We make all major decisions at meetings. We also discuss each child in turn at meetings. All families are required to take on an extra-duty assignment, and these assignments are periodically rotated among the membership. Examples of the assignments are New Member Coordinator, Scheduler, Work Study Coordinator, Maintenance Coordinator, Supplier, Treasurer. A cooperative is a self-sustaining organism that needs continual attention and renewal.
Success relies almost entirely in the commitment of the members.
The recruitment and screening of new members is thus a continual concern. Each Knee High family has chosen cooperative day care for individual reasons. Many choose cooperative day care in order to spend more time with their children. Others want to be more actively involved in determining the way that their child spends his or her time. Some of us want our child to feel part of a larger community of families.