Common House minutes: 2016-01-13

Special Notes:

Discussion about moving CH Reservations calendar off of grot.org to a new system

Agenda:

CH reservation calendar
Office rental
CH door closers
Repair issues
TS/GO happy hour
Insurance for Family Farms
Lost and Found

Minutes:

present: nancy, nicholas, jim, elph

Agenda

1. CH reservations calendar move - proceed
2. Syndallas renting office - sharing with friend from outside GO
3. CH Door closers - social or physical problem? Reminders are good.
Repair is good too.
4. Repair issues: furnace, water heater, circulators, shower, toilet
seat, light bulbs
5. TS / GO happy hour party. Encourage people to come.
6. Insurance for Family Farms - Nancy obtained proof of insurance and
shared with F&L
7. Lost and Found was taken care of by Nancy

1. CH Reservations calendar move
Geeks group has asked for our take on moving CH Reservations off of grot.org
to either google docs or calendar.
DECISION: CH cmtee is fine with whatever choice the geeks want to make as
long as it is reasonable to maintain and easy to use.

2. Syndallas has expressed interest in renting the middle office along with
a friend of hers from outside the community. We will go through all the due
diligence steps for a new renter as far as we know them!

3. CH Door closures. It has been noted that our main double doors do not
close well. One issue is that the non-moving doors no longer latch well at
top and bottom. Another issue is lack of automatic door closures. Another
issue is people don't take the time to close them well.
DECISION: Have the doors repaired. Inform people that closing the door
takes some effort and extol them to do so.

4. Repair issues:
The Furnace on the west end was repaired for approx $400.
The Water Heater was repaired for approx $5000.
The hot water circulator comfort valves are being replaced with new ones.
$60.
We haven't done anything with the idea of replacing the west bathroom
shower but it seems to be working adequately.
The toilet seat, it has been noted, in the east bathroom needs replacing.
Some old compact florescent bulbs in dining room were replaced with LED

5. TS/ GO Happy hour. TS would like to have a happy hour for us, on a
friday, for some reason. We are going to encourage them and suggest that we
invite folks to bring drinks and snacks potluck style.

6. Insurance for Family Farms
Nancy obtained proof of insurance and shared with F&L

7. Lost and Found
Nancy took care of the lost and found. Huzzah.

Next meeting Jan 23, 9:30 am. To discuss mandate.