Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Seeking information about work commitments

[Tom Smyth (tom]

At Touchstone we use Gather (https://info.gather.coop) to run our work
program. The work committee enters all the jobs and the system computes how
many work hours per per person that works out to over the work period (4
months in our case). Folks can get accommodations/exemptions if needed. If
it's too many, we cut or reduce some jobs.

Then at an appointed time everyone goes in and picks what jobs they want
for the period. It works amazingly well (of course I'm biased but feedback
is generally quite positive). We have very high participation in our work
program and it's a fundamental part of the community.

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:03 AM Bree Kalb <breekalb [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> At Pacifica Cohousing in Carrboro NC, the expectation is 4 hours a month
> per household. If a household gets more that 8 hours in the hole, their
> monthly dues are increased that month $15 for each hour in the negative.
> Some households have more money than time, so they make a deliberate
> choice.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 8:48 AM Mary English <mary.english [at] hsc.utah.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > In Wasatch Cohousing, (26 units on 4 1/2 acres) the work requirement is 2
> > hours a month.
> >
> > As to what communities do if someone does meet their work commitment,
> that
> > I couldn't tell you.
> >
> > If it ever happened in my community, I know I would probably be in the
> > hospital trying to recover from a heart attack after the shock.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mary English
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l-bounces+mary.english=
> > hsc.utah.edu [at] cohousing.org> on behalf of Karen Browne-Courage <
> > joyfulreunion [at] gmail.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 5:47:52 AM
> > To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> > Subject: [C-L]_ Seeking information about work commitments
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am an explorer with Village Hill Co-housing in Northampton, MA.  One
> > question that we are researching as we are developing our community is
> how
> > other co-housing communities decide how much work each member would do
> each
> > week -- and what communities do if someone does meet their work
> > commitment.
> >
> > I would appreciate any information about this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Karen Browne-Courage
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Tom Smyth

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