July 2019 - Ucol-shareholders

re some notes from yesterday afternoon's meeting Sat 27th Jan
by mariannequinn＠xtra.co.nz 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hi team: at the end of yesterday's meeting, Jan invited me to put some notes together and so I've done so, entirely from memory, so I know I'll have left out things that others may want to add in. Present: Jan, Gay, Min, Anne, Sara, Maria, Miriam, Donald, Sandy, Frances, Warren, Pauline, Sue T, Alex and myself. Thanks to Jan, Gaye and Min for creating a lively and informative work shop yesterday afternoon, and also to Sander for letting us in to the Centre. For those of you who … [View More]weren't there, here's a few highlights as I recall them - and others, please add your recollections. We first formed into small groups and shared the skills we're willing to bring. Examples included pruning roses and fruit trees; planting vegetable gardens; shopping for families on a limited income; sewing large curtains and supplying sewing machines ( it seems at least five are available); bread making ( with and without bread makers); 'fixing things' ( at least two of our group cite this as a hobby); cleaning ( Sara had already decided as she is close to the Guest accommodation, she was willing to ensure this is clean and tidy for visitors- a most welcome offer!), dishwashing and general kitchen clean up ( at least three people cited this as something they find enjoyable), food preparation/ chopping/ etc; food shopping; meal planning; a capacity to listen and keep listening ( a heartening number of people); a large and inexhaustible capacity for optimism in the creativeness of groups ( at least two of us); Jan on being a 'night owl' so highly likely to be up in the Common House till 1am if anyone can't sleep/ wants a chat; being willing to demonstrate 7 minute fitness workouts; to teach dance; and a willingness to follow directions. A great start! As the saying goes 'hungry people see cake shops' and I know my ears will have been finely attuned to certain pieces of information, such as number of nights we'd like to have meals available in the common house, and less to others. so there'll be more. We then talked about what we were looking for. Responses included always knowing there was always someone who'd be willing to go to the movies; opportunities to learn new skills such as languages, work working, fitness ( especially if its possible to turn up in pajamas); vegetable growing; plant cultivation; sharing / rationalizing vehicles; meals provided at least a couple of nights a week; informal socializing; child care; computer technological advice; expanded kitchen skills; learning more about the foods of different cultures; and creating opportunities for celebration and community. Reference was made to Jan's vision for the Family Fun Day in June 2018 when against the general skepticism of many in the group, she created a highly successful day that had close to 300 adults and children through the site participating in a range of activities to fit every age group, and all in three weeks! We were all surprised both by how successful it was and how much fun we each had. It gave us an idea of how we can pool together to create positive events for our group and the wider community. We finished the day after a couple of 'straw polls' about how many meals we'd like to see provided in the common house each week. Across this group, the mean number was two, with a possible addition of a 'pot luck Friday'. Timing of meals varied between 6 - 8pm, with a mean of 7pm, taking into account the needs of young children and also the habits of the two night owls, who tend to eat at 10pm at present. The suggested number of cooks and assistants on each 'cook team' was four, with two more experienced folk and two 'choppers/ stirrers/ sorters. We wound up at 5pm. Thanks again to all who contributed to a lively afternoon! Next month's meeting will be focusing more directly on Body Corp rules. We hope to welcome Anna and Antony ( sp), who are taking over D1, Rachel's Unit, at that meeting. Regards, Marianne Marianne Quinn Level 3, 115 Stuart Street, Dunedin P.O. Box 20, Dunedin 9054 ph +6434773115 or 0211612050 [View Less]

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Ucol meeting minutes 25 July 19 - Final
by Maria Callau 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hi all, Thanks for your feedback. Final version of minutes attached. *Ucol meeting minutes 25 July 19 - Final* Maria Maria Callau Architectural Graduate / LBP / Energy Consultant ________________________________________ SUR ARCHITECTURE ASB House, Level 6 248 Cumberland Street, PO Box 5510, Dunedin 9058 www.sur-architecture.com

