Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
"turn it to the left"
be kind to your ears!!!
the american academy of audiology starts a new campaign called "turn it to the left"
i know you all like to listen to your ipizzle on the way to work...but you could be damaging your hearing!
the american academy of audiology starts a new campaign called "turn it to the left"
i know you all like to listen to your ipizzle on the way to work...but you could be damaging your hearing!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
12/7/08 Minutes
ABSENT: Emily, Elissa, Ari, Briana
(1) Don't lock the top lock on the main door! A guest may have done this once, and someone was locked out.
(2) Josh wants to know if anyone knows where we can buy shovel.s Sasha suggested that we have one shovel already. We're going to look at Value Depot.
(3) Food issues: Jaclyn and Irina have both opted out of the group food. Jaclyn doesn't want to do the communal food chores, either. One proposal is that Jaclyn would never be on food, and Joanna would always be on food.
Also, Jaclyn now has a ton of food in the personal fridge. A proposal is that Jaclyn and Irina would have their own spots in the personal fridge.
A reminder: if it isn't yours and it's in the personal fridge, don't touch it! Don't move it to the other fridge! This is true even if it isn't labeled.
Jaclyn says that she is leaving the communal food for two reasons: (1) she is unhappy with the "politics" surrounding the shopping and cooking, and (2) her food preferences do not match up well with the food preferences of the collective, and so she think she'll eat better this way.
It was decided that Jaclyn's food group should sit down and have a conversation about the aforementioned food politics.
(4) Food issue: Sasha is going to be out of town for two weeks, and she doesn't want to pay for the food for those two weeks. Most people seem to think that this is reasonable. Josh is also going to be gone for about two weeks, and he wants the same deal. Same thing for Vivi. For the days that they will be gone, see the Google Calendar.
(5) Jaclyn gave me $20. Joanna gave me $50 (though she spent 10 already). Erica gave me $80. Irina gave me nothing. I gave $75. Josh gave me $75. Sasha will give $35. Vivi hasn't paid yet, and I think Emily and Elissa haven't either.
What can Sam do to make things easier? Maybe bring the cash to the first programming of the month. Maybe send an e-mail around the 1st of the month reminding people that money is due. Or maybe send such an e-mail a week in advance. Sam should make a check-off sheet so you check your name off when you give Sam money. The sheet could go on the fridge.
(6) Proposal: Maybe there should be one full week where we don't do new shopping w/community money. The week in question is Dec. 21-27. Four people will be gone for most of the week. December is our "leap month," which has five weeks. So either we're not going to have enough food each week, or we're going to have plenty of food for most of the weeks and we'll starve at the end of the month.
Vivi suggests that we should spend thriftily, and if we run out of money at the end of the month then so be it, and we can buy food with community money if necessary. We'll try to spend ~$160/week, and see how it goes.
(1) Don't lock the top lock on the main door! A guest may have done this once, and someone was locked out.
(2) Josh wants to know if anyone knows where we can buy shovel.s Sasha suggested that we have one shovel already. We're going to look at Value Depot.
(3) Food issues: Jaclyn and Irina have both opted out of the group food. Jaclyn doesn't want to do the communal food chores, either. One proposal is that Jaclyn would never be on food, and Joanna would always be on food.
Also, Jaclyn now has a ton of food in the personal fridge. A proposal is that Jaclyn and Irina would have their own spots in the personal fridge.
A reminder: if it isn't yours and it's in the personal fridge, don't touch it! Don't move it to the other fridge! This is true even if it isn't labeled.
Jaclyn says that she is leaving the communal food for two reasons: (1) she is unhappy with the "politics" surrounding the shopping and cooking, and (2) her food preferences do not match up well with the food preferences of the collective, and so she think she'll eat better this way.
It was decided that Jaclyn's food group should sit down and have a conversation about the aforementioned food politics.
(4) Food issue: Sasha is going to be out of town for two weeks, and she doesn't want to pay for the food for those two weeks. Most people seem to think that this is reasonable. Josh is also going to be gone for about two weeks, and he wants the same deal. Same thing for Vivi. For the days that they will be gone, see the Google Calendar.
