Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common meals - mandatory participation?

[Mariana Almeida (missmgrrl]

David, 

Quite intriguing!

How does the charge (e.g. the tick mark) that says you ate six times get into 
the Buildium program? Does each member input it or does it require a central 
person to take it from paper to the software? 

We of course, struggle with all this, too! 
Thanks, 
Mariana
Berkeley Coho


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>David L. Mandel <dlmandel [at] pacbell.net>
>is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
>Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
>after deleting unneeded quoting and saving the attachment at
>http://www.justcomm.org/temp/usage-bill-july-2014.pdf
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>Yes, we use an online app called Buildium. There's a small monthly
>cost, but it seems to work well for us. Each member household has two
>accounts, one for regular HOA fees and one for usage-based items --
>mainly meals, but also laundry and leftovers. Non-member residents
>have a usage account if they participate in meals. I'm attaching my
>most recent usage statement received (by email attachment) for July.
>The $18 charge means I ate six times ($3 standard per meal) and $4.55
>is for laundry (13 x 35 cents per load in a washing machine or dryer).
>The balance of $108.88 in parentheses means I am that much in the
>black. If I had cooked in July, the positive balance would also have
>been increased by the amount of my reported food purchases.
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>David
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>On Sunday, August 24, 2014 12:06 PM, S Fassnacht <fassnach [at] ssc.wisc.edu> 
>wrote:
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>David, do you have a special software program for doing you meal
>accounts?  Also, the system you have in place for cooking common
>meals sounds like it might be doable, even for our community.
>
>Thanks,
>Stephanie
>Village Cohousing
>Madison, Wisconsin
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