Points for Coop Work?
I live in an 8 unit self managed coop and we have a hard time getting people to volunteer to do the work that needs to be done around the building. Someone mentioned something to me about creating a points system where a certain number of points for work done would result in a decrease…
I live in an 8 unit self managed coop and we have a hard time getting people to volunteer to do the work that needs to be done around the building. Someone mentioned something to me about creating a points system where a certain number of points for work done would result in a decrease in that apartment’s maintenance. Does anyone use a system like this? If so, I’d love to get more info on how to set it up.
Thanks!
I would read through all the co-op documents before instituting any kind of plan, either reward or penalty. I suspect neither would fly if someone wanted to challenge it.
Perhaps the Board should send out a letter saying that unless people volunteer, maintenance will be increased to pay for the services volunteers could provide.
You can’t fine people in a coop without the explicit consent of the docs, which usually doesn’t give it.
But it seems DL is o/w correct, if no one else wants to do the work, well then, they need to cough up the $ and hire someone.
I wouldn’t mess with maintenance but would instead institute fines. Have someone explain the cost of being self-managed vs management company. Maybe they would rather spend the money on management company.