Point Standings for May 2011

Hi all,
Totals for May are here. It was a moderate month, but I think June - August will probably slow down a bit. Everyone paid Katey 2 points for being secretary. Next month gear up for big payments to me and to Jen.

Eric 25
Laura 2
Celia 22
Jen 2
Katey D 15
Katherine TT -32
Ginny -8
Karen 0
Bank 7

Heads up: starting in July, Jen and Katey will give up their respective leader and secretary crowns. Kate TT is the next secretary, but we don't have a leader selected yet. In three years, I have never been leader, since I took over the blogmeister role, and I'm happy to volunteer. But I leave it up to you guys, I'm easy either way, whomever you decide is fine.

The link to May's spreadsheet is here.

REVISED Point Standings for April 2011

Hi all,
I reviewed my totals from yesterday and found a dumb error I'd made, my apologies. I've recalculated and the new numbers are below:

Eric 19
Laura 4
Celia 21
Jen -1
Katey D 2
Kate TT -22
Ginny 7
Karen 0
Bank 7

The corrected spreadsheet can be found at this link. Sorry for any confusion.

Point Standings for April 2011

Hi all,
Calculations for April are finished. No manual overrides or non-use charges or admin fees this month. Jen was a babysitting machine and earned almost 50 points this month, a record as far as I know! Katey, this includes your last-min cancel that you logged a couple of hours ago for 4/20.

Next month Katey starts as secretary. I will be out of town and pretty busy this month so I will rely on recent ex-secretaries to help her out if she needs it and I'm unavailable, k? For this reason I will also miss the meeting on May 16. Enjoy the springtime, everyone!

To misquote Lost, here are the numbers:

Eric 27
Laura 4
Celia 21
Jen -1
Katey D 2
Kate TT -22
Ginny 7
Karen 0
Bank 7

Spreadsheet archived here for your review.

Point Standings for March 2011, filed Apr 5

Yo Coopahz,
Busy month! Only a couple of notes:
The secretary's interweb tubes broke down so I am filling in on that score, but I think everything was filed properly.
A couple of notes:
When filling out the number of hours in the sit report form, please don't add anything besides the number. No need to write "hours" or hrs - i just have to take those out later.
Katey failed to use the co-op this month. This is your official grace month, next time I'm goin' Johnny Law onya butt.
Eric, I didn't pay you my 2-point secretary fee, but everyone else did.
No one worry about Jen's neg balance, because she's going to get some leader points at the end of her term in June.

Eric 5
Laura 28
Celia 37
Jen -49
Katey D 10
Kate T -12
Ginny -7
Karen -2
Bank 7

Link to the whole spreadsheet is here.

Point Standings for Feb 2011, published 3-1-11

Very busy month. No one had non-use issues. Everyone seems to be getting the hang of things very nicely, though at the March meeting we will have lots of stuff to talk about. LMK if you have any questions or concerns.

Eric: 3
Laura: -21
Celia: 33
Jen: -13
Katey D: 4
Katie TT: 8
Ginny: -4
Karen: 0
Bank: 7

The link the the whole chart is here.

Point Standings For Jan 2011, filed 2-2-2011

Hi all, gotta be quick but it looks like everyone's getting the hang of things. See you Sunday and let me know if you think anything is kerploee. The spreadsheet where you can see the math is here.

Eric -14
Laura -1
Celia 35
Jen -13
Katey D -2
Kate TT 18
Ginny -6
Karen -16
Bank 7

Very late December 2010 Point Standings

Hi all,

I do apologize for the lateness of my December point standings. It was a peculiar finish to a peculiar season, and I procrastinated as I developed several other projects at the beginning of Jan 2010. Plus I was waiting to see whether Karen re-joined, so that I could consolidate my tinkering.

Anyway, the points are calculated up and we are up to date as of any sit recorded, Jan. 9.

Eric: -15
Laura: 2
Celia: 15
Jen: -11
Katey D: 0
Kate TT: 0
Ginny: 8
Karen: 0
Bank: 7

Feel free to review the spreadsheet here at this link.

