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

[tamgoddess (tamgoddess]

I have to weigh in with Sharon on this. I would strongly advise against this, 
for all of her excellent and oft-repeated-in-other-communities reasons.

Liz
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From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> 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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