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Irregular Newsletter #6
by High Street Cohousing 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hi all, You are the guinea pigs/editors for the next Irregular Newsletter - unless anyone spots anything majorly wrong, this will be sent in a couple of days to our 'general interest' mailing list. Kia Ora This sixth irregular newsletter is being typed so enthusiastically because on Friday I participated in a site-visit. Our Builders, Stevenson and Williams, scheduled guided site-visits, so as S&W employees downed their tools for lunch we donned hard hats and filed in to take a look at … [View More]the work that has been done. First attraction was the Common House. The kitchen area has been created, guest rooms are recognisable, workshop, meeting room, office … so exciting to see it taking shape. We took particular note of the position of our wood-burner – more specifically, where the flue for the woodturner will go. The actual wood-burner is one of the items on our list of “out of any money left in the contingency once the build is completed”. There are some photos attached, and you can get a drone-eye view, thanks to the ODT, here - https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/housing-project-progresses Budget-wise things are looking good. We drew down the first portion of money from our Kiwibank loan this month, which puts us pretty much on track with the plans we made before the build commenced. When we started construction, we were still looking for buyers for two units. Three wonderfully philanthropic people “bought in” with no intention of living at High Street Cohousing, but wanted to see the project proceed and were hoping to sell their two units before settlement. Interest in our project at the last induction workshop was such that these two units have now been re-assigned. Now we even have a waiting list for any units that may become available. Our thanks and gratitude to these three, whose financial support enabled us to get started. It is great to feel that our community is at last complete. We’re enjoying our monthly “Body Corp” meetings, although we are still to get to grips with task of refining our rules! In the most recent we shared ideas about what we wanted to bring to the community, and the skills and knowledge that we hoped others were going to be able to contribute so we can create our personal vision of what living in cohousing is going to be like. As always when my fellow cohousers get together, there was more food than we could eat and just the right amount of laughter for an enjoyable and productive Saturday afternoon. Once again, our thanks to University of Otago’s Sustainability Centre for making their seminar room available to us while construction keeps us away from our High Street site. We do have a presence on social media, if you want to keep in touch that way - on FaceBook @HighStreetCohousing or on twitter #highstreetcohousing Hei kona mai Jan [View Less]

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Fwd: viewing
by High Street Cohousing 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Some "professional" interest sparked by the ODT photo. Tim is following up on this. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: High Street Cohousing Project <wordpress(a)highstreetcohousing.nz> Date: Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 10:57 AM Subject: viewing To: <ucoldunedin(a)gmail.com> Site http://highstreetcohousing.nz Name juliet Abrahams Email juliet.abrahams(a)telferyoung.com Subject viewing Message Hi, I am a committee member of Property Institute NZ (PINZ) and saw your article in … [View More]

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Ucol Meeting minutes 25 July 19 Draft
by Maria Callau 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Hi all, Attached UCOL meeting minutes 25 July 19. Comments back to me please. Thanks, Maria Callau Architectural Graduate / LBP / Energy Consultant ________________________________________ SUR ARCHITECTURE ASB House, Level 6 248 Cumberland Street, PO Box 5510, Dunedin 9058 www.sur-architecture.com

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Towards future consensus
by Gay Buckingham 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

Can I reccommend Jordan Peterson's excellent The Art of Argument. You can Google or look it up on Utube. Gay Gay Buckingham 027 4544012

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UCOL Agenda 25 July 19
by Maria Callau 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hi all, Agenda attached, See you all tonight. Maria ———- UCOL AGENDA 25 JULY 19 Chair: Sander Zwanenburg Notes: Maria Callau Apologies: Rainer Beneke, Juan Puricelli, Catherine Spencer, Susan Jack, Roz & Mike. Appreciations Legal group – who’s in it and what will it do Legal advice for private agreements between new/existing owners (Liz) Organising our meetings (Jan) Workshop attendance and venue (coming Saturday 3-7pm) Woodturner in common house Future workshop days (… [View More]

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Agenda next meeting + Reminders + Apologies
by Sander Zwanenburg 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

Hi all, Our next meeting is this Thursday. Our confirmed agenda items are: - Appreciations - Legal group - who's in it and what will it do - Organising our meetings (Jan) - Workshop attendance and venue (coming Saturday 3pm) - Future workshop days (Gay) - Rosemarie's plans (Sander) - Michael Jack - monitoring thermal and energy behaviour (Juan) - Sign on site (Anne) - PR/Media (Sander) - Next … [View More]

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Fwd: eHaus Signage
by High Street Cohousing 23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19

