Common House minutes: 2018-06-12

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-elph



Common House Committee Minutes

June 12, 2018

Present: elph, nancy, gail, marta, thomas

Monkey: Print policy and pass around for each community member to read and
comment on

Agenda

1.Review: Community meeting discussed what lead us to propose a camera

2.Report: Teen drunkenness in the common house on Friday

3.Review financial report

4.Laundry room floor report

5.Proposal: Jake using the common house for drum practice

6.Slumber party (adults, Zen retreat and Zen practice) announcement

1.Review: Community meeting discussed what lead us to propose a camera

From the minutes of the first meeting it appears to be that people are
all over the map.

One idea was to review our ch usage agreements and share them

It was interesting to think about the impact on the guests of the
normal usage

One idea from the meeting was to let the community know about events
that happen

2.Report: Teen drunkenness in the common house on Friday

A member came in to the CH late at night (last time at 12:30) to find
two teen members and some of their friends very obviously drunk. There was
concern over drinking and driving. Some of the teens indicated that they
would stay in the CH and sleep it off rather than drive. This raised
questions of liability on one hand and quiet/safe space for guests - but
there were none reserved for that night.

3.Review financial report - note it is every committee members
responsibility to review the financial reports that come out and look for
anything that appears out of sorts and ask appropriate questions

4.Laundry room floor report

The floor is still drying

5.Proposal: Jake using the common house for drum practice

The new members in Bill/Rachel’s unit want to know if their son Jake
can practice drums in the common house.

Is Jake in the work system? Yes, or he intends to.

What time? Quiet hours are 9pm to 9am, 11pm to 9 am on weekends

No storage of drums - we just don’t have space in that multi-use game
room.

APPROVED: Please always reserve the room and be sensitive to other
users of the CH at the same time - may not be appropriate to practice
depending on what the other uses are going on in the building at the same
time.

Note, Jake should connect with Dan Thiel in unit 31 - he plays drums too

6. Slumber party announcement

July 27, 28, 29 zen practice retreat in game room and dining room, some
people will be sleeping over. More info coming out on email. Led by Marta.

List of misuse prepared for the last community meeting:

Smoking in common house

Small fires from incense and burn marks in various upholstery and carpet

Carpets soiled (very soon after hiring steam cleaning)

Coming in late at night and leaving doors unlocked

Teens who don’t live here sleeping in rooms at night

Blinds broken (some wear and tear - some abuse)

Supplies missing - toilet paper, soap

Empty liquor bottles left in rooms

Food messes left in media room, kids room, and sitting room

Kitchen left extremely messy on weekends requiring Sun dinner crew to clean
extra

Common food taken from kitchen

Kitchen knife in children’s room couch cushions

Condom in kids room loft

Fish poisoned by something poured in tank

Pile of vomit left in sitting room

Shit smeared on walls of bathroom

Intentionally clogged toilet
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