Cohousing-L Mailing List: Minimum Work Requirements

[Sharon Villines (sharonvillines]

on 8/2/00 3:45 AM, David Mandel at dlmandel [at] rcip.com wrote:

> Of course it's not so simple, because no matter what you do, some
> are going to work more than others, in many instances for reasons that
> are completely understandable. The alternative approach, however, is to
> 1) come to a community consensus on the minimum expectation from
> everyone; 2) give lots of good strokes to people who exceed it.

Our membership committee also added a line that points out that some people
will always work more and this is their choice and they should not expect
the same from others. Work can be used to guilt trip others just as much as
money can.


Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington, DC
http://www.takomavillage.org