Private Use of Community Resources Compensation Guidelines

Steering Team
Revised 06/01/22

These guidelines only cover long term dedicated (pasture animals), commercial, and consumptive uses.  There are no compensation guidelines for any other uses, but donations are always welcome.

Common House

• Common Meals (members and their guests):  $6 for adults, $2.50 for kids fee
• Common Meals (visitors):  $7 for adults, $4 for kids fee
• Laundry – Washer:  $0.50 per load fee
• Laundry – Dryer:  $1 per load fee
• Guest Rooms (members and their guests):  no fee required, but donations welcome
• Guest Rooms (visitors):  $30 per room per night suggested donation
• Any or all of the other common house rooms or the yurt (commercial, non-member beneficiaries):  $2 – $10 per hour suggested donation

Higher end of scale if:

• more non-member beneficiaries present
• person making profit is a non-member
• more common house resources used

Lower end of scale if:

• fewer non-member beneficiaries present
• person making profit is a member
• fewer common house resources used

Common Facilities

• Workshop (commercial, member user, non-member customers):  $2 per hour fee
• Workshop (commercial, non-member user, non-member customers):  $2 – $5 per hour fee

Higher end of scale if:

• more workshop resources used

Lower end of scale if:

• fewer workshop resources used

Pasture & Ag

• Pastured Animal (non-commercial, member):  $150 per animal one-time fee plus 10 hours pasture labor (not working with animals) per year
• If unable to fulfill labor requirement, then $125 per animal per year fee.
• If user has 10 or more animals, if user is a non-member, or if user raises crops, labor requirement and/or fee to be negotiated with team.

See the Private Use of Community Resources Agreement for more information.