Re: Keeping Track of Common Meals | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: pattymara (pattymarajuno.com) | |
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 14:30:01 -0600 (MDT) |
<< My question is, How do other communities keep track of how often > people eat > and work? Is it the honor system or some other system? At Tierra Nueva, central CA coast, we have 2 or 3 meals per week, depending on whether cooks and cleaners volunteer. Monday, Wed, and Sat nights. In the summer it generally drops to 1 or 2 meals per week. Potlucks happen too, but are "hosted" by a volunteer, and cleaners can come without bringing food. The "rhythm" we have finally found that seems to work is: whoever eats, cooks OR cleans twice a month, Honor system. Every once in a while, someone (usually the kitchen manager) keeps track to see if it is really so, and gives a gentle nudge to the freeloaders. Meal costs: Cooks (3) eat free. Cleaners (2) eat for half price. $2.75 adults 1.25 kids Usually purchased in a meal ticket of ten. Cooks keep receipts of all purchases, submit them to the meal manager (6 month rotation volunteer, free meals in return) stapled to the sign up list and a check appears in our cubbies. Kitchen manager (volunteer position) keeps the pantry stocked. 25 cents per meal goes towards pantry stocking. We have a separate account for our Comida Nueva money to keep it separate from HOA funds, and not taxable income. Sometimes we have a solid run of 3 meals a week, sometimes we don't. Summers are always fewer meals. New community members are often intimidated by the responsibilities of cooking for 30 - 60 people, and ease into the job with encouragement and help from other cook team members. Cook teams usually stick together because it is fun, but sometimes a cook will sign up with folks they haven't worked with. Providing meals for the community is a big deal. Huge effort, when you mindfully observe all that it takes to get the job done. Sometimes we have the energy for it, sometimes we don't. The world keeps spinning, and we cycle around. It all works out, plays out, eventually. Patty Mara Tierra Nueva, central CA coast ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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