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September 14, 2025
House Members Attendance:
Alex, Alice, Rowan, Star, Ruth, David, Owen, Jessi, Kaycie, Mae, Carina
Associate Members Attending:
Caleb
Non-Regular Attendees:
Personal Check-ins
Prospective Members:
First Meeting Question:
- Full Legal Name
- Pronouns
- Why do you want to live at SASONA?
- When would you want to move in?
Second Meeting Seth Wright (Evie) they/them
- Are you willing to do 5 to 6 Lumps (hrs) of Labor a week? yes
- Are you willing to attend a minimum of 2 house meetings per month and 2 labor holidays (4 lumps each)? yes
- No objection
Officer Check-ins
Archivist:
Bookkeeper:
All rents are paid. (Except I don't see Ruth's rent payment, but not sure if that should be public knowledge. I've messaged her about it.)
Curious what the house thinks about getting a check scanner. Would be $40/month and cover La Re as well. I can cover it if necessary.
Nothing else to report.
Justin, Bookkeeper Electee
CHEA Rep 1:
Owen: I went to my first CHEA meeting. David Ops communicated that he's getting a little burnt out and he was pitching some limitations to his role. Instead of putting out a lot of fires, he was expressing that he was putting out fires too much. My pledge to him was to be a single point of coordination regarding things that are going on emergency wise. the third tier that should get done will get pushed to him. most of this is posted in slack. there's been several discussions regarding the mold. what I'm doing is I got a mold kit and took samples. I also got an air sensor that i'm taking air samples from around the house. there's some vent fans in the bathrooms that we're getting to Ruth for help fixing the moisture in the air there. the ceiling fans should get fixed this week, shane's on that as well. the kitchen drain clog–we know where the problem is and we're following up with the contractors there. the side of the building that's falling down, we're going to take a look at and get fixed. room 13, we did some work on that to get ready to be rented. there's a few small requests that are also happening.
CHEA Rep 2:
Culture Coordinator:
Hi housemates, tonight's meeting will be one of the bi-annual culture meetings. I'll invite everyone to share about their perspectives on accountability: your experience so far, what's working, and how we might revise our system to serve us better as a community.
Let's take some time to identify our needs, reflect on our interdependence, and collaborate to nourish our community.
Food Planner:
I'm going to be out of town so i'll probably make my list for HEB before I leave.
Grounds Coordinator:
Mae: I have stepped down and Owen will be taking over. we'll be working together to make sure things are going smoothly. the way the planting for fall. David Hubble will be dropping off some seeds and fertilizer for planting. that'll jumpstart our Fall planting. I'm very confident in owen's ability to take over grounds.
Kitchen Kaiser:
Labor Czar:
I'm almost finished with the schedule for next week. it's gonna be Alex and Rowan with Owen covering with Monday cook. I put Mae back on Wednesday cook. most important thing was that we're doing a labor rotation so don't forget to sign up for labor rotation. you only have to sign up for one shift of any of the 3 options from now until october. I need someone to help me count ballots after the meeting. i'm about to put up grounds coordinator.
Maintenance Coordinator:
see CHEA officer Check-ins
Mastodon Overblower:
Meeting Chair:
Membership Coordinator:
Fay is going to be staying in her room–Rm 12. I put up a sign up sheet for 13, and Justin signed up for it. If anyone is interested in Room 3.
Jessi: When does Justin's contract date for Rm 13?
Star: tomorrow or Tuesday
David: there is a bed in room 13–we need to ensure that gets moved out if it's not Justin's
Jessi: Rowan and Alice's room is out to prospectives?
Star: Yes
Minutes Taker:
Steward:
Hallo Sasona,
Here's a brief list of what I've done this week:
– Took Minutes this week. If you're interested in signing up for Minutes Taker, there is a nomination form up in the dining room (thanks Rowan!). – Helped initiate Owen's coordination for taking over our mold situation. Thank you Owen!! – Reminded Olivia as Mastodon that we need to get the new folks added to our Business List. To my knowledge, this has not yet been done. – Spoke with David M extensively regarding the scope of his work. In an effort to respect his time and focus boundaries, he's asked to limit his “CHEA days” to those of Mondays and Thursdays. I've sent out a separate email regarding this–please check it out but feel free to follow up with any questions. – Finished out our Community Agreements in Practice email series. More to come soon! If you have feedback, questions, or comments regarding our Community Agreements, please let me know. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1skQfpeIo2hYzGeLEuaA2Boh6QiU0FmshbB0HJimmNhU/edit?usp=sharing – Created our Labor Holiday survey–please fill it out regarding dates for our Fall 2025 Labor Holiday!
Thank you for allowing me to serve.
In cooperation,
Jessi
Treasurer:
NP Rep:
Operations Manager:
Wiki Updates & Announcements
Agenda Items
Agenda Item 1
(Kaycie) Cultural Meeting