Cohousing-L Mailing List: Hours?

[Dick Margulis (dick]

On 10/24/2018 2:28 PM, Karin Hoskin wrote:
> . . . Wild Sage Cohousing is revisiting a Play-or-Pay system and is interested 
> in specifics such as how to track hours
Karin's post reminded me of a topic I wanted to bring up, as Rocky 
Corner works to develop some kind of work policy.

We have four basic ways to compensate people for work: wages per hour 
worked; piece rate for countable output; salary for satisfactory 
performance of duties; and contract price for delivered output. They all 
have their strengths and weaknesses in different contexts.

I get the feeling that most cohousing communities base work requirements 
on the wage model: how many hours did you spend shoveling snow? Maybe 
the contract model would be more useful: did you finish shoveling the 
area you agreed to shovel? Different models might work better for 
different situations within the community.

What are the various ways communities measure work and determine whether 
people are stepping up?