Common House minutes: 2007-09-26

Agenda:

- MONKEY review
- CH lock-up stuff
- CH Budget request
- Work day jobs
- Odds and ends

Minutes:

CH Minutes 9/26/2007, 12 - 1pm

Present: Rachel, Heather, Divya, Helen (briefly)

MONKEY REVIEW:
DONE TOM install door knob on supply closet in back of kids room
DONE TOM put a brick or board behind the Hobart so it doesn't get jammed
against the wall
DONE NANCY will buy GUFF basket
DONE SARAH will get budget info from Becky and forward to Rachel for
discussion at next meeting on 9-26
DONE SARAH will take wooden highchair to Salvation Army
DONE SARAH will forward this suggestion to meals and ask them to evaluate
pros and cons; CH would consider helping with funding if meals wanted
to move ahead with this
DONE SARAH will send out an e-mail asking folks to collect the bar stool,
card table and scythe that are hiding in the weird corner nook of the
coat area;

NEW & REMAINING MONKEYS:
IN PROCESS Rachel has calls out to locksmiths (Vogel), waiting to hear back
re:
automated locks
BECKY and Maia will get a new slipcover for the couch in the media
room - still pending, no report
HEATHER & SARAH will work on creating cloth banners to hang from Game
room ceiling to help with acoustics - still pending; When banners are
done we will do curtains - still pending
TOM please mount the baby changing table in the laundry room
HEATHER will get estimates for carpeting and pads for CH rooms
SARAH will check in with hot tub folks regarding budget stuff - will it be
fixed anytime soon? Check in with Willie to see where he left things.
HELEN will write up a list of jobs for lock-up folks, Sarah will distribute
to lock-up folks.
SARAH will update the job description so that it includes the fish tank
maintenance

CH LOCK-UP STUFF
Helen is concerned that some of the important components of the lock-up job
are not getting done (windows closed, exercise room door locked, appropriate
lights left on, others turned off...). Helen will write up job description
for lock-up job and Sarah will distribute to lock-up folks. THANKS HELEN!


CH BUDGET REQUEST
We still need to review the actual numbers of what was spent last year
No changes to proposed utilities budget (3% increase all around)
Discretionary - aesthetics and functional improvements - unsure of 2007
funding level. We would like to do the following projects:
-CH locks
-New carpeting/padding in some/all carpeted areas
-CH entryway
Discretionary - hot tub - Sarah will check in with Eric & Willie as to where
we stand.

WORK DAY JOBS
- paint inside and outside of exterior doors; HONCHO + 2 assistants
- Clean carpet in sitting room, media, room, game room and kids room;
HONCHO + 3 assistants
- Clean furniture in media room and sitting room; HONCHO + 1 assistant
- Kitchen deep clean: stove hood, cupboards, windows, dish shelves,
under both sinks, pantry closet, ovens and stove top; HONCHO + 3
assistants
- Clean and seal dinning room floor: HONCHO + 1 assistant
- Spackle and paint Art Wall and hang picture Rail; HONCHO: Heather +
3 (changed from 2) assistants
- Remove weight machine from exercise room; HONCHO: Sarah + 4 strong
assistants
-Prep for painting interior CH trim; HONCHO + 3 assistants
- Paint all interior CH trim; HONCHO + 4-5 assistants (changed from 3)
- Laundry room cleaning: utility sink, wipe down surfaces, get
behind, under and on top of stuff, organize as needed; HONCHO
- Sort, discard and sterilize toys in kids room; HONCHO + 1 assistant
- Buff and seal dining room floor; HONCHO + 1 assistant (not to be done on
actual work day!) (added)

ODDS AND ENDS
Email from Jenny regarding chairs - will discuss at next meeting when Sarah
(convener) returns.
Email form Becky regarding CH floors - will do CH floors at this coming
workday (well, not actually on the workday) and will look at other options
for the future.
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