Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: how cohos can handle babysitting money so all members can attend business meetings

[Sara Gottlieb (sara.gottlieb]

We include the cost of babysitting at business meetings (and other planned
events) in our Community Life budget each year, so everyone contributes to
it.   It's a small expense relative to others and it enables the parents of
small children to actively participate in all aspects of community.

Sara Gottlieb
Lake Claire CoHousing
Atlanta, GA



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> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:22:56 -0800
> From: Jim Bronson <jimbronsonashland [at] gmail.com>
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> Howdy Coho Partners,
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> At River Song we are trying to work out a way to handle childcare expenses
> that is fair to all and supports our being a community that welcomes and
> supports families.  We have articulated several potential approaches so
> far:
> 1) River Song becomes an employer and we put childcare money as a line item
> in our operating expenses budget each year (avoids parents feeling
> unsupported, but adds expense in the form of taxes, workers comp coverage,
> accounting fees, liability and annual paperwork)
> 2) Ask members to voluntarily contribute to a community 'Good Neighbor'
> fund that supports childcare (and, potentially, other occasional needs for
> money from and for individual members) so parents can attend business
> meetings.
> 3) Some other informal donations-cash arrangement that gets childcare money
> into the hands of the parents.
>
> What do you think?  What can work longterm.
> *Jim Bronson*
> *www.riversongcohousing.org <http://www.riversongcohousing.org>*
> Eugene, Oregon on the shores of the Willamette River
>
> *I was born at 303 ppm CO2.*
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