Cohousing-L Mailing List: cooking roster

[Angie McGowan (angiem]

Hi everyone,
I know a similar topic got discussed about 6 or 7 months ago, but ...

At Cascade we have decided to have 2 meals per week (on a different pair of
days in alternating weeks) instead of 1 meal per week, as several people
weren't able to make it to the meal day.  So, how to fairly organise the
cooking of the extra meals, given that some people will eat once, twice, 3
or 4 times a fortnight?
We aren't in our common house yet, so we still have the common meals in our
own houses, although we are hoping to finish our kitchen within the next
couple of months (Hig are you reading this?!).  When that happens the
inconvenience of having squillions of people squashing into one's house
won't be a factor any more.

Anyway, I would appreciate any ideas on cooking rosters, and examples of
how it works elsewhere (or doesn't work) etc, so I can work out a few
options for the Cascade members to deliberate on and decide what suits us
best.
Does the number of times you cook depend on how often you eat (or vice
versa), or are there other ways of making this fair?
What does "fair" mean anyway?

Thanks, in anticipation of all your wonderful ideas,
Angie McGowan (Cascade Cohousing)

_______________________________________________
Angie McGowan
Cultural Heritage Section
Parks and Wildlife Service
Tasmania Australia
Intl ph +61-02-336596
Dom ph (002) 336596