Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Secrecy in Cohousing Records

[Jenny Williams (jlgw]

It seems a very reasonable request to have all those levels posted for
everyone to see.

jenny

> -----Original Message-----
> From: O3C11N6G [mailto:normangauss [at] charter.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:41 PM
> To: Cohousing-L
> Subject: [C-L]_ Secrecy in Cohousing Records
>
>
> 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
>
>