We both assumed the other person had seen an announcement. Neither of us had. Nothing disastrous, just an annoying last-minute scramble. Do other families assign one person per week to check notices, or is that too formal?
We rotate a named person each week, but both can still look when available.
The checkbox is appealing. We were treating 'read' as 'handled'.
A single shared checkbox for action items is enough; don't turn it into an inbox management system.
The checkbox could keep the task visible without creating a second full-time job.
We found it useful to agree that the person who reads the notice checks whether it requires a reply.
The person checking announcements should not automatically be the one who must do every task. A separate owner helps reduce resentment.
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