Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Painting Ourselves to Save Money: good idea or bad idea

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

In my person point of view, people are up for tasks for a limited 
period of time. For a new group that had not done much work for the 
community yet (big "yet"), there may be more energy. You need to make 
decisions about where you want to use that energy.

But if a tasks takes several Saturdays, several weekends, etc., unless 
they just love to paint, people will lose interest very quickly.

And there is the problem of incurring construction costs if it isn't 
done on schedule so the other work can proceed. "Volunteering" under 
the gun is not fun. Have a back up plan.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org