Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Advice re an Owners Excessive Recycling Acquisitions

[rebecca.selove (rebecca.selove]

Hello.  Interesting challenge.  How about a time limit that extends to 
all?Rebecca Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Fred-List manager <fholson [at] 
cohousing.org> Date: 4/11/22  7:53 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: Cohousing-L mailing list 
<cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Subject: [C-L]_ Advice re an Owners Excessive 
Recycling Acquisitions The message below was posted by Fred on behalf of a 
subscriber byFred Olson, Cohousing-L admin team.  cohousing-l-owner [at] 
cohousing.org(Fred: 612-588-9532)--------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE 
FOLLOWS --------------------Dear cohousers We would be interested in knowing 
how other cohousing villages havehandled the problem of a home owner storing an 
excess of "could berecycled" materials in the  common-house and on common land. 
To date the owner has responded to requests that she remove the articles,or at 
least confine them to her own property, by claiming she is beingbullied, 
singled out, harassed and/or treated unfairly. She, quitecorrectly, points out 
that an occasional exception has been made for others(for storing sports and 
hobby gear, for example). However, these exceptionswere for possessions which 
have a specific use, and specific storagechallenge, most of her collection can 
only be vaguely described as "couldbe handy sometime in the future" and looks, 
to a less discerning eye, likejunk. Prior to this problem emerging we thought 
we had clear understandingsabout use of common areas, but in response to this 
person's activities weare now clarifying those 'understandings' with written 
protocols, hopingthis will reduce her feeling of being singled out. We are 
aware she receives professional help in managing some areas of herlife, and 
have no wish to upset her, but also believe that we do her nofavour if we allow 
the problem to go unchecked as it will magnify.Any experience or suggestions 
are 
welcomed._________________________________________________________________Cohousing-L
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