Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Seeking information about work commitments

[Jerry Koch-Gonzalez (jerry]

Ours is 6.5 hours a month, though realistically the average is higher. This
includes cooking and cleaning for two meals a week with 40-50 people at
each. We have a pay or play choice. Pya is at $15 hour. It is rarely used.
Jerry, Pioneer Valley Cohousing

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:43 AM Tom Smyth <tom [at] tomsmyth.ca> wrote:

> At Touchstone we use Gather (https://info.gather.coop) to run our work
> program. The work committee enters all the jobs and the system computes how
> many work hours per per person that works out to over the work period (4
> months in our case). Folks can get accommodations/exemptions if needed. If
> it's too many, we cut or reduce some jobs.
>
> Then at an appointed time everyone goes in and picks what jobs they want
> for the period. It works amazingly well (of course I'm biased but feedback
> is generally quite positive). We have very high participation in our work
> program and it's a fundamental part of the community.
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:03 AM Bree Kalb <breekalb [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > At Pacifica Cohousing in Carrboro NC, the expectation is 4 hours a month
> > per household. If a household gets more that 8 hours in the hole, their
> > monthly dues are increased that month $15 for each hour in the negative.
> > Some households have more money than time, so they make a deliberate
> > choice.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 8:48 AM Mary English <mary.english [at] 
> > hsc.utah.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > In Wasatch Cohousing, (26 units on 4 1/2 acres) the work requirement
> is 2
> > > hours a month.
> > >
> > > As to what communities do if someone does meet their work commitment,
> > that
> > > I couldn't tell you.
> > >
> > > If it ever happened in my community, I know I would probably be in the
> > > hospital trying to recover from a heart attack after the shock.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mary English
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l-bounces+mary.english=
> > > hsc.utah.edu [at] cohousing.org> on behalf of Karen Browne-Courage <
> > > joyfulreunion [at] gmail.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 5:47:52 AM
> > > To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> > > Subject: [C-L]_ Seeking information about work commitments
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am an explorer with Village Hill Co-housing in Northampton, MA.  One
> > > question that we are researching as we are developing our community is
> > how
> > > other co-housing communities decide how much work each member would do
> > each
> > > week -- and what communities do if someone does meet their work
> > > commitment.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any information about this.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Karen Browne-Courage
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