Re: Our Workshare Policy [WAS: List of tasks considered to be "work?"]
From: Mary Garrard (marygarrardyahoo.com)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
Thank you so much! This is really great stuff. I may
have some questions once I have dived in.
Mary
--- Ayala Sherbow <asherbow [at] lineofsight.biz> wrote:

> Here is the Workshare Program Proposal that Catoctin
> Creek Village [formerly
> Proximity Cohousing] recently adopted.
> 
> Catoctin Creek Village WorkShare
> 
> Accountability: 
> Workshare accountability begins this month: April
> 2005.
> 
> Amount:
> Workshare will continue at 4 hours minimum per
> household member (12 and
> older) per month. Buy-out remains at $25 per hour.
> 
> Coordinator:
> An Overall Workshare Point Person is responsible for
> workshare coordination.
> Sue volunteered. The job includes: 
> (a) Maintaining a list of jobs that need to be done
> and posting it
> (electronically and on CH bulletin board). This list
> is not intended to be
> exhaustive but to help people figure out how they
> can best contribute their
> time and talents. 
> (b) Maintaining a list of work done by individuals
> and posting it, 
> (c) Reporting to the Board. 
> 
> Jobs:
> Sue will get updates to the job list from the point
> person for each
> committee: currently Greg for the Grounds Committee
> (which includes CH and
> Barn maintenance/repair); Ayala and Lauranne for the
> Outreach Committee;
> Lauranne for Events Support (including CH cleaning).
>  If you need
> clarification about job specifics (e.g., what areas
> need weed whacking?;
> where do I find gas for the lawnmower?; where does
> the garbage go? what does
> meeting set-up include?) you should contact the
> appropriate committee point
> person (not Sue!). Similarly, tell the committee
> point person when you've
> completed a job so they can adjust their job list
> for Sue accordingly. 
> 
> "What counts" as workshare is as previously decided
> (with one addition): 
> 
> 1.      Workdays planned by a workteam 
> 
> 2.      Jobs on the master list [generated by
> workteams] 
> 
> 3.      Action items assigned in plenary 
> 
> 4.      Anything you truly believe benefits the
> community as whole and you
> could pay someone to do**, and 
> 
> 5.      Not meetings -- except that active
> participation on the Facilitation
> Team is credited at 45 minutes per month.  
> 
>  
> Exchanging: 
> Workshare hours can be traded. In other words, you
> can do workshare for
> someone else who may be in need. Reciprocity in such
> arrangements is the
> responsibility of the members involved. You can also
> pay someone to do your
> workshare. 
> 
> Accrual: 
> Workshare hours can be accumulated ("paid forward")
> for up to 6 months to
> account for the seasonal nature of some jobs and for
> people's variable
> availability. Accrued hours over 6 months old do not
> carry forward.
> 
> Reporting:
> Toward the end of each month, when Chris [our
> treasurer] sends the HOA dues
> friendly reminder, each household will also be
> reminded to report their
> workshare activities for the month ending (to
> include a list of activities
> and number of hours worked on each) to Sue by the
> 10th of the following
> month. It will be each household's responsibility to
> report their workshare.
> Sue will not follow up; if she doesn't hear from you
> she'll assume that you
> didn't participate in workshare for that month. If,
> as an individual or
> household, you choose to opt out of workshare, you
> can pay the corresponding
> buy-out amount with your dues. 
> 
> Quarterly Accounting:
> Each household is responsible for reporting
> workshare accomplishments to Sue
> monthly. However, workshare is accounted for
> quarterly. That is, each member
> 12 and over is expected to contribute a minimum of
> 12 hours during each
> 3-month quarter or to buy out. At the end of each
> quarter, any household
> that has contributed neither the minimum workshare
> nor the buy-out funds
> will receive a bill from the Treasurer.
> 
> Board Oversight:
> The Board receives reports from the Overall
> Workshare Point Person and
> considers special cases. It can make any special
> workshare arrangements it
> considers appropriate on a case by case basis.
> Existing decisions by the
> Board relating to workshare remain in effect.
> 
> Review:
> Plenary will review these agreements in six months
> (early October, 2005).
> 
> 
> ** A note on this criterion.  The filter, "things
> you could pay someone to
> do" is meant to help identify the kinds of work. 
> For example: the community
> could hire someone outside the community to do a
> website or mow the fields.
> So that kind of work that saves the HOA money
> definitely counts as
> workshare.  
> 
> Hope this helps --
> Ayala
> www.catoctincreekvillage.com
> 
> 
>
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