Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting the Work Done

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

>Wow, even though I'm a naive idealist, I would have been sceptical that such
>a system would work smoothly.

I never said it worked smoothly, it just works.  There are plenty of 
bumps and stuff which occiasionally should be done, doesn't get done, 
but usually the important stuff does.

>Are your dinners prepared on a completely voluntary basis as well?  And if
>so, I'd imagine that there must be some advanced sign up to accomodate
>planning.


Yeah dinner is done on a voluntary basis, but there is a sign up 
process.  You sign up a month in advance, cook once, help twice.  If 
you are not coming to dinner on any given night you cross your name off 
a weekly list.  Guests and irregulars put there name up on the list.  
At the end of the month our bookkeeper tallies the list and adds to the 
monthly assessment  the difference between what you spend to make 
dinner and what you ate.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood