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

(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

(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)