HOUSE PROGRAMS
In our 15+ combined years of living in
community, we have experienced, discovered and developed the following programs
to provide opportunities
for creating connection with each
other.
Living in the Brisbane Community House is an agreement
to participate in these programs.
House Meeting:
Attending a twice monthly meeting with all community residents present
Community Night:
A twice monthly evening where we all come together and play communication games or
host some other fun time.
Meals:
Preparing and eating meals together Monday thru Thursday
Effect Shift:
Being responsible for cleaning and loving the common area one day a week.
House Job:
Being responsible for maintaining a common area of the house.
Growing Food:
Giving a minimum time commitment of one hour a week to the community garden.
Groovy:
Attending a quarterly clean-up area of a specific part of the house for
a period of four hours.
Evaluacy:
Agreeing to a six month period of getting to know each other and at
the end of the three months, re-evaluating your residency with the Community
with the option of staying or moving out.
Ongoing practices of meditation, self examination and positive regard:
Spending time with and in the community sharing your practices and edges. Being willing and open to resolve anything within you and with others and having the belief in the magic of high regard for oneself and ones environment and communities.
Peace Program*:
~Understand, Know and maintain a sense of peace within yourself
~Use your best words when speaking.
Words can be used to start a war or words can be used to create peace.
~Deeply LISTEN. Listen from the peace within yourself. Notice the impact of your words as the speaker
and the listener. Don't be waiting to respond in a way that directs the conversation back to
yourself and what you know or don't know.
ASK
INTERESTED QUESTIONS.... be sincerely interested in what someone has to share. Be curious about each other. Care.
No
Gossip/ excessive negativity. When we talk about each other or life in a negative way, it creates a baseline
of mistrust. This undermines trust and care for ourselves and each other. Conversely, when we talk too
much about how great someone/everything is all the time, it can create distrust, envy or jealousy,
which creates difficulty as well. Please be aware and responsible.
Intend that
your
presence is a contribution and enjoyable for the people that live with you.
Practice Gratitude:
Be aware of the things in your life that are working and know that we all
experience this.
Practice Compassion:
Be aware and spacious of the things in your life that aren't working and know that we all
experience this.
Practice
Leadership:Take responsibility for your environment by taking action to have it be the way you want it to be..
(i.e. shift the conversation, ask someone to keep their agreements, encourage someone, and smile)
Unity/ Teamwork:
find solutions that benefit all
Service Programs for the Community
all these programs require proactivity and positivity
Elected Board Members:
Several folks are selected to oversee the house for an agreed upon time (usually 1 or more years). These things include, but are not limited to:
This position requires that you are actively seeking to support the running of the house, becoming involved in the well being of the house itself and the care of the residents. You will be stepping into serving the House and community itself. This may look like: keeping track of repairs and maintenance of the house and grounds, having a clear idea of house financials; hiring or appointing folks to help run the house (housekeeper, accountant, etc); creating and/ or encouraging and running house events and workshops, being part of making big choices for the long term well being of the house and its residents, both current and future; creating ads and fielding initial contact of new potential residents; being present for important meetings that involve long term commitments; helping to keep up community morale; interacting with the residents and being aware of how well the community is feeling and doing, etc...
One elected member is required to participate and represent us in the Landtrust Cooperative
In addition to having elected Board members, who oversee the running of the day to day operations we have had:
Kitchen Manager:
In this position you see that the kitchen stays clean and orderly.
~Help run the meal program and oversee cleanup.
~Check in with the Effect person for each day and see that they get their Effect shift done.
~Keep the kitchen floor clean by mopping it whenever it is needed
~Keep the kitchen rugs clean
~Keep the ovens clean
~Keep the cabinets clean and orderly
~Keep the kitchen fridge clean and orderly
~Keep kitchen appliances clean and maintained
~Keep water filter maintained and filters replaced
~Keep Kitchen window clean
Garden Manager:
~Initially help to create and oversee the development of the Garden.
~General Maintenance, i.e.: Watering, weeding, and planting
~Utilize the help of everyone for garden hours and projects.
Maintenance Manager:
This position requires doing light to medium repairs/ maintenance and projects when needed in the house.
Childcare:
Look after and interact consciously with the children of the community. You will have hours specific to the needs of the parents and your availability. You are also responsible for making up any missed time and keeping track of your time.
Several folks are selected to oversee the house for an agreed upon time (usually 1 or more years). These things include, but are not limited to:
This position requires that you are actively seeking to support the running of the house, becoming involved in the well being of the house itself and the care of the residents. You will be stepping into serving the House and community itself. This may look like: keeping track of repairs and maintenance of the house and grounds, having a clear idea of house financials; hiring or appointing folks to help run the house (housekeeper, accountant, etc); creating and/ or encouraging and running house events and workshops, being part of making big choices for the long term well being of the house and its residents, both current and future; creating ads and fielding initial contact of new potential residents; being present for important meetings that involve long term commitments; helping to keep up community morale; interacting with the residents and being aware of how well the community is feeling and doing, etc...
One elected member is required to participate and represent us in the Landtrust Cooperative
In addition to having elected Board members, who oversee the running of the day to day operations we have had:
Kitchen Manager:
In this position you see that the kitchen stays clean and orderly.
~Help run the meal program and oversee cleanup.
~Check in with the Effect person for each day and see that they get their Effect shift done.
~Keep the kitchen floor clean by mopping it whenever it is needed
~Keep the kitchen rugs clean
~Keep the ovens clean
~Keep the cabinets clean and orderly
~Keep the kitchen fridge clean and orderly
~Keep kitchen appliances clean and maintained
~Keep water filter maintained and filters replaced
~Keep Kitchen window clean
Garden Manager:
~Initially help to create and oversee the development of the Garden.
~General Maintenance, i.e.: Watering, weeding, and planting
~Utilize the help of everyone for garden hours and projects.
Maintenance Manager:
This position requires doing light to medium repairs/ maintenance and projects when needed in the house.
Childcare:
Look after and interact consciously with the children of the community. You will have hours specific to the needs of the parents and your availability. You are also responsible for making up any missed time and keeping track of your time.
Angel Program:
Be a new residents "angel" and help them adjust to our culture, show them around.
~ This program takes place during the residents first month of living in the community
~ Make yourself available for questions.
~Do an effect shift with them.
~Practice "withholds with them.
~Check in with them frequently.
~Make sure they have a house job.
~Let yourself be of service to their well-being.
Community Outreach Program Coordinator:
Enthusiastically reach out to the outside world with the community's support. Bring your ideas, enthusiasm and communication skills.
Be a new residents "angel" and help them adjust to our culture, show them around.
~ This program takes place during the residents first month of living in the community
~ Make yourself available for questions.
~Do an effect shift with them.
~Practice "withholds with them.
~Check in with them frequently.
~Make sure they have a house job.
~Let yourself be of service to their well-being.
Community Outreach Program Coordinator:
Enthusiastically reach out to the outside world with the community's support. Bring your ideas, enthusiasm and communication skills.
