Steering minutes: 2007-08-05

Agenda:

Steering Cmtee Meeting Minutes, 8/5/2007

present: nancy, jay, gail, elph, judith, rod

Agenda
1. reports
2. credit union
3. budget process
4. roaming cat

Minutes:

1. reports
nancy, ch, met about jobs, discussed doing away with cleaning coordinator
but Nancy is going to do it this next time. Trying to get more people to
join, trying to get someone to convene. Raised hours for patio cleaners to 2
hours since it seemed to take longer than one hour. Becky is going to check
into a system for locking automatically behind you.

judith, buildings, trying to fix all the week in C units, broken windows,
garage door openers are being problematic, and what to do about the gold
siding. Ted is working on bike shed doors. Ted looked at Gail/Jim's broken
window and felt like it needed more expert help. They may ask Rob or check
for referals from Stadium Hardware.

rod, grounds, as usual grounds is dysfunctional, looking to get truck fixed,
parking lot surfaced, having a hard time getting energy going. Judith will
take on the parking lot surfacing. Rod will talk to Kelly to get the name
and number of the folks who will come to the lot and fix the truck.

jay, membership, continue to have ongoing issues in trying to meet.
Increased childcare budget a bit. Got our jobs in for next work period. Art
Fair went pretty well. Sarah did a lot of work on that with people from the
other two communities. Didn't get as many names this year but it is all part
of showing a presence in teh community. Like to get a sign painted on the
side of the truck. It's a good use of marketing money, as opposed to print
ads. We've had a couple of people come by to check out the community and
we've been paying for them to come to a meal. Have to work out how to deal
with folks who are coming through on a broader cohousing tour rather than
specifically interested in moving in with us.

gail, process, the alternative cmty meeting format has passed and will start
discussing how that will all work at our Wed meeting. Will have facilitators
and minute taker available for all meetings but the person organizing the
alternative meeting may decide not to use them. Beginning discussion with
Diana Kardia about our November 10th meeting - she will build on last year.

elph, finance, proposal passed for lce/gce, aged a/r looks much better.

2. Credit Union - U of M having us as a field of membership

Amy Harris heard from U of M Credit Union that they were interested in
knowing if we were interested in being allowed to be members.
Gail did a survey and found that we had some members already and some
interest in being members.
Next steps is for the governing body of each community to write them asking
to be approved for membership.
There would be no obligation to join.
Do we want to write a letter then? Yes, Elph will write the letter and bring
it for approval to the next meeting.

3. Budget process is not rolling yet, but we need cmtees to start thinking
about how they are spending money and what they need for next year.

4. The Sunward Maine Coon Cat - if you have an issue with the cat please go
direct. Word is that it belongs to the Kostova's


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