(5) Jaclyn gave me $20. Joanna gave me $50 (though she spent 10 already). Erica gave me $80. Irina gave me nothing. I gave $75. Josh gave me $75. Sasha will give $35. Vivi hasn't paid yet, and I think Emily and Elissa haven't either.
What can Sam do to make things easier? Maybe bring the cash to the first programming of the month. Maybe send an e-mail around the 1st of the month reminding people that money is due. Or maybe send such an e-mail a week in advance. Sam should make a check-off sheet so you check your name off when you give Sam money. The sheet could go on the fridge.
(6) Proposal: Maybe there should be one full week where we don't do new shopping w/community money. The week in question is Dec. 21-27. Four people will be gone for most of the week. December is our "leap month," which has five weeks. So either we're not going to have enough food each week, or we're going to have plenty of food for most of the weeks and we'll starve at the end of the month.
Vivi suggests that we should spend thriftily, and if we run out of money at the end of the month then so be it, and we can buy food with community money if necessary. We'll try to spend ~$160/week, and see how it goes.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
11/2 House Meeting
10/2 House Meeting
Joanna leading
Ground Rules: Sam
Fun
Use a positive tone,
Assume good will1
Policy proposals- or at least already have the proposal formulated in advance
One mic
*Speak to Sasha about better ways to keep the house clean and ensure chores get done
Meeting Frequency: Josh
Skip one meeting a month, possibly on holiday weekends; Josh will come up with a colander to make this possible.
Speak about food and shopping the meeting before to ensure there is food for the week following a holiday, use e-mail to discuss food.
Begin Josh’s plan for November and then revisit having meeting every week or every other week,
Do next house meeting at the retreat and skip a meeting the weekend of the 9th, as well as Thanksgiving weekend.
Screen Door: Josh
Does not close by itself, please close it behind you. We can take it off…Irina and Erica
Put Bubby cart on the left side of the pantry so door closes.
Please find soup Tupperware’s
Give Brianna a dollar if you went to the Schecters
Jaclyn bought cleaning supplies
Food Money: Give it to Sam by Wednesday
Find Irina’s brother a nice Jewish girl!!!
Election night possibly at Sasha’s friends or in union square as a group, possible party at Arielle’s house
Come back to Midwood house for Slipper party between 9 and 9:30- be sure to invite the other house
Joanna leading
Ground Rules: Sam
Fun
Use a positive tone,
Assume good will1
Policy proposals- or at least already have the proposal formulated in advance
One mic
*Speak to Sasha about better ways to keep the house clean and ensure chores get done
Meeting Frequency: Josh
Skip one meeting a month, possibly on holiday weekends; Josh will come up with a colander to make this possible.
Speak about food and shopping the meeting before to ensure there is food for the week following a holiday, use e-mail to discuss food.
Begin Josh’s plan for November and then revisit having meeting every week or every other week,
Do next house meeting at the retreat and skip a meeting the weekend of the 9th, as well as Thanksgiving weekend.
Screen Door: Josh
Does not close by itself, please close it behind you. We can take it off…Irina and Erica
Put Bubby cart on the left side of the pantry so door closes.
Please find soup Tupperware’s
Give Brianna a dollar if you went to the Schecters
Jaclyn bought cleaning supplies
Food Money: Give it to Sam by Wednesday
Find Irina’s brother a nice Jewish girl!!!
Election night possibly at Sasha’s friends or in union square as a group, possible party at Arielle’s house
Come back to Midwood house for Slipper party between 9 and 9:30- be sure to invite the other house
Sunday, October 26, 2008
PROPOSED MEETING GROUND RULES
1. EVERY MEETING MUST BE FUN.
2. All nagging must be in the form of song.
3. All policy proposals must be written up ahead of time.
4. Always assume good will.
5. Only one person can speak at a time (even though we’re Jewish).
6. Clothing optional.
2. All nagging must be in the form of song.
3. All policy proposals must be written up ahead of time.
4. Always assume good will.
5. Only one person can speak at a time (even though we’re Jewish).
6. Clothing optional.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
House Meeting Notes 10/19/08
Midwood House Weekly Meeting Notes – 10/19/08
Agenda Items
Lights – Please turn off the lights when you go to bed, especially in the bathroom and in the second floor hallway. Save electricity when we can!