Some reminders/comments:
- I awarded myself blogmeister points (at long last) and charged the OLD members only. New members, you will be charged 6 points for my blogging in June. Secretary points will be awarded mid-term next month.
- (Discussion point for meeting) No leader points were awarded or deducted since we spent most of the term in hibernation mode.
- We will need to re-adjust the projected secretary and leader schedule at the meeting on Monday. Review terms and job descriptions.
- Effective immediately (that we have a secretary), we should be noting non-use, monthly overdrive, and last-minute sit cancellations.
- I have ended the practice of maintaining "Eric's List." Some background: once, Eric bitched and moaned about how he didn't like how I presented the numbers in terms of seniority in the group as opposed to presenting the monthly numbers from most positive to most negative. I explained to him, patiently, as one speaks to a small child, that my method was more conducive to working from my spreadsheet tool. He disparaged my coding abilities, so I indulged his request. Now that we have started a new year, I've decided to save myself this insanely laborious step. Sorry, Eric. (Oh wait. I'm not really sorry.) 8-)

November Point Standings

Hi all,

Reminders: We will have three new members, Katey D, Kate TT, and Ginny, entering the co-op; they will get started in January. Be on your best behavior, if you know what I mean. DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT THE METH LABS!

Note also that there are no fees to a secretary in November and December. This is great for you unless you mess up and fail to award yourself points. No one will catch it, so it's in your best interest to ensure that sits are filed properly. (I know this is temporary but I kinda like the personal accountability aspect of our little experiment.)

It was a moderately busy month, but I gotta tell you, most of that was me - I accounted for 85% of the sits. Just a fun little quantifiable fact. If you suspect any foul play or bootsy error please let me know so I can correct it.

There is a tech meeting at my house this Monday at 8:30 if you'd like to drop by to get a refresher in how to use the system or meet the new blood. It's your choice if you'd like to come, but please let me know if you are.

Eric 2
Laura 5
Celia 20
Jen -28
Bank 7

Eric's List
Celia 20
Laura 5
Eric 2
Jen -28

Here is the link to the month's spreadsheet so you can view the hardcore stuffl

October Points, calculated Nov 12

This includes Karen's 11 points from last time. We each got 2 and the bank got 3.
Jen's term as secretary expired in October. If we ever get going again we'll need a new secretary schedule. Manual override and non-use are not being tracked as we're in hibernation mode.

Point Standings
-2 Eric
6 Laura
14 Celia
-19 Jen
7 Bank


Eric's List
14 Celia
7 Bank
6 Laura
-2 Eric
-19 Jen

Link the monthly report is here.

See you at tonight's meeting, hopefully with a crop of FRESH BLOOD!

Point Standings for September 2010, filed (and including up til Oct 7)

September was a very busy month, full of changes and unusual sits and of course, sad to say, departures. All of which means points aplenty were flying. Below; the aftermath.

Karen 11
Kevin 0
Joanna/Eric -4
Laura Mike 1
Celia/Eddie 22
Jen -28
Bank 4

Eric's List
22 Celia/Eddie
11 Karen
1 Laura Mike
0 Kevin
-4 Joanna/Eric
-28 Jen

Rather than embed the spreadsheet, you can look at it here at this link.

Notes: This includes cat-sitting for Jen in August. We paid Jen for her secretaryship in the middle of her term. I've finally gotten around to distributing Kevin's points to everyone, so you all got 4 points extra, and we can anticipate a bump from Karen's points, too. We need to determine who should be leader now that Karen, who is superpositive in oh so many ways, is free as a bird now.

I'm ferklempt! Fer realz!

A note to Jen: Only after I did the numbers that i realized you have not filed the sit you did for Jojo yesterday! So file it now and you'll get the points when I do the October numbers.

Point Standings for August 2010, calculated Sept 2

Karen and Eric used their grace periods this month. Jen sustained a 2-pt penalty for non-use. Kevin's points have not yet been distributed, pending our meeting's discussion on the 20th. No points were awarded for Blogmeister or Leader (those are slated for Dec.) No one used the manual override.

By Seniority
Karen -23
Kevin 22
Eric -5
Laura -8
Celia 8
Jen 10
Bank 2

Eric's List:
Karen -23
Laura -8
Eric -5
Celia 8
Jen 10

Point Standings for July 2010, calculated Aug 5

Hello. The point standings are a little goofy this month in that I caught an error in the correction I did last month, which is to say not awarding points for the secretary in June, and that we are officially starting the new "payment" system to the leader/blogmeister/secretary this month. If anyone would like to go over the specifics of these numbers I'm happy to review them. Basically, most of you got double-billed for secretary this month, as you didn't pay for it last month. Next month, however, you will not be billed again, as we agreed that it would be a bimonthly calculation.

In any case, that's all a bit prolix. The numbers are (in order of seniority):

Karen -31
Kevin 30
Eric -5
Laura -16
Celia 21
Jen 7
Bank 2

Eric's List

Karen -31
Laura -16
Eric -5
Bank 2
Jen 7
Celia 21
Kevin 30

Reminder that Kevin is once again secretary in August. September and October will be Jen. I believe a meeting is coming up soon; let me know and I"ll calendar it so we don't keep forgetting! 8-) Everyone is out of town in August. I am unavailable for anything remotely related to children. If you would like to play poker or blow glass, please do let me know.

