ACM minutes Feb 8, 2023
Topics:
Present: Laraine, Ben, Jorge, Robin, Linda, Kerry, Mike, Kay (notes), Vicky, Victor, Vinnie, Cheryl, Eliza, Lynda, Marina, Myste, Mary, Amy, Coleen
Check-In: Where did you go to high school and what was your favorite subject?
Length of ACMs
In November a straw poll suggested we shorten ACMs by 15 minutes as an experiment. We did that for several ACMs. Lessons learned: Be flexible on length of meeting, depending on intensity of discussion and so on.
Conflict Support
Posted some information on the wiki, tools for working on conflict.
For instance six-step model on conflict, from the book Cooperative Culture, written by Yana and
- Emotions don't equal logic and don't have to.
- Encourage self-honesty.
- Share the triggers for the conflict.
- What's at stake.Why is this important
- Reflection and mutual understanding
- Proactive opt,ions
The committee would like community members to offer documents they have found useful for consideration for posting.
Members: Laraine, Lynda, Alex, Eliza, Laura.
Storage Bin Items
Jorge and Robin are interested in cleaning up the fire pit and disposing of the half-burnt logs. Victor thought the best way to clean up the fire pit would be to burn the logs. The Fire Dept said our pit isn't legal because it isn't a barbecue, and gave us a month to change it, which hasn't happened.