Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: workdays

[Lisa Morrison (lisa.morrison]

We have 2 workdays a month that run 3 hours each on the 2nd and 3rd
Saturday of the month, year-round.  The first is strictly Common House
cleaning. The second is mostly outdoor work with a smattering of facility
maintenance chores.

Our work agreement asks all community members to contribute 6- 12 hours/mo
to the community but we don’t distinguish intellectual work from physical
work. There are some who do both kinds, one kind, or none. We don’t track
hours at this time and we don’t ask for or require a buy-out at this time.
I’m interested in knowing how Nomad in Boulder arrived at a $50 amount?

I organize the mostly-outdoor work days. Our average turnout over the past
12 months has been about 70% of occupied households. We have 30 units but
haven’t had 100% occupied for some time. New residents are welcome but not
expected to pitch in on move-in month. In my count of participants I also
exclude households where the resident is not able to help due to illness,
injury, work, or travel. If there are leftover items to be completed , the
to-do list is left out for adoption.

Lisa Morrison
Daybreak Cohousing
Portland OR