Re: Money for Meals | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Joani Blank (jeblankic.org) | |
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 02:47:15 -0700 (MST) |
Many communities (including Doyle St.) don't put money for meals in or out of any account. The way we do it here is as follows. People sign up to eat a particular meal, and the cook posts how much he or she spends when he/she shops for the meal. Every three months or so the meal reconciler throws the numbers into a spread sheet that figures the difference between the amount spent by each person when he/she cooked and the total cost of the meals that person ate during the period. Then she posts a list with each person's or household's name which specifies who owes her how much or how much she owes to those people who ate less than they spent. It's a cute little list that simply says: Sandra (not the real meal reconciler's name) owes Joani $22.45 or Joani owes Sandra $15.65--like that for each person or household. Then Sandra receives a few checks written to her personally (or cash) and she writes a few from her personal account. When Sandra tires of this job, we'll give it to someone else, and Sandra will take on another community task. Very simple system, and forget taxes and accounts and all that nonsense. Initially we tried an even simpler system like the one they apparently have in many Danish communities, that is, you pay the actual pro rata cost of the meal you just ate in cash right after dinner. But we had too much of "will you take a check?" or "do you have change?" or "I forgot my wallet, I'll pay tomorrow," or "I don't have any money in my pocket, can you wait til next week." It was a real pain! Joani Blank Old Oakland/ and still at Doyle Street Cohousing.
- money for meals, (continued)
- money for meals Stuart Staniford-Chen, October 18 1994
- RE: money for meals Rob Sandelin, October 19 1994
- Re: money for meals Judy, October 19 1994
- Re: money for meals David Hungerford, October 19 1994
- Re: Money for Meals Joani Blank, November 17 1999
- Re: Money for Meals David Mandel, November 17 1999
- Re: Money for Meals Judy Baxter, November 19 1999
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