ACM July 12, 2023 minutes

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Present: Eliza (fac), Kay (notes), Lila, _, Jordan, Vinnie, Ben, Victor, Kerry, Laraine, Linda, Joe, Jorge, Robin, Mary

Wednesday July 12, 2023, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Chicken Club Proposal

Chicken Club would like to have on-going permission to use the space in the north field for chickens without requiring a renewed proposal each year.

Background: Chicken Club and North Garden did a joint proposal for a couple of years.  North Garden has become The Farmette Committee.  This is a revision of the proposal discussed several weeks ago.

How do we avoid a repeat of the episode a couple of years ago where the chickens were getting loose and being trouble?  The club has policies such as clipping the chicken's wings, keeping the gate closed etc.

How are the chickens taken care of? Each club member has several days a week in which they feed, water, and gather eggs.  The club has never had more than seven members, but would adjust its schedule if that happened.

How does the club pay for feed?  The members take turns buying feed.

Can Management end this use if necessary? Concern about this allowing use in perpetuity.  Any use of community property is subject to change, by a new proposal, when the community consents to it.  The community decides about proposals, including for usage, not Management.

Joe's concern would be relieved by a line being added, "subject to the standard rule for use of community space, that the community can change the usage by  consensus."  Yes.  Amend.

Call for consensus, proposal as amended.  Approved, with Mary standing aside.

Conflict Resolution: Handling Attacks

Instead of resisting, go with the person. React with curiosity. 

Role play: one person says something abrasive; the second has options to be abrasive back, be dismissive, or seek to understand and connect.