Wasatch Commons All-Community Meeting, Sunday, April 27, 2025

Topics: Saturday May 3 activities: National Cohousing Open House, plant sale, work party; summer ACM schedule; summer activities

Present: Kerry, Ben, Michael, Lynda, Robin, Jorge, Vicky, Scott, Kay (notes), Alex, Laraine

Opening exercise.  Take a slip. What is your choice of the two items listed, and why?

Events

Work party Tuesday May 29th 7:15 irrigation trouble shooting, Kay & Kellie are leads. Come learn about our water system.

Saturday, May 3

1) National Cohousing Open House, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

2) Plant sale

3) Work party, after café or 11:00. Yes, the day of the Open House! Need volunteers for tasks.

Tasks beforehand

• get lots of big pieces of cardboard
  
• gather weedwhackers & tools ahead of time
  
• make sure batteries are charged
  

Tasks during work party

• weedwhack west berm
  
• hand weed close to trees
  
• spread wood chips
  
• bring drinks or munchies
  

Tasks at end of work party

• put away when finished ~1:30

Wednesday June 11, potluck/picnic at Jordanelle Reservoir

Announcements

Management. Jorge will be stepping off of Management at the end of May.  Management will find a replacement & Treasurer.

Landscaping. Planted seven trees today, two more to go in. Vicky sent an email that has links to learn more about each species.  They need lots of water their first several years.

Work party yesterday put chips on berm. 

Thank you do Tobi & Coleman for work on keeping elms out of swale by common house.

Common House. April team got a lot done, and got it done quickly because people are cleaning up after events.

Welcoming.  Have had multiple open houses.  

Trish Becker, Exec Director of Cohousing USA, wants to highlight our community May 1st. If you have ideas about what we should feature, let Vicky know.

May want a refresher/orientation on email guidelines at an ACM.

Maintenance.  Decided to move drain cleaning to fall when the water table will be lower. Robin measured some of the trip hazards on the path for attention.

Request, need a new pushbroom for the east side dumpster.  The one there is shot.

Fund Raising. If you see pots that are cheap and also nice or cute (or risque) at yard sales or thrift stores, pass them to Robin for plant sales.

ACM Schedule for the Summer

For summer, May, June, July, & August, having ACMs once a month on the fourth Sunday, unless something comes up so it is felt a second Wednesday ACM is needed. 

Will continue having two ACM Planning meetings per month, 1st & 3rd Sundays. This is a great time to try facilitating with extra time to plan and get coaching. 

If you have a topic that you want at an ACM, there is a form you can submit. Even if you submit it, ACM Planning committee strongly encourages you to attend a planning meeting, especially if it is anything more than an announcement you want ten minutes for.  If Sunday evenings don’t work for you, talk to a committee member (Ben, Kerry, Lynda, Laraine, Linda); they may be able to schedule a meeting on a different day/time to accommodate you. If you have questions, suggestions, or concerns about process (how meetings are run & how decisions are made), come to a planning meeting or talk to a member.

Suggestions for Summer Activities

Brainstorm

• barbecues
  
• chalk art on the sidewalk
  
• movies on the lawn
  
• Pie-n-Beer Day
  
• talent show
  
• drum circle
  

Fourth of July barbecue, maybe on Saturday July 5th

• pet parade, bike & wagon parade, costume parade
  
• Friday, the day before the parade, decorate bikes & wagons
  
• camp out in the wild area Friday night July 4th
  

Lynda has a tarp that can be hung from the beam on her porch for a movie screen. The trees have gotten tall enough using the wall doesn't work.