Food Shopping – Jaclyn : May be unnecessary to shop every week. We could buy groceries for two weeks, but we need to ration our food. We may need to separate some food and keep them in the personal fridge and then move them over to the communal fridge.
Suggestion: Could buy stock items in bulk and then produce from fruit stands weekly.
Suggestion: Shopping seems like a huge task and we may need to go to Costco or buy in bulk every two weeks and every week supplement with produce.
Suggestion: Dairy products should be bought weekly, but other shelf stable items could be bought in bulk every two weeks.
Elissa: If we move the furniture out of the carpark and use communal money to pay for gas to and from the grocery store and pitch in to take care of Erica’s car, especially in the winter, then we could possible keep it around for the rest of the year.
Elissa: Need to determine how much money we would be willing to spend at Costco and how that is affected by the weekly grocery money.
Decision – Start Costco bulk shopping in November and we can fine tune how we will do this in the next two weeks.
Landlord – Erica couldn’t get in contact with the landlord for a couple of weeks, but spoke to one of the brothers this morning. They plan to move the garbage from the backyard this week, hopes to figure out regulation of heat in the house, and the door on second floor can be taken off or fixed if we prefer.
Laundry Detergent – Emily: If anyone wants some detergent they can buy the small tide container on the “tower of chaos” or later on if we want to we can use communal money to have house detergent.
Bathroom Hair – Please be diligent when cleaning up your hair from the shower drains and sinks.
Trash – If the kitchen trash is full please empty it and the weekly trash people will be more diligent with emptying the trash in the kitchen. We also need to buy more trash bags!
Compost – Sasha: Whenever food is put into compost bin we need to add dry leaves to the bin. We also need to buy a new inside compost can so that it doesn’t fill up so fast. Then emptying the inside compost bin can be part of the trash chore.
Kitchen Sink – Sam and Joanna: We haven’t been doing a very good job of washing our dishes. Please dry large pots and pans instead of leaving them in the drying rack. Please don’t leave the sponges wet in the sink. If you’d like to disinfect the sponge you can put it into the microwave for 10 seconds.
Have a great week everyone!
Respectfully submitted by ESaltz
Saturday, October 18, 2008
House Meeting Minutes - 10/13/08
Sukkah
-We will make paper-chains and decorations during the meeting
-Josh, Ari, and Briana made part of the sukkah (some walls); we need a ceiling/covering and more walls, so that there’s only one open side
-Anyone willing to be in charge of the rest of it?
-Joanna will be somewhat in-charge
-If you can help, be here at 7pm tomorrow
-Can just hang a shower curtain, extra flat sheets for wall hangings
-Can we use Community Shabbat money or other AVODAH money for decorations?
Community Shabbat (Friday)
-Dessert: cookies and dried fruit
-Appoint 2 or so people to be in charge of singing
-Games as well – Taboo or Catchphrase?
-Sam in charge of organizing games
-We should have a songbook
-Briana and Josh will coordinate singing; people can make requests
-Westminster house in charge of Saturday events, should let us know
Mouse Found
-Do not keep food in your room – keep it in the kitchen
-Put anything not wrapped/canned in plastic bins
-Could we get more plastic bins? Like, one for 2-3 people? And just put all of our dry food in bins?
-Need to tell Erica to talk to Sue to get money to buy more bins – need to sell it as a rodent thing
-Maybe kitchen person can work with people
-May need to use traps and poison
-Poison may be more effective; let’s use both traps and poison
-Need to announce where the traps are placed, so no one gets hurt – usually put them behind doors, in shadows, corners
Chores
-Two people on trash doesn’t make sense
-Could one person be on trash and one on house laundry?
