Cohousing-L Mailing List: How does work get done?

[Marty Roberts (MartyR]

We are working on revising our work system here at Two Acre Wood.  We are
close to proposing a new system where people sign up for what they like to
do out of an exhaustive list of everything that gets done here - from
cooking and cleaning to landscape maintenance to committee time, etc.

In our fist basic survey, we found that there is a range of people working
anywhere from 4 to 30 hours per month for the community.  Although we know
it will never be equal, we are looking for ways to make it feel slightly
more fair, like at least a minimum expectation.  Some folks here resist even
that though.

We would really like to see a few concise descriptions of how other
communities get their work done.
And:

Is there a participation requirement?
Is there a minimum # of hours expected?
Is there an exemption for those who are unable to do physical work easily?
Is there a pay or work option?
Does someone track whether the work gets done?
Etc.

I know this has been discussed much before, but it would be really helpful
if folks could send a really concise description of their system - either
directly to me - or to the list.  Thanks very much!

Marty Roberts
Two Acre Wood, Sebastopol, CA

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