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ACM Planning Committee Minutes June 5, 2024

ACM Planning Committee Minutes June 5, 2024

Note Taker: Ben

Date/time: 5 June 2024, 7:00pm

Location: Common House

Attendees: Kerry, Emily, Lynda, Ben, Pam (Kerry's cousin)

Reflect on the last ACM

Good discussion overall. Having question prompts worked well. Reflecting back what was said helped people feel heard. A lot of different feedback at the last ACM. Not a single clear path forward. How do we measure success in the changes we make to ACM? We may try things that don't work. Can't please everyone all the time.

Need to get away from the either or mentality of building relationship building or business. We should be doing business in ways that build relationships.

Could we try some things that are drastically different? Some ideas:

  • work ACMs (CH cleaning, yard work). Relationships are built through working together.
  • collaborative culture workshop
  • cohosuing.org videos & discussion
  • Could we delegate more decision making to committees and reduce the amount of business that needs to be done at ACMs? Would require some larger structural changes in how we run the community.

Different people facilitate differently and that's ok. 

We are trying to plan ACMs further in advance and are asking people to come to ACM planning meetings before we put their topics on the agenda. So far, it sounds like people are reacting positively to this change and are appreciative that we're approaching ACMs more intentionally.

It's been helpful to have ACM topics in the wings and planned in advance.

Plan the next ACM: Wednesday June 12, 7pm

Facilitator: Emily

Time

Duration

Topic

7:00 2 hrs Emily: CPR& AED training 
June 23 ACM:
  • Eliza: Inter-generational collaboration
July 10 ACM
  • Kellie: landscaping-focused/project management style ACM?
July 31 ACM
  •  CC&R change
Future topics:
  • Eliza: Intergenerational collaboration
  • CC&R changes - WIP

  • ProjectHub preview: The Project Hub committee would like to introduce what we are and an overview of what we have worked on thus far.
  • More discussion on aging in community. Once/month discussion group?
  • General discussion: What are the next steps on Pay or Play, Storage/Architectural Review Committee?
  • Budget season: how do we want to handle it this year?
    • Management has asked for the last ACM in September, October, and November: Budget discussion
  • Laraine: presentation on styles of managing conflict
  • Kerry: Book study/workshop
  • cohousing.org videos & discussion
  • Kellie: landscaping-focused/project management style ACM
Action Items:
  • Emily to check with Kellie on timing of landscaping-focused ACM
  • Emily to send out agenda