Miscellaneous
-Party at the Neibergs on Saturday at 8 – info on fridge
-Need to go to our non-Schechter neighbors’ house at some point – they’ve invited us many times
-Some people still owe Irina money for Wine & Cheese – she is short $6
-Briana spent $11 on dessert for the Schechters – drop some money into the envelope on her door if you can contribute
-We will make paper-chains and decorations during the meeting
-Josh, Ari, and Briana made part of the sukkah (some walls); we need a ceiling/covering and more walls, so that there’s only one open side
-Anyone willing to be in charge of the rest of it?
-Joanna will be somewhat in-charge
-If you can help, be here at 7pm tomorrow
-Can just hang a shower curtain, extra flat sheets for wall hangings
-Can we use Community Shabbat money or other AVODAH money for decorations?
Community Shabbat (Friday)
-Dessert: cookies and dried fruit
-Appoint 2 or so people to be in charge of singing
-Games as well – Taboo or Catchphrase?
-Sam in charge of organizing games
-We should have a songbook
-Briana and Josh will coordinate singing; people can make requests
-Westminster house in charge of Saturday events, should let us know
Mouse Found
-Do not keep food in your room – keep it in the kitchen
-Put anything not wrapped/canned in plastic bins
-Could we get more plastic bins? Like, one for 2-3 people? And just put all of our dry food in bins?
-Need to tell Erica to talk to Sue to get money to buy more bins – need to sell it as a rodent thing
-Maybe kitchen person can work with people
-May need to use traps and poison
-Poison may be more effective; let’s use both traps and poison
-Need to announce where the traps are placed, so no one gets hurt – usually put them behind doors, in shadows, corners
Chores
-Two people on trash doesn’t make sense
-Could one person be on trash and one on house laundry?
Miscellaneous
-Party at the Neibergs on Saturday at 8 – info on fridge
-Need to go to our non-Schechter neighbors’ house at some point – they’ve invited us many times
-Some people still owe Irina money for Wine & Cheese – she is short $6
-Briana spent $11 on dessert for the Schechters – drop some money into the envelope on her door if you can contribute
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
House Meeting Minutes 10/5
1. The Kitchen Situation
Ari brought up that the kitchen takes forever (at least an hour) to clean. This seems like too much.
Erica suggested that, whereas the first and third floor bathrooms don't take very long to clean, the person in charge of that job might be the best person to help out the kitchen cleaner. That person could be "on call" to help the kitchen cleaner.
Jaclyn suggested that we need some more cleaning supplies.
Sam suggested that that we should ALL be on call to help cleaning the kitchen. Anyone should be ready to help out the kitchen-cleaner if necessary. Elissa thinks that it's unrealistic to expect people to help out.
Vivi red-lighted the proposed plan to have the 1st/3rd person be "on call." She thinks it's arbitrary and weird. On her view we should suck it up. Irina seconds this, saying that she thinks it doesn't make sense because the two people will be doing their chores at different times.
Jaclyn echoed everything.
We decided to move on: everyone will try to be clean and to help out, and there are no policy changes.
2. Bathroom Locks and Knocks
Elissa said that there have been a few instances of people walking in on other people in the bathroom. Make sure that you close the door and lock it when you use the bathroom! If you are showering and you don't care if people come in, leave the door open and it's fine.
3. Erev Yom Kippur
Briana asked what is the plan re: Yom Kippur? Erica said that everyone is welcome at her home in upstate for Yom Kippur. It's a super easy train ride, and she's driving up on Wednesday. Contact her if you want to go up.
Elissa raised the point that we won't have a communal meal erev Yom Kippur because we won't be here. Is there another communal meal time other people would like? No one wanted one.
Sam says that anyone who is in Manhattan on Wednesday night should get together and have a cheap meal out before we start fasting. Ari and Jaclyn said that they might be interested in this.
Elissa is doing soup on Sunday. It sounds like it's going to be minestrone next Sunday.