A brief item for Thursday's agenda - signage. As you see below, EHaus will put our sign back up too - but there is a question about the SIP supplier. Can we paint over the wrong name? Though the firm on the board did pay to have their name there. Anne ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Baden Brown* <baden(a)ehaus.co.nz> Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Subject: Re: eHaus Signage To: High Street Cohousing <ucoldunedin(a)gmail.com> Cc: Baden Brown <baden(a)ehaus.co.nz… [View More]>, Rob <rob(a)stevwill.co.nz>, Catherine Spencer <cmspencer.nz(a)zoho.com>, Shelley Cresswell <shelleyc(a)ehaus.co.nz> Hi Anne Thanks for the prompt response. Great news, thank you. Yes we are happy to reinstate the main sign, did that get adjusted with the correct SIP supplier? I agree it is great seeing the progress on site Rob and the team are professional and making very good progress, thank goodness for a milder winter than normal! Kind Regards Baden Brown MB, LBP Director (eHaus Builders & Suppliers) baden(a)ehaus.co.nz direct +64 6 347 7220, mobile +64 027 485 9515 400 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui <https://www.google.com/maps/search/400+Victoria+Avenue,+Whanganui?entry=gma…>, 4500, New Zealand [image: eHaus Logo] [image: Facebook Logo] <https://www.facebook.com/ehaus.design.build> eHaus.co.nz <https://www.ehaus.co.nz/> [image: CPHT Logo] [image: LBP Logo] [image: RMB Logo] On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 20:58, High Street Cohousing <ucoldunedin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Baden > > We have discussed your request for signage, and clarified with Rob > Cunningham the relationship between eHaus and Stevenson & Williams. I had > not realised that we hadn't been back in touch with you - I think I was on > holiday at the time. > > We did agree that the eHaus sign could go up, though we also would like to > reinstate our High St Cohousing sign which was blown down in very strong > winds last month. (Fortunately the weather has been far more favourable > since then.) Could the two signs be attached to the High Street scaffolding? > > It is very exciting seeing the progress on site, and watching our units > taking shape. > > Warm regards, > Anne Thomson > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 5:41 PM Catherine Spencer <cmspencer.nz(a)zoho.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Baden, >> >> Anne was handling this and I thought it had been sorted. I will copy her >> into it, as I am in Oz on bereavement leave. >> Thanks, >> Catherine >> ******************************************* >> Catherine Spencer >> Director, Urban Cohousing Otepoti Ltd >> +64 3 4536043 >> +64 21 1221421 >> www.highstreetcohousing.nz >> >> On 22/07/2019, at 5:07 PM, Baden Brown <baden(a)ehaus.co.nz> wrote: >> >> Hi Catherine >> I asked through the appropriate channels about erecting two eHaus signs >> on the UCOL site (one on each street) recently but to date I haven't had an >> answer either way - I thought I would approach the group directly. >> Rob & Calvin have kept me informed on discussion and at my last meeting >> with Rob he mentioned that a question was raised as to why eHaus should be >> represented, I wanted to make it clear that Stevenson & Williams *are* >> eHaus Otago and this project is one of their eHaus projects. Rob is >> comfortable with what we are proposing for the sign, we really just want to >> make the public aware that eHaus Otago is responsible for the delivery of >> the project. >> I don't think it is unreasonable to promote our brand on site but I would >> only do that with the group's blessing. >> Please let me know if there are any issues that can be worked through to >> allow this to happen at the earliest opportunity? >> Thankyou. >> Kind Regards >> >> Baden Brown MB, LBP >> Director (eHaus Builders & Suppliers) >> >> baden(a)ehaus.co.nz >> direct +64 6 347 7220, mobile +64 027 485 9515 >> 400 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/400+Victoria+Avenue,+Whanganui?entry=gma…>, >> 4500, New Zealand [image: eHaus Logo] >> [image: Facebook Logo] <https://www.facebook.com/ehaus.design.build> >> eHaus.co.nz <https://www.ehaus.co.nz/> >> [image: CPHT Logo] [image: LBP Logo] [image: RMB Logo] >> >> >> >> >> [View Less]

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Agenda item - Univ. Otago Building Science & Energy Cohousing Monitoring
by Juan Puricelli 22 Jul '19

22 Jul '19

Hi all, Tim & I met with Michael Jack (professor and head of Energy Studies & Department of Physics ) 3-4 weeks ago and discuss the possibility to monitor thermal and energy behaviour in all units. His idea and view is that this is a clear and huge step forward reducing energy consumption that has been badly overlooked by NZ government. If we could join forces in the future eh will try to put a case together to get more leverage and possibly funding for more of this to happen or get … [View More]

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