated versions of all the types information listed here.

Technically, a “wiki” is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using a Web browser. The term comes from the Hawaiian phrase “wiki wiki” which has been translated as “super fast.” All users of cch wiki are also editors. Each of us and all of us are responsible for the content. Anyone who can access CCH Wiki can add to it, delete incorrect or out-of-date information, and edit material already on the site.

In practice, each circle and sub-circle, and individual “stars” responsible for aspects of community life are responsible for content posted on CCH Wiki. Members of circles are listed on each circle’s home page. People who post or update documents sign and date them at the bottom of a document. If you feel the need for a change in a page to reflect current understandings, please contact the circle or individuals responsible before making any changes. And when you do make changes, please sign and date them. 

You might think that the information on CCH Wiki is fragile and insecure since any user can - deliberately or accidentally – make changes at any time.  However, the good news is that Google Sites, the host server for CCH Wiki continuously backs up the site, so that any lost or archived material can be retrieved.    

CCH Wiki is one of five internet-based communication systems, guided and managed by the e-life circle.  The others are listed here. Full descriptions and guidelines are found on the e-life circle page.

cambridgecohousing.org is our public Web site which can be found by anyone searching the internet.

Our Googlegroups, CCH-Talk@googlegroups.com, CCH-Business@googlegroups.com,  and CCH-MB@googlegroups.com,  are list-servs for sharing and discussion, essential community business, and communication to and among the Condo Management Circle.

cambridgecohousing.net also known as CCH-Manager or CCM, our current scheduling system for meals, community events, and reserving community spaces, is password protected for access by residents only.

CCHNET  is a resident-only WiFi internet service available in the common spaces of the first floor common house (mainly the living room, dining room and library.)  The WiFi password is "Cohousing" (case-sensitive).  It's not super-fast but it's good enough for meeting notes and light web browsing. (Dan Watt 2019)