4. More Questions for the Landlord
Erica is calling the landlord. What issues should be brought up? Joanna says the screen door. Erica also talked to the landlord about the heat. He said that they're going to come and check out the heat situation, and also take away all the trash from the back yard.
5. Locking the Back Door
Joanna says that she got home last week and the door was not only unlocked but also ajar. LOCK THE DOOR WHENEVER YOU LEAVE.
6. Wine + Cheese + Cocktails
People want to have a dance party or cheese/cocktails party at some point. Columbus Day weekend is one option. Sasha has friends coming that weekend, and Erica is psyched because they are cute, straight, single men.
The party will be either this Friday or this Saturday. It will be Friday. It will be classy. Friends need to bring wine or cheese.
The party will be this coming Friday, it will start at 9:00, and everyone needs to bring $2 and bring a bottle of wine.
The next house meeting will be 9:00 on Monday. The positions are:
Leader: Erica
Scribe: Jaclyn
Stacker: Irina
Time: Emily
Ari brought up that the kitchen takes forever (at least an hour) to clean. This seems like too much.
Erica suggested that, whereas the first and third floor bathrooms don't take very long to clean, the person in charge of that job might be the best person to help out the kitchen cleaner. That person could be "on call" to help the kitchen cleaner.
Jaclyn suggested that we need some more cleaning supplies.
Sam suggested that that we should ALL be on call to help cleaning the kitchen. Anyone should be ready to help out the kitchen-cleaner if necessary. Elissa thinks that it's unrealistic to expect people to help out.
Vivi red-lighted the proposed plan to have the 1st/3rd person be "on call." She thinks it's arbitrary and weird. On her view we should suck it up. Irina seconds this, saying that she thinks it doesn't make sense because the two people will be doing their chores at different times.
Jaclyn echoed everything.
We decided to move on: everyone will try to be clean and to help out, and there are no policy changes.
2. Bathroom Locks and Knocks
Elissa said that there have been a few instances of people walking in on other people in the bathroom. Make sure that you close the door and lock it when you use the bathroom! If you are showering and you don't care if people come in, leave the door open and it's fine.
3. Erev Yom Kippur
Briana asked what is the plan re: Yom Kippur? Erica said that everyone is welcome at her home in upstate for Yom Kippur. It's a super easy train ride, and she's driving up on Wednesday. Contact her if you want to go up.
Elissa raised the point that we won't have a communal meal erev Yom Kippur because we won't be here. Is there another communal meal time other people would like? No one wanted one.
Sam says that anyone who is in Manhattan on Wednesday night should get together and have a cheap meal out before we start fasting. Ari and Jaclyn said that they might be interested in this.
Elissa is doing soup on Sunday. It sounds like it's going to be minestrone next Sunday.
4. More Questions for the Landlord
Erica is calling the landlord. What issues should be brought up? Joanna says the screen door. Erica also talked to the landlord about the heat. He said that they're going to come and check out the heat situation, and also take away all the trash from the back yard.
5. Locking the Back Door
Joanna says that she got home last week and the door was not only unlocked but also ajar. LOCK THE DOOR WHENEVER YOU LEAVE.
6. Wine + Cheese + Cocktails
People want to have a dance party or cheese/cocktails party at some point. Columbus Day weekend is one option. Sasha has friends coming that weekend, and Erica is psyched because they are cute, straight, single men.
The party will be either this Friday or this Saturday. It will be Friday. It will be classy. Friends need to bring wine or cheese.
The party will be this coming Friday, it will start at 9:00, and everyone needs to bring $2 and bring a bottle of wine.
