Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Voluntary vs mandatory cooking teams

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

We have voluntary cooking and cleaning up and basically all work.  And much 
discussion of that issue.  

It is hard for me to imagine eating a meal cooked by someone who hated to cook. 
In general, we want folks to contribute where they feel positive, and most
people do. (some more than others).  I have shifted my focus to how do we get
the essential work done.  

Judy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
-- e-mail:      baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu
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15 homes - 7 new townhomes plus 
        8 coop apartments               in a rehab Georgian building
(built as a retirement home in 1924 -) which also serves as our Common House
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Two (3 BR +) townhomes  for sale - see our web page
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NEWS:   CHANGE IN PLANS FOR ME
My kitchen is finally done (most beautiful tiny kitchen I've ever seen,much
less  worked in) (my cabinet maker friend is an artist and very creative at
using every inch of an *interesting* space)

That and some other things have changed my mind - am staying in my place.
I have just had a doorway put in so that my "spare" room can be rented with its 
own private entrance. A different kind of downsizing.

a SMALLER HOME (1 BR) will be available this summer, as two households combine,
date still uncertain
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