Telluride House is governed
democratically by its residents. Housemembers enjoy tremendous
autonomy, controlling the day-to-day operation of their
community, helping to select new members and determining
the goals and focus of life in Telluride House. This power
of self-government is a unique and central facet of the
House.
House Meetings
The precise shape of the House's political
rules and structures evolves over time in response to the needs and
desires of the community. Members of the Michigan House meet
every other week . In these House Meetings, a variety of issues
are discussed and decisions made, ranging from choosing the
magazines to which the House will subscribe to identifying and
planning the next year's project or approving spending from House
budgets.
Working with Telluride Association
Telluride House is a
program run by Telluride Association, a national educational
nonprofit. Members of the House and the trustees of Telluride
Association work together to select new housemembers, to create budgets
and to implement House programs. Working with the Association
also affords housemembers opportunities to involve themselves
in the larger work of the Association. A House
representative sits on the Association committee overseeing the
Telluride House, and every housemember is invited to apply to become
a trustee of Telluride Association, responsible for making decisions
about the Telluride Houses at Michigan and
Cornell University, the TASPs,
the TASSes, and other
Telluride programs.
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