Point Standings for June 2010, calculated July 1

A moderately busy month. Lots of people going out of town and whatnot.

Corrected Point Standings

Karen -26
Kevin 9
Eric 3
Laura 0
Celia 19
Jen 3
Bank 2

No secretary points were awarded or deducted, because we are starting with the new two-month secretary term.
Note, Celia, this includes today's sit which Celia logged. If any has any suggestions or comments about the new sit report, I'm happy to hear them. I'm still working out some kinks on my back end (hold your snarks, please) but it's all workable.
Note, these numbers have been fixed per Kevin's mixup regarding the sit on 6/4. All that is good now.

Rejiggered Roles
This is my understanding of new roles. If it's not right, let me know.
Secretary: 3 points per member awarded for a two month rotation (Kevin June/July; Jen August/September)
Blogmeister: 4 pts per member awarded for a six month rotation (Laura June-Dec)
Leader: 3 pts per member awarded for a six month rotation (Karen June-Dec)

BTW, is everyone seeing Eric's facebook contact info on the calendar, or is it just lucky lucky me?

Point Standings for May 2010, calculated June 3, 2010

A moderately busy month.

Karen -26
Jen 5
Kevin -8
Laura 13
Celia 27
Eric -1
Bank 2

You may view the math here. Double checks are always appreciated if you have the time. The points for leader/secretary are under the old rules - I will start the new ones this month. Kevin, I split secretary points with you for May.

Current Point totals

Karen -23
Kevin -5
Laura/Mike -1
Joanna/Eric 5
Jen 9
Celia/Eddie 25
Bank 2

These are the current point totals for the month of May. Happy Secretaryship to Kevin!
- Eric

Point totals 

Karen         -27
Jen             -21
Kevin        5
Laura/Mike    26
Celia/Eddie    10
Joanna/Eric    17
Bank         2

Please note that these totals include a 9-point transfer from the bank to Celia for  rebalancing the book in 2009, and 12 points to me for the blog, etc. No grace periods or deductions were were required for monthly non-use. I awarded 2 points to Jen for the plant sit. Two manual overrides were used, by Eric and Jen. Eric, the sit log live is ready for automated data entry via sit reports - I'll walk you through spreadsheet issues as they emerge at the end of the month. Happy spring break, everyone!

Point Standings, March 2, 2010

Hello all,
I've done both versions of the accounting this month, the highly gratifying 5-minute online version, and the highly unsatisfying 90 minute paper version, and, happily, everything is the same both ways. Here are your current point standings:

Karen: -7
Jen: -9
Kevin: 5
Laura: -4
Celia: 3
Eric: 1
Bank: 23

You can look at the "deep math" here at the Sit Log. The form of the sit log will change slightly as I refine the sit report form and incorporate your feedback, but the basic idea is there. Note that Jen incurred a two point loss for non-use and that Celia and I still haven't paid ourselves from the bank for our bonus points.

Again, thank you for your patience over the last month - it seems like we are ironing out the final wrinkles, at least from the sitters' end. I hope to make the secretaryship stuff easier in the month ahead, but it would be great if you you guys could make sure that you've tried to schedule a sit. We haven't, as a group, identified who should be the correct person/s to submit a sit report, but it's kinda fun to try it (Celia's given it a whirl and it changed her life.) And please, if you have any suggestions or complaints, bring them to the meeting on Monday the 15th of March.

If anyone knows a programmer guru who would be willing to advise me for an hour, please send him or her my way!

Anyone find any fresh meat? We still need more members!!!

Point Standings from Feb 4, 2010

Hello all,

In reviewing the secretary book, Celia and I came to the conclusion that it would be better to be consistent with precedent and award leadership-contribution points  to Celia at the END of her term.  The revised point standings below reflects that change. (This has also been noted in the paper book.)

Kevin: -3
Karen: 14
Celia: -7
Jen: -5
Laura: -15
Joanna/Eric: 7
Bank: 21

Point Standings from January 31, 2010

Point standings for January 31, 2010 are as follows (based on Jen's numbers, ok'd by Celia)

Kevin: -7
Karen: 10
Celia: 13
Jen: -9
Laura: -19
Joanna/Eric: 3
Bank: 21

*Note that we adjusted the bank by one point to finally get Columns E and F from the paper book balanced.