Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: "Typical" annual operating expenses

[Robert (robert]

The 2005 social budget of Eno Common was just under 7% (if one excluded 
reserves and capital funding), or $825.  However, to accommodate increased 
child care and Common House expenses and not increase dues, we are zero basing 
most social events in 2006.

This does not mean there will be no social events.  We are shifting how we 
underwrite them.  Food events will be pot luck or on the cooking team schedule. 
 Events that involve craft or decorations, we will sell tickets to.  Alcohol 
will be available at a cash bar.  As we started this shift this year with 
welcoming/farewell dinners, we have had just as fun.

It might be helpful if we can post our budgets on cohousing so others can 
compare their budgets against others.

-Robert Heinich
 Eno Commons Cohousing
 Durham, NC
 where we will have Leftovers Movie Night in the Common House West Wing the day 
after Thanksgiving


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Juniperjojo [at] aol.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: [C-L]_ "Typical" annual operating expenses


> Norm,
> 
> What do you include in your "social expenses" category? Eight percent sounds 
> kinda high to me. We have a "fun" line item that I think is funded to the 
> tune 
> of about $150 annually, which is way less than 1% of our budget. But we may 
> have other items that you would lump together under the "social" category.
> 
> Hard to answer your question precisely without knowing what's included in 
> that category.
> 
> Jenny Cook
> Great Oak Cohousing
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
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