Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: TV in the common house - scheduling

[fergyb2 (fergyb2]

     Here at Swans Market there's a TV (with no antenna or cable hook up) which 
is kept in a locked cabinet and used occasionally to watch Movies on in the 
great room of the Common House.  We did once turn it on for election coverage 
during dinner the night Barack Obama was first elected but that was a special 
case.  People watch TV in each others houses when there is something special on 
they want to watch.  We also had a small one in the exercise room for watching 
fitness tapes but it eventually got stolen and was never replaced. The problem 
with broadcast TV is it hijacks the Common areas so they can't comfortably be 
used in all the other myriad ways we use them.  We put the Movie night's on the 
main Calendar but occasional spontaneous movie watching occurs when there is 
nothing else scheduled in that space.
            Bonnie Fergusson
            Swans Market Cohousing
            Oakland, CA

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On Oct 27, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Tiffany Lee Brown <magdalen23 [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:

> 
> The community I hung out at when I was a kid kept the TV in a small room in
> the upstairs of the common house, so it wasn't visible from the living
> room, dining area, or kitchen. It wasn't on a schedule, but you really had
> to go out of your way to watch. Keeping a TV packed away (ideal) or hidden
> in a far room up the stairs makes it so that bringing out the TV is a big
> deal and kind of a pain in the tush. To me that seems wise!
> 
> 
> tiffany
> wannabe future co-houser
> 
> tiffany lee brown
> editor, plazm | current & back issues: www.plazm.com
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Chris ScottHanson <cscotthanson [at] mac.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> We are thinking about putting a TV in our common house (cable TV came with
>> our central business high speed internet connection) for special events,
>> etc.   We’re talking about only allowing it to be used per a previously
>> approved schedule, which would be reviewed and approved periodically by the
>> "TV committee".  The idea is to avoid temptation to just go in there and
>> channel surf, etc.
>> 
>> What is your experience in your community?
>> 
>> Do you have a TV, a scheduling system, or what?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Chris ScottHanson
>> Fifth Street Commons <http://fifthstreetcommons.com/>
>> 130 Fifth Street, C101
>> Langley, WA 98260
>> 
>> (206) 601-7802
>> 
>> 
>> (I’ld love to watch Madam Secretary with a group of friends on Sunday
>> evening, instead of by myself at home.)
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