March 16, 2025

Present: Gabriel, Venus, Isobel, Frog (facilitating), Yarrow, Kate, Gardenia, Diana, Lorenzo, Natalie, Reyna, Joy, Echo, Colby, Tif, Richard (minutes), Serenity, Bernard, Russ

• Vivian V., first meeting
• Natalie H., second meeting
• Isobel C., second meeting

For Natalie and Isobel: No objections made by those in attendance, both accepted as prospective members

Read and accepted with no revisions

Frog: I am now Steward (applause); the other nominee withdrew. There is one accepted nomination for maintenance coordinator

(Serenity/Steward) Election between Frog and Phoenix for steward

Tabled: see Announcements

(Frog) Discuss optimal pest control strategy

• Frog: What timeline would be ideal for complex-wide pest control?
  • Suggestions of 2-4 weeks
• Frog: Some buildings may get treated before others. There will be no opting out.

(Cory) Consider appealing some of Gabe's no-shows

Kate: It seems at least some of the no-shows were partial, or labor instructions for Gabriel were unclear.

Joy: The gross no-shows were high enough that even if the no-shows were successfully appeared, the amount over would still be enough to determine that the eviction hold-off agreement was violated.

CQ (to Gabriel): Are there particular no-shows you wish to contest?

Gabriel: There were some that conflicted with job transition/work-related schedule changes

CQ: What is the list of no-shows?

(list is read, 11 total)

PoI: This has been ongoing for a very long time with no improvement (since before coop labor was brought back from COVID lockdown procedures). I don’t believe he has taken his labor responsibilities seriously even after the member review.

CQ: Are enough hours being contested to render the agreement no longer violated?

A: Five total, possibly six

Consensus check to forgive six no-show: 8 in favor, 6 against (passes)

CQ (to Gabe): are you able to communicate with the labor czar now?

A: Yes, it is much easier now than before.

PoI: Communication of all kinds have been attempted in the past: door notes, text messages, etc.

CQ (to Joy): What about on your end?

A: He responds to emails now, though it took reaching this point.

(Labor Czar) Review & vote on whether Gabriel C has violated the terms of his Eviction Hold-off Agreement (labor/behavior contract) in:

1. accruing more than five gross credit hours of no-shows for performance of regularly assigned cooperative labor tasks per month, 2. signing off on cooperative labor tasks which had not, in fact, been completed at that time, and/or 3. failing to make a good-faith effort to ensure assignments were completed by an alternate member whenever unable to complete assigned labor

CQ: At what point in the procedure are we? What sort of vote is required?

A: A determination that an eviction hold-off agreement was violated requires a simple majority, no secret or otherwise-written ballots necessary (though the meeting attendees can request paper ballots to do so anyway).

PoI: He seems to be improving, and if we give him a chance, then hopefully it will continue. I don’t think I’ll be as forgiving next time around.

PoI: I think you’re all doing a great job. It is frustrating but also difficult to make a decision like this.

CQ: Can we vote?

PoI: Because we forgave the hours, the only term that was possibly broken was the requirements for communication.

Vote taken: 5 in favor, 6 against. The proposal does not pass.

(Yarrow) I think we should have a neighborhood block party to build community with our Gault Street neighbors. Can we do it? How should we plan it? Do we have the budget for food and drink? etc. etc.

Venus: We could all contribute, bring food, booze, etc.

Natalie:

• We could seek resources in our capacity as a non-profit organization
• We might start it earlier than usual for kid friendliness

Yarrow: What are some possible activities? I am not good at coming up with ideas for them.

Venus: Gender-affirming clothing rack, jewelry/other crafting table

CQ: When is coop birthday?

A: April 19

Security concerns:

• Nothing major expected
• Banned persons might show up?
• Could appoint someone to monitor and de-escalate if needed

QC: When should we switch the event from alcohol-free?

A: Some time around sundown?

(Gardenia) Wanted permission to paint part of the walkway purple

Gardenia: We have painted our door. May we paint other outdoor areas near our unit? (lists some potential ideas)

(House quickly grants permission)