Re: Community dinner economics | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Lynn Warschauer (lynnwrmicrosoft.com) | |
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 94 18:49 CDT |
On Tue, 2 Aug 94 11:51PDT, Rob Sandelin <cohousing-l [at] uci.com> wrote: >We (Sharingwood) is looking for information about how groups charge for >community dinner meals and do food purchasing? Do you have a group >account, do cooks buy the food and get reimbursed? Does every one who >eats pay each day, weekly or monthly and how much is charged? >We are looking to change our current system and info of how other >groups handle this would be helpful. As an associate member of Sharingwood and a person very interested in the "community" aspects of sharing meals together, I wanted to ask the list for their ideas on the 'social economics' of the community dinner system and how it works for their community. Please accept my apologies for mailing all of you earlier today while attempting to discover how to post to the list! With 'social economics' I mean how do you take into account varying levels of participation in planning, purchasing, cooking, cleaning up after community dinner, or perhaps doing none of the above, but choosing to dine with the community and pay for the dinner? Do meals cost more for people who do not contribute in other ways, is assuming some of the above responsibilities translated into lower cost, more "chits" or credits, or what are your experiences? We have discussed allowing people to contribute according to their schedules, capabilities, comfort level, but aren't sure how to balance this all out. What we are also questioning is whether it is feasible/reasonable/desirable to be able to come in, sit down to dinner, and be charged the same as the person who participated in additional ways to keep community dinner a reality. How could there be an added plus in working toward the dinner, and what are ways people could help who don't want to be involved in a very large way? Are alot of people in your communities interested in community dinner, or is it a low priority for some? Thanks for this list, I enjoy hearing from and about your groups throughout the world! Lynn Warschauer
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