Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting things done

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

We aren't the "fixits", but this seems to be an idea that works well. We
have two people who fix things, as well as the committee that oversees
buildings and grounds. If it's washers and dryers, it's David you want to
talk to. David is pretty handy and can fix other things, too, but he's very
busy and we go to Paul most often for other things. Paul is not just handy,
he's here more and has reserves of energy that would be suspect in anyone
else. These aren't the only people who fix things by any means (my personal
specialty is installing ceiling fans), but they are the ones we know we can
call and get immediate help.

Receipts for what they buy go into a locked box. Then the accounting people
make sure they get reimbursed. In the budget, this is repair and
replacement. Things in repair and replacement get reimbursed automatically,
with no decision-making process and no committee budgets involved.
(Big-ticket items, even if they are r&r, get discussed in committee or gen'l
meetings).

If a project requires outside help, it gets referred to committee, which has
authority, within their budget, to deal with it without general meetings.

-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California
tamgoddess [at] comcast.net
> From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:14:36 -0700
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: RE: [C-L]_Getting things done
> 
> 
> As I posted before, there are decision making processes which work better
> than others for different situations. Reading Cheryl's post about the
> details and time involved to make a minor fix was a good example of a
> process in which one person or team might have better success with less
> effort involved. For example, there is a cohousing group (I forget which
> one) has a team of three people called the fixits. They love fixing stuff,
> and handle it. Just like the "super" would in a condo. They have their own
> budget discretion up to $500 and as I murkily recall, they are very much up
> on the maintenance and repair for their community. This group makes the
> decisions and implements them with no other processes. They have built a
> reputation in their community and people accept and rely on their judgment.
> Any disagreements are handled in person with the team (which I think I
> recall as being rare).
> 
> If the group that has the fixits are on the list could you supply more
> details? Too many places has fuzzed my memories.
> 
> Rob Sandelin
> South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
> Sky Valley Environments  <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
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> Floriferous [at] msn.com
> 
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