Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community Work Hours

[Maraiah (Lynn) Nadeau (welcome]

RoseWind Cohousing, long built in Port Townsend WA. 23 households.

Our system is simplicity itself: it’s all volunteer. We have an expectation of 
participation, but no requirement. About a third of our members are dedicated 
worker bees— showing up for work parties, vegetable garden hours, meetings, 
committees and other major tasks. Maybe a third do minimal work (a few do none 
at all), for various reasons. And the rest are on a spectrum between the 
others. The work gets done, and participation is rewarding enough to keep it 
up. We have a good turnout for our monthly half-day business meeting,  and for 
the work party that follows. 

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau