Plenary Sessions

All the participants gathered for several plenary sessions, such as the Friday night one that launched the conference. Shown clockwise from upper left: the audience at Bentley College for the '08 Cohousing Conference; Craig Ragland, Coho/US's executive director, detailed a half dozen new initiatives (see overview page) and emceed each plenary; another view of the audience; keynote speaker John Abrams (left) talks with Richard Swett, another speaker at the opening plenary; Coho/US board President Rick Mockler addresses the group; Charles Durrett responds as part of a tribute to him and Kathryn McCamant on the 20th anniversary of their book, which launched cohousing in the U.S. (Photo credits clockwise from upper left: the first four photos are by Ken Porter, Carol Agate, Donna Freiermuth.)