The next house meeting will be 9:00 on Monday. The positions are:
Leader: Erica
Scribe: Jaclyn
Stacker: Irina
Time: Emily
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Minutes for 9/14/08
Rosh Hashanah
Compost 101
Recycling
Shoes in House
Kitchen Hygiene
Costco
Food / Midweek shopping
Agenda for next time
Jobs for next week
- interested in meal: Erica, Elissa, Emily, Sam, Ari, Irina, Joanna (maybe)
- Sam – interested in going with people to reconstructionist synagogue (Society for the Advancement of Judaism)
Compost 101
- cooked = bad
- raw = good, especially egg shells, banana peals, veggie leftovers
- when put compost material in the compost outside need to mix with dry stuff (leaves, twigs). Will have bag, when empty compost put in bag and put in dry stuff. Need mix compost regularly, looking for rake.
- Proposed getting garbage bin with top for kitchen
Recycling
- Plastic: only #one or #two
- need to rinse or wash out first
- no plastic bags
- talked about printing and posting state recycling rules
Shoes in House
- discussed removing shoes in house
- some people thought it would be good idea to take off shoes, others wanted to keep on shoes
- decided to revisit issue in winter
- discussed shoe rack, didn’t really come to a decision
- concerns raised about glasses/plates laying around
- concerns raised about dirty kitchen
- some people proposed everyone getting one glass and putting their name on it.Decided to wait a week to resort to this.
- Concern raided over dirty dishes left in sink
- kitchen duty chore: emptying dish drainer (daily), counter top (daily), weeping floor (weekly), cleaning stove (weekly), clean toaster over (weekly), clean microwave (weekly)
- people wash their own plates, try to do right after dinner
- A team: wash everything associated with communal meal except for individual plates
- Proposed petitioning AVODAH / landlord for new countertops (and maybe new sink). Erica will look into
Costco
- Erica said that person she baby-sits for is willing to take us to Costco
- Ari said that Westminsiter house is going to do a Costco run as well, we might be able to coordinate
- Erica is going to post a proposed Costco shopping list
Food / Midweek shopping
- some people want to do just breakfast / lunch communaly, some people want to do just dinner
- opposition raised to communal cooked meal,
- decided to table discussion till next week, people will come with specific proposals
Agenda for next time
- talking about communal food
- talking about what each chore entails
Jobs for next week
- Erica – stacker
- Joanna – scribe
- Sasha – time
- Vivi - leader
minutes from 9/7
People Present: Sam, Josh, Erica, Sasha, Irina, Emily, Jaclyn, Brianna, Joanna, Vivi, Ariel, and Elissa
Special People:
Scribe: Erica
Leader: Sasha
Timer: Sam
Stacker: Vivi
Meeting Began: 9:10
End Time: 10pm
I. Food
a. Emily and Sam went to Keys on Nostrand
b. $75 Good so far on target with food as of now
c. Going to brighten beach for produce
d. Sam looking into bank account for the house
e. Pizza, Ratatouille, tuna something is dinners for this week
II. Chores
a. Pocket board with plastic spoons to put names on and put together in some kind of rotation
b. Bathroom, living room, dinning room, extra for kitchen, garbage different tasks will be done by room. Trash person can be responsible for watering the garden.
c. Jobs: done by rooms: Dinning room/living room- vacuum once a week, this week only two people to do the second floor bathroom, kitchen needs to be mopped, counters cleaned, dishes put away,
d. Pledge to make more of an effort to keep all rooms clean in the house
e. A team is also on dishes
f. Making the accountant a rotation
g. Adding cleaning out refrigerators and pantry
Bathrooms
Kitchen
Garden
Trash
Living room/dinning room
House laundry-towels, bath mats, dish towels,
1st and 3rd floor bathrooms will be grouped
Combine living room and dinning room
2 people taking out trash/garden/laundry
Kitchen
2nd floor bathroom
House Laundry
Food Duties
Jobs must be done by time of Sunday’s house meeting
Spoons will be rotated to the next job at the time of the house meeting
Putting 6 people on cooking and shopping jobs
-Will check in within a month to re-look at food shopping
Descriptions: Everyone pay attention to everything that each job entails to be adequately done, right down on the paper’s what you need, and will discuss at next meeting what was needed for each job.
