Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Meal payments

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

If the cooks know in advance how much $$ they can spend on a meal, why do 
they end up out-of-pocket?  Are you charging too little?

Our cooks sometimes go over budget too, but in our case I find it much more 
understandable since the overage does not come out of the cooks' pocket. We 
assume, usually correctly, that other meals going under budget will 
generally balance out those that go over.

In our system (which I think is the same as your system), diners pay a set 
amount for a dinner and must sign up in advance so the cooks will know how 
much they are supposed to spend.

    Muriel
    Shadowlake Village Cohousing
    Blacksburg, VA

At 08:31 PM 1/23/2008, you wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Tonight at dinner in our Commonhouse, several neighbors were talking
> about going 'over budget' and spending money out-of pocket when
> cooking for the Community.
> The system we've fallen into, and have been using does have that risk.
> The system  is that the Head Cook sees how many people are signed up
> to eat that meal.  Then calculates how much income that should
> provide.  Then uses that amount or less for the meal.
>
> For example, tonight there were 8 people signed up.  At $3 each=$24.
> Cook has that amount to use.
> On a Sunday there might be 5 people x$3= $75.  The cook for this meal
> has this amt to use.  Extra goes to Commonhouse kitchen slush fund.
>
> So,  feedback, please: What system/s do you use?  Do you find it works?
>
>
>
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