Cohousing-L Mailing List: Carshare talk SAT 3/16... from New Zealand!

[Janet Murphy (janetmusicrn]

Our next Carshare Gathering is an exciting one!
Not only is Josh Yeats zooming all the way from New Zealand, he has deep
experience with a well-established carshare scheme at Cohaus, Auckland NZ,
that was planned during their build.

Our Cohousing Carshare Group has 106 members! Email JanetMusicRN [at] gmail.com
if you would like to join. We meet up every 1-2 months.
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Josh Yeats presents:
Integrated Carshare from the Start, and What it Costs

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Saturday, March 16  (Sunday March 17 for Auckland NZ and Australia)
NZDT  07:00 (Sunday)
EDT    14:00 (Saturday)
CDT    13:00
MDT    12:00
PDT    11:00

*Outline of talk*
Background on Cohaus
Why we have a carshare
Costs:
- how much we spent, how it was funded
- how much it costs to run, how we recover the cost & provide for future
Insurance
What we know after ~3 years

INFORMATION ABOUT JOSH YEATS AND COHAUS
*About Me*
I'm an expat Australian living in Auckland, NZ for 11 years and counting.
I am an owner and resident at Cohaus in Grey Lynn, Auckland.
My professional background was briefly winemaking, then became IT &
Accounting.
At Cohaus I manage the common Utilities (Carshare, Internet, Refill
Metering of Electricity, CW, HW, Billing of everything)

*About Cohaus*
20 x households, 52 residents including 19 children.
Located in central Auckland, 2 miles from the city centre.
Construction finished mid-2021.
Active transport/cycling is favoured by many residents

*About our Carshare*
A carshare scheme of 6 vehicles was conceived early on, during planning
The Body Corporate (Condo Association?) owns the vehicles
3 x pairs of 2 x identical cars, parked on car stacker to minimise driveway
space and maximise living/garden area
We have an off the shelf vehicle fleet booking system + GPS tracking

Best regards,
Josh