General - SWA members and their wardens will standardize nationally and internationally what it means to complete tasks, errands, to-do lists and projects (household work) as it relatives to when work may be done and when SWA members are available and unavailable for work. Households will adopt a points system that is easily governed between the household members. To that effect, each type of work will be given a number of points for completion. The total points for the time period (day, weekend, week, bi-week, month, ¼ calendar, ½ calendar, full calendar) will affect the SWA members' grade for that time period. Only monthly grades are official.
Point currency - Points are awarded in whole and 1/10 decimal increments. Tasks, errands and projects are assigned to whole numbers. For example, lawn cutting could be a total of 5.0 points. Every 10 points is a ‘unit’.
Points for work - Each household will determine the point value for each household task, errand or project. Should the household not be able to agree on the work items or the point value or both, the SWA CBA will assign a point value to each task through the SWA members declaration, assigned to the household through the CBA. Upon signing the declaration, the household will have 2 weeks to agree on their work list and points system, or the CBA points system will be assigned to the household.
Point accumulation - Points are accumulated at the time the work is complete, immediately upon completion. The household should determine how points are documented; physically, digitally or both. SWA members are evaluated on a point system where 70% of the points are awarded for completion and 30% of the points are awarded for quality. For example, on a 5 point task such as grass cutting, ~3.5 points are awarded for completion and ~1.5 points are awarded for a good job. The points earned should always be current in the household recording mechanism, as barter or trade for points can happen at anytime.
Redeeming points - SWA member or wardens may trade their points for value (anything deemed ‘onside’ for the household) at anytime. The statement is simply “ I did X, for Y points, I want to exchange those for Z’ The transaction is agreed to and the date for value exchange is set.
Point deficits - Either SWA member or warden may go into point deficit by go into ‘futures contracts’ for services. A promissory note for work to be completed at a later date in exchange for value now. Should an offer to exchange to tabled and one party mentions ‘you don’t have enough points for that’, there is no recourse for the deficit party, other than to get more points.
Point surplus - What there is a discrepancy in the number of points earned, such that one party has alot of points, there can’t be a forced transaction to redeem points. The SWA member may throttle back their work in exchange for points at their own peril.
When transactions may occur - Transactions may occur within the household at any time. Transactions must include a point value exchange for a good value with a time the transaction is to be completed. That transaction could be at the time of the exchange, or in the future.
SWA member household to household comparisons - SWA members must fall within the union standards in order not to show any perceived discrepancies in work performed household to household, especially across inner circle households. Also see Warden collusion in section 24a.
