Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: NOT Paying for common meals

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
is the author of the message below. 
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
due to a problem.
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On Sunday, October 20, 2002, at 10:33 PM, Chris ScottHanson wrote:

> Each night of the week there was a dinner "club" made up of those who 
> wished
> to attend meals regularly on that night every week.  You took your turn
> cooking on that night based on the size of your "club".  When you 
> cooked,
> you supplied and paid for all the food.  When you were not cooking, you
> showed up to eat, without paying or tracking anything.  If you 
> couldn't come
> one night, you arranged to pick up your meal so you can take it home 
> and eat
> it, or otherwise.
>
I remember this being posted also. I think other communities have also 
posted that they work this way. In one, they purchase lots of basic 
goods that are used in the kitchen AND by residents. Their food 
purchases are part of a monthly fee.

As long as everyone who eats also cooks, and everyone serves roughly 
equivalent meals, it should work. The value of charging a fee is that 
not all meals have to "cost" the same. There can be a wide variation in 
cost depending on the ambitions of the cook(s).

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village, Washington, DC



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