III. House Warming Party:
Open house party on a Sunday outdoor party in backyard
People can invite as many people as they want
2-6-potluck party
Social committee will be planning the party-Emily, Elissa, and Joanna
$5 budget per person-Joanna will be collecting by Wednesday
Net Flix speak to Joanna
Talk to Sam about New York Times
Meeting over 10:08
Guests: Emily possibly this coming weekend
Next Meeting’s special people
Leader: Emily
Timer: Ari
Stacker: Josh
Scribe: Brianna
9pm house meeting
Monday night and Thursday night
Special People:
Scribe: Erica
Leader: Sasha
Timer: Sam
Stacker: Vivi
Meeting Began: 9:10
End Time: 10pm
I. Food
a. Emily and Sam went to Keys on Nostrand
b. $75 Good so far on target with food as of now
c. Going to brighten beach for produce
d. Sam looking into bank account for the house
e. Pizza, Ratatouille, tuna something is dinners for this week
II. Chores
a. Pocket board with plastic spoons to put names on and put together in some kind of rotation
b. Bathroom, living room, dinning room, extra for kitchen, garbage different tasks will be done by room. Trash person can be responsible for watering the garden.
c. Jobs: done by rooms: Dinning room/living room- vacuum once a week, this week only two people to do the second floor bathroom, kitchen needs to be mopped, counters cleaned, dishes put away,
d. Pledge to make more of an effort to keep all rooms clean in the house
e. A team is also on dishes
f. Making the accountant a rotation
g. Adding cleaning out refrigerators and pantry
Bathrooms
Kitchen
Garden
Trash
Living room/dinning room
House laundry-towels, bath mats, dish towels,
1st and 3rd floor bathrooms will be grouped
Combine living room and dinning room
2 people taking out trash/garden/laundry
Kitchen
2nd floor bathroom
House Laundry
Food Duties
Jobs must be done by time of Sunday’s house meeting
Spoons will be rotated to the next job at the time of the house meeting
Putting 6 people on cooking and shopping jobs
-Will check in within a month to re-look at food shopping
Descriptions: Everyone pay attention to everything that each job entails to be adequately done, right down on the paper’s what you need, and will discuss at next meeting what was needed for each job.
III. House Warming Party:
Open house party on a Sunday outdoor party in backyard
People can invite as many people as they want
2-6-potluck party
Social committee will be planning the party-Emily, Elissa, and Joanna
$5 budget per person-Joanna will be collecting by Wednesday
Net Flix speak to Joanna
Talk to Sam about New York Times
Meeting over 10:08
Guests: Emily possibly this coming weekend
Next Meeting’s special people
Leader: Emily
Timer: Ari
Stacker: Josh
Scribe: Brianna
9pm house meeting
Monday night and Thursday night
Monday, September 8, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
house meeting notes
19th Street Bayit House Meeting Minutes
August 31st, 2008, Big Indian
People present: Sam, Josh, Joanna, Brianna, Elissa, Jaclyn, Vivi, Irena, Ariel, Emily, Erica, Sasha
Special People:
• Time- Irena
• Leader- Elissa
• Stacker- Jaclyn
• Scribe- Ari
Meeting began: 12:45 pm
I. Announcement—Jaclyn
a. Joanna and Jaclyn are switching bedrooms
b. All decided that we will reconvene about rooms b/c Joanna wants a single eventually
c. Let’s all be flexible about our rooms!
II. Guests
a. How long can they stay?
i. 3 consecutive nights, longer is possible if discussed w/ the group
b. other issues brought up:
i. having guests during the work week could be hard
ii. Josh concerned about using common area late at night→can be resolved by making a work space in the entry area or the ‘boom boom room’ , Sasha will look into this
iii. Sasha open to giving people her room for a couple of nights
iv. Brianna offered her floor for guests as well
III. Next Meeting
a. Will have a meeting every week for the next 4 weeks (at least)
b. This Sunday will start at 8:30 pm
IV. Kashrut
a. How can we make the other house feel comfortable eating with us?
i. Put aside some pots/pans/utensils/plates to keep kosher for them
ii. Stephanie and David don’t need separate dishes
b. All decided to spend time thinking about having pork/shellfish in kitchen
V. Communal Food for the Week
a. Communal dinner on Tuesday and Friday
i. Friday cookers: Ari and Vivi
ii. Friday cleaners: Briana, Irena
b. All pitched in $13 for dinners and lunches
c. Proposal for communal food: make a list on the wall, check if you agree with what is listed and “x” if disagree
d. Fridge breakdown: old=communal, new=individual label your food!!
