Cohousing-L Mailing List: Creatively & Compassionately Raising Dues?

[Grace Kim (grace]

Helena-
“ I would love to find a way so that the ~20 households who are willing to
have their dues increased actually have an increase, but the ~1-3
households that can not afford it do not have the increase.”

Why can’t you decide do do just what you indicated?

It’s American culture that dictates that equal is fair.
But I’m sure it doesn’t feel fair to the 20 families who want to increase dues.
And you can still honor those who cannot pay more without making them out to be 
the “bad guys” .

What if you let go of the knee jerk reaction to make everything equal.

What if you asked people to pay what they thought would be within their budget 
to hit the targeted funds you are looking to have for your budget?

We have been surprised at how well this works out for us.



grace h. kim
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