Cohousing-L Mailing List: Secrecy in Cohousing Records

[O3C11N6G (normangauss]

I have encountered in our cohousing community a reluctance to display 
results of inspections and records of our spa and pool.

Our pool and spa are supposed to be checked by a rotating group of 7 people 
once a day every day for safe levels of chemicals and we have occasional 
inspections by the local public health service.  Anytime a large team sets 
up a rotating schedule for doing anything, it is likely to have a degree of 
non-compliance.  We have a similar rotating duty roster for locking up the 
common house at night and it often fails.

In determining whether the spa is being maintained for my guests, I have 
asked to have the chemical readings of the spa and pool posted.  The 
committee chair has refused, explaining that those records are for the 
public health service only, and I am not privy to them.  I am not confident 
that the chemicals in the spa and pool are being maintained at their 
recommended levels because I have seen first hand how difficult it is to get 
non-technical trained in testing and recording their test results.

Does anybody out there in cohousing land have any views on this?  Is it too 
much to ask that testing results be displayed so that if I want to invite my 
guests, we do not have to be concerned that the spa or pool might not be 
safe today?

Norm Gauss