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Originally Posted by BadNick
I think some co-ops get involved with such bartering of services in addition to their normal supply of goods. At least that's my understanding based on my daughter's reports about her quite progressive local co-op in Olympia Washington. As I imagine it, if you already have a membership that has joined forces to make it easier for everyone to get selected food stuffs, it's just one more step to having members offer services in exchange for co-op credits.
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They're sister co-ops with our local co-op. Our local co-op has a couple different ways they do worksharing and promote worksharing, including through their newsletter.
There's also another local organization that prints a monthly newsletter that is distributed at various points around town that promotes worksharing of all kinds. It allows people to get in contact with others looking to do the same. I'll try and pick up a copy next time I swing by the co-op or somewhere else that has it. It's kind of interesting to see what services people trade, and what services people desire.
Another unique feature of the community I live in is that there is a cohousing community in our town called the CoHo Ecovillage. It's just getting set up, and it's been interesting to read about the different ways residents are coming together to produce this community. Cohousing obviously goes along with worksharing, and there has been a lot of effort on the part of the people moving into CoHo to outline what the worksharing needs of the community are prior to people moving in, so that they know from the outset that this is a community where that kind of trade-off is actively encouraged.