| Decision Id 10734 Decision |
The Board approved an exception to the work hours policy, allowing for a two-month extension for a new Commoner to complete her hours. |
KristinB |
16 January |
| Decision Id 10665 Decision |
The Board approved the billing of fees in lieu of work hours. Nine Commoners will be billed for a total of 189 hours. |
KristinB |
27 January |
| Decision Id 10600 Decision |
The Board approved billing the named owners for the named deficits in work hours for this 6-month period, totaling 199 hours or $1990. |
KristinB |
26 February |
| Decision Id 10574 Decision |
It is desirable (but not necessary) for ideas for Work Day items to go through committees for prioritization. We urge the committee or person who suggests a Work Day task that needs supervision or explanation to have someone present to supervise/explain the work.
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KristinB |
26 February |
| Decision Id 10757 Decision |
Revised Work Policy proposal was approved. Most of the seven changes have been tested in the community in some way except the one to give each community member work hour credit for one hour each month spent attending a committee meeting. |
LynnwoodBrown |
12 March |
| Decision Id 10742 Decision |
The fee in lieu of work hours was raised to $16.19, following the Social Security Administration cost of living increase for 2021 of 1.3%. |
KristinB |
25 March |
| Decision Id 10649 Decision |
The Raise the Work Hour Alternative to $15/hour proposal was blocked by one homeowner. |
KristinB |
30 March |
| Decision Id 10540 Decision |
The owners of D1 requested a waiver for work hours while their house is vacant and on the market. We will not ask for payment until after their house has been sold, when full payment will be due, with the caveat that if they rent the house before selling it, we'll re-evaluate. |
KristinB |
03 April |
| Decision Id 10721 Decision |
The proposal to allocate work hours for updating the governing documents was approved. |
KristinB |
09 April |
| Decision Id 10555 Decision |
The Board approved bringing up the issue of raising the "fee in lieu of work" with the community, starting with the Business Meeting. |
KristinB |
27 April |
| Decision Id 10548 Decision |
: Ewen hasnt heard back yet from his email to the D1 owners about the work hours that have gone unpaid. If we dont hear anything by March 15, Bill will add an invoice to the condominium disclosure statement. |
KristinB |
27 April |
| Decision Id 10527 Decision |
Starting in April there will be 2 set up and 2 clean up shifts to provide the option of signing up for set up or clean up, instead of having to do both tasks. |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10526 Decision |
We will continue with light breakfast on work days, (not a full breakfast.) |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10519 Decision |
Approval of 16.7 work hours to Tai and Satara from Safety Net |
SuzanneOtter |
03 June |
| Decision Id 10774 Decision |
Second consensus decision accepted of the revisions to the Commons Regulations as part of the Governing Documents Revisions approved at the 2023 Annual Meeting. Documents now can be filed with Santa Fe County. |
Mermaid Ekena |
18 July |
| Decision Id 10670 Decision |
The Board approved a work hour variance for Judith Shotwell, who rents Kathleen's casita and stays at the Commons only 2 or 3 nights per week. Judith will need to complete only 2 hours per month. |
KristinB |
25 July |
| Decision Id 10669 Decision |
We will elect five at-large board members, each of whom will be a support person for a work team (i.e., Community, Grounds, Sustainability, Kitchen, Administrative, and Facilities). The VP will serve as a support person for the Administrative team. |
KristinB |
25 July |
| Decision Id 10582 Decision |
The Board approved the Work Committees recommendation for billing various households 292 hours that were not completed during the January-June work period. |
KristinB |
19 August |
| Decision Id 10372 Decision |
Work Committee decision: because the work periods are now 6 months long, extensions will probably no longer be granted, and work hours will not be carried over. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10338 Decision |
A proposal to change the name of the Work Comm. to "Human Resources Comm." was not approved. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10371 Decision |
We will change to a semi-annual accounting of work hours, with periods ending at the end of June and the end of December. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10359 Decision |
During the quarter that work is required, a resident may hire someone to perform hours for them. After the end of the quarter, the resident owing hours will be billed for the hours. The money will go ito the general fund. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10325 Decision |
The name of the Grounds Coordinator position will be changed to "Work Coordinator." |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10337 Decision |
Work Comm. authorized to assign work on work day to those deficient in work hours. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10327 Decision |
A proposal to change the name of Work Committee to "Service Committee" was blocked. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10316 Decision |
Work team trial period will be extended into the next two quarters. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10314 Decision |
All deficits from the first quarter of 1997 will carry over into the 2nd quarter. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10296 Decision |
Work hours required from renters reduced from 8 to 6 hours per month, with 4 of those hours in kitchen. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10312 Decision |
We will take an hour during a business meeting to form work teams. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10295 Decision |
Work Committee: presented Clarification of the Work Requirement, a document describing the work requirements and policies at the Commons. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10292 Decision |
We will try a team-based work system for a two-term trial period. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10289 Decision |
Work Comm. charged with drafting a written policy giving details of work requirements. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10271 Decision |
Work Comm. proposal to require teens under the age of 18 to do 4 hours work per month, with parents to be billed if committment not fulfilled, blocked. A page in the workbook to record voluntary kid hours approved. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10276 Decision |
Work and Exec. Committees charged with considering options for hiring people to do work, to be paid for with work assessment money. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10264 Decision |
Proposal to restructure common work to team structure not passed. Referred to Work and Process Committees. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10261 Decision |
Common House Task Force formed, to oversee cleaning and maintenance of CH. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10262 Decision |
