Common House minutes: 2003-10-04

Minutes:

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Common House [[Meeting]] minutes
10/4/03
Present: [[Elph]], Becky, !AmyN, Melisa, Annaliese, Melissa, [[Rod]], Ted, Laura
Minutes: Ted

Agenda:
CH Usage policy review/update
Dining Chair/Table report
Room colors update
Revisit piano decision
Storage facility consideration
Construction check-in
Sitting room meeting schedule

Next [[Meeting]]: 11am, Becky's place, Sat 10/11

*CH Usage policy review/update
Melisa will revise the policy to reflect comments from the business meeting
and present to committee on 10/11. Plan to present to full community for
approval at next business meeting


*Dining Chair/Table report
[[Elph]] reports that the samples he ordered did not arrive. There was no
discussion.


*Room colors update
Agreed to hold on sitting room colors until at least after the meeting with
Kirk and the contractors. Might also want to consider first purchasing
furnishings and using colors that tie in with them, rather than vice versa.

Kids room colors have been chosen: Sherwin-Wiliams SW6873 Coral Bead for
the carpeted area, and SW 6936 Aqua Tint for the marmoleum area.

Brief discussion of how to show colors to full community. Suggestion to
present them at a full meeting. Concern about getting too much feedback, or
strong contradictory opinions. Perhaps don't let people who did not
participate in the decision (and who do not know the background behind it)
derail the whole thing. And it's only paint. We can always change it. But
it's important that the community hear what it is we've decided. Suggest we
post all final color decisions to minutes.

*Revisit piano decision
Suggestion we revisit decision to reject Hope's piano donation/loan. Hope
tried to address CH Cmte. concerns in her proposal, and told of other
supporters that cmte. did not know about.

Hope's counterproposal made piano a donation, rather than loan, but wants
first right of refusal if we get rid of it is all. Willing to do 6 mo.
trial, and pay to remove if necessary. If we can find a good space for it,
the cmte. feels concerns have been addressed and is willing to give it a
go...but wait! Seconds before the committee is about to agree, someone
comes in with new and shocking information! There has been a strong
statement of opposition to the donation, based on a description that
suggests the lower register is in need of complete re-stringing, a very
expensive proposition. Cmte. does not want a bum piano; we defer the
decision until this point is clarified. Hope is to be invited to next
meeting to discuss.


*Storage facility consideration
Brief discussion of need for storage for CH donations and equipment
purchases. Currently it appears that community garages will be sufficient.
No action to be taken yet on reserving other space.

MONKEY: Becky to inquire about Sara and Lisa's need to get the treadmill
out of their life. Might need a place to store it. People offer their
basements...


*Construction check-in
Roof to start next week. Interior framing to be complete within 4 weeks.
Curious about small work crew on site. Clarification from Steering meeting
on this point: current framing is very complex. Crew is small because these
are the guys that are good. Can't have too many other guys around because
they want to keep tight supervision on this part of the building and get it
right. Don't know if crew will grow later or not.


*Sitting room meeting schedule
Need to have a few people there. Ted to try and schedule Fri 10/17. [[Meeting]]
will probably last most of morning. Attendees possible: [[Elph]], Ted, [[Rod]],
Laura, [[Jenny]]

*Un-Agenda-ed notes:
We'll need to paint the underside of the roof overhangs and rafters where
nails show through. Possibly before siding and windows are installed--could
spray without worries about messing up finish.

keywords: paint color