Re: Our Workshare Policy [WAS: List of tasks considered to be "work?"] | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives > and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide
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Re: List of tasks considered to be "work?" David Demaree, April 15 2005
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Our Workshare Policy [WAS: List of tasks considered to be "work?"] Ayala Sherbow, April 16 2005
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Our Workshare Policy [WAS: List of tasks considered to be "work?"] Ayala Sherbow, April 16 2005
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