Work Committee decision: People who are fewer than 10 hours behind in one quarter will have hours carried forward to next quarter. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10256 Decision |
Work Comm. decision: after all work slots have been filled in the kitchen, members may trade their kitchen hours for other types of work hours. Kitchen Manager must be informed. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10254 Decision |
A proposal to reduce the number of work hours required of renters was not approved. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10251 Decision |
Work Committee decision: work credit amounts for kitchen are Head Chef 6 hrs., cleanup 4 hrs. (or can report less). |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10229 Decision |
A request from a member to be excused from kitchen duty was denied. There already exists a policy that allows for a member to be replaced by trading with another member, as a way of not working in the kitchen. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10235 Decision |
A proposal to use actual time for kitchen duty work credit was blocked, and referred back to Work Committee. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10248 Decision |
We can hire help for landscaping, at mimimum wage. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10170 Decision |
The Work committee mandated to decide whether those renting an office at the Commons have to contribute work hours. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10169 Decision |
The assessment for unworked hours will be reduced to $10 an hour, beginning with the November 1 work period. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10014 Decision |
Everyone will be expected to contribute time to the maintenance and improvement of the community, but there will be a good deal of flexibility in the way this can be accomplished. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10113 Decision |
Completion of C.H. is top priority for community work. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10128 Decision |
Work times extended into first week of June for the Work Period. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10132 Decision |
Initial work period of March 1 through May 1 extended through June 30. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10105 Decision |
Construction Comm. will prepare agenda of C.H. work required in the next three months, number of hours estimated for each task, budget, and how they could be done by community volunteers. Work Committee formed to plan community work. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10106 Decision |
Pilot proposal from Work Comm. for community work approved. (Includes work requirement of 6 hours per month for all residents over 18 years of age or assessments at rate of $15 per hour; substitutions allowed, etc.) This to be sent to out-of-town people, inviting their counter-proposals as to how they could fulfill their work requirements. Group will then decide if policy needs to be modified in regard to out-of-town people. |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10165 Decision |
The Executive Committee and the Work Committee will be charged with breaking down the Common House Manager job description into those duties that can eventually be performed through community labor, and those that may possibly be contracted out (such as bookkeeping). A few roles may be envisioned which need the continuity and centralization of a Coordinator role similar to the present Kitchen Manager position.These |
LynnwoodBrown |
10 September |
| Decision Id 10405 Decision |
Annual Meeting: Agreed to waive additional work hours for the Secretary for 1999 with the exception that absences be compensated with an appropriate number of work hours. |
EllenB1 |
03 October |
| Decision Id 10625 Decision |
John Otter's "Trust-Based Community Service Using Cluster Teams" proposal, an alternative to our work system, did not pass. |
KristinB |
07 October |
| Decision Id 10392 Decision |
Agreed that Commoners who turn 18 years old while they are here can do 3 hours per month while still in high school and until they go away to college. |
EllenB1 |
12 October |
| Decision Id 10393 Decision |
Agreed to allocate four hours a month, minimum, for work hours for the common house manager because it is so difficult to count the time for this work, often the jobs are a few minutes here and there. The common house manager will get four work hours per month without having to track them individually. Any hours over four could be recorded additionally. Approved, one reservation (but no blocks). |
EllenB1 |
12 October |
| Decision Id 10428 Decision |
Accept Jonathan Shapiro's (A1 Renter) request to use his calculated work hours on a separate sheet of paper instead of in the work book for this period only. |
SuzanneOtter |
13 October |
| Decision Id 10409 Decision |
Change work day date to February 17, 2007 to accommodate people who want to work on the Love Your River project. |
SuzanneOtter |
13 October |
| Decision Id 10454 Decision |
Approved 1/3 of Jim Cohen's payment in lieu of wk hrs goes to Placita A fund. |
JenniferStamm |
03 November |
| Decision Id 10450 Decision |
Approved proposal to create work teams. |
JenniferStamm |
03 November |
| Decision Id 10686 Decision |
We decided to raise the fee in lieu of work hours from $15.00 to
$15.30 per hour effective January 1, 2018 to account for a cost of living increase of 2%. 2% matches the percentage increase determined by the Social Security Administration for 2018. Further, we decided to adjust automatically
the fee in lieu of work hours by the cost of living percentage change as determined by the Social Security Administration for that year. The cost of living adjustment can be revisited annually if a community member requests it. |
KristinB |
16 November |
| Decision Id 10662 Decision |
The proposal to raise the fee in lieu of work hours to $15 passed! This will start on January 1. A year from now, we will revisit this proposal and try to append a yearly cost of living adjustment. |
KristinB |
23 November |
| Decision Id 10509 Decision |
The Board of Directors accepted the Human Resource Committee recommendation to allow carry over of hours to address specific individuals' needs. |
EllenB1 |
05 December |
| Decision Id 10507 Decision |
The Board of Directors will ask the Human Resources Committee to approve between 30 and 60 work hours for Ellen Kemper to create governing documents for the Commons. This will excuse Ellen from Kitchen duty. |
EllenB1 |
05 December |
| Decision Id 10779 Decision |
The Board approved a $2,500 contribution from the Depreciation Fund towards the drip irrigation makeover implement by the city on our behalf. Other funds will come from Placitas' and Grounds budgets |
Mermaid Ekena |
06 December |
| Decision Id 10745 Decision |
Following the end of the work period, the Board approved the Work committee's numbers so that Berit can bill 12 units for fees in lieu of work hours. |
KristinB |
20 December |
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