VI. Tabled Items
a. What food is offered to guests
b. Last minute guest policy (i.e. out w/ friends and ppl need to crash)
c. Kashrut standards for our kitchen
VII. Responsibilities
a. Sasha: exploring the guest room options
b. Emily: establish guest sign-up protocol on the whiteboard, social committee?
c. Joanna: collecting $ for communal food this week
NEXT MEETING
• Food
• House rules
• Chores
• House calendar
• Social committee (Emily)
• Netflix/NY Times
Special People (for next meeting):
• Leader: Sasha
• Timer: Sam
• Stacker: Vivi
• Scribe: Erica
August 31st, 2008, Big Indian
People present: Sam, Josh, Joanna, Brianna, Elissa, Jaclyn, Vivi, Irena, Ariel, Emily, Erica, Sasha
Special People:
• Time- Irena
• Leader- Elissa
• Stacker- Jaclyn
• Scribe- Ari
Meeting began: 12:45 pm
I. Announcement—Jaclyn
a. Joanna and Jaclyn are switching bedrooms
b. All decided that we will reconvene about rooms b/c Joanna wants a single eventually
c. Let’s all be flexible about our rooms!
II. Guests
a. How long can they stay?
i. 3 consecutive nights, longer is possible if discussed w/ the group
b. other issues brought up:
i. having guests during the work week could be hard
ii. Josh concerned about using common area late at night→can be resolved by making a work space in the entry area or the ‘boom boom room’ , Sasha will look into this
iii. Sasha open to giving people her room for a couple of nights
iv. Brianna offered her floor for guests as well
III. Next Meeting
a. Will have a meeting every week for the next 4 weeks (at least)
b. This Sunday will start at 8:30 pm
IV. Kashrut
a. How can we make the other house feel comfortable eating with us?
i. Put aside some pots/pans/utensils/plates to keep kosher for them
ii. Stephanie and David don’t need separate dishes
b. All decided to spend time thinking about having pork/shellfish in kitchen
V. Communal Food for the Week
a. Communal dinner on Tuesday and Friday
i. Friday cookers: Ari and Vivi
ii. Friday cleaners: Briana, Irena
b. All pitched in $13 for dinners and lunches
c. Proposal for communal food: make a list on the wall, check if you agree with what is listed and “x” if disagree
d. Fridge breakdown: old=communal, new=individual label your food!!
VI. Tabled Items
a. What food is offered to guests
b. Last minute guest policy (i.e. out w/ friends and ppl need to crash)
c. Kashrut standards for our kitchen
VII. Responsibilities
a. Sasha: exploring the guest room options
b. Emily: establish guest sign-up protocol on the whiteboard, social committee?
c. Joanna: collecting $ for communal food this week
NEXT MEETING
• Food
• House rules
• Chores
• House calendar
• Social committee (Emily)
• Netflix/NY Times
Special People (for next meeting):
• Leader: Sasha
• Timer: Sam
• Stacker: Vivi
• Scribe: Erica
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Good Eats
Check out this piece on local schnitzel places:
http://events.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/dining/reviews/20unde.html?ref=dining
http://events.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/dining/reviews/20unde.html?ref=dining
Groundswell
The Groundswell Mural that everyone is talking about...
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/anti-recruiting-mural-comes-into-view/
check out the comments, indeed.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/anti-recruiting-mural-comes-into-view/
check out the comments, indeed.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Peace, Shalom, Salaam
Here are the directions from our house to the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, for tomorrow.
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