Cohousing-L Mailing List: Software for cohousing communities

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] COHOUSING-SOLUTIONS.COM>            |
Sean Davey <sean [at] sonoracohousing.com>

Hi Sean and Katie,

Somehow I got browsing Cohousing-L archives about software for
cohousing communities and came across the 3 messages from you two -
mostly included below .  I summarize:

Katie likes meal program Nevada member Ken wrote (which Ken apparently
does not plan to further develop).

Sean's software at  http://cohousing.site  (formerly / aka
http://zenlunatics.org ) includes some meal related features.

Katie urges Sean to incorporate meal planning in his software.

I urge Katie to find a way to share desireable features of Ken's
software to Sean so he might include them, maybe by
1) putting them in touch with each other so they can hopefully collaborate.
2) being more specific about desireable features.

Katie also wrote:
>I think we should all encourage Sean to make this the coho software of
>our time

Sounds like a good idea to me especially if it solves the meal needs well.

Fred

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Re: Meals
From: Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] COHOUSING-SOLUTIONS.COM>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:16:12 -0700 (PDT)

>We really simplified things when one of our members wrote a nifty
>web-based meal program for posting menus, sign ups ANDDDDDD all the
>meal accounting. So now, the cooks put in how much they spent on the
>meal, and that is automatically divided by all the diners (kids under
>3 eat free, kids under 12 eat at half price, 80% for vegies), and we
>have a rolling tab for every household on line.... If you feel you are
>out too much money, you can ask for reimbursement from the bookkeeper.
>We try to zero out the system $$ at the end of the year.  Make the $$
>side really easy.

Re: Meals
From: Sean Davey <sean [at] sonoracohousing.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:53:21 -0700 (PDT)

>The websites that I host for free for cohousing communities include a
>calendar for common meals where menus are posted and community members
>can sign up for jobs and/or to eat and an accounting system that
>automatically tracks meals eaten and running account balances. If
>youʼre looking for a meal program, I can set up a site for you even
>if you donʼt want to use the rest of the functionality of the site.
>
>More info at http://cohousing.site
>
>There is a development blog there where I report on new features for
>the sites. If youʼd like to subscribe to the blog and receive an
>email when it updates, please let me know at mosaic [at]
>cohousing.site or sean [at] sonoracohousing.com.

Re: Group Communication
From: Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] COHOUSING-SOLUTIONS.COM>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:48:37 -0800 (PST)

>At Nevada City Cohousing (the community is approaching our 10 year
>anniversary!), we are also trying out http://zenlunatics.org/
>
>So far, its great! We are just using it on our private side right now,
>but we love all the calendars for reservations for guest rooms, the
>dining room, etc. Its easy to post pictures and minutes. Previously,
>we had twiki site for minutes and important documents, no calendars.
>
>I think we should all encourage Sean to make this the coho software of
>our time, and incorporate meal planning in to it.