Suggestion for order of events:
1. Come to a general consensus on the type, size, layout, cost, location,
2. Vote for officers. I think the president is a good idea, but I also think we need a Vice-President, Treasurer and Historian.
- I suggest that the treasurer track everyone's hours and financial contribution and the cost of building materials and where the money goes and all that stuff. They run the cabin budget. (I personally think that everyone should have an 'ownership' of the cabin according to how much they have contributed--a certain amount of time could equal a certain amount of money. We could figure out a point system or whatever. That way if we do rent it out, the money could be divided that way.) Or, we could be much more relaxed about it all and say whoever, whenever and the proceeds, if any, go to the cabin maintenance.
- And I just think a historian would be fun to track all of this, keep up the blog, make sure some pictures are taken of the process and maybe even some videos just to remember it all.
3. Everyone submit a contribution estimate so we can get a rough timeline.
4. Buy the lot
5. Survey the lot and come up with a detailed plan of everything in step 1.
6. Get to work!
Does anyone have any feedback on this order? Should we add more things to the list?
I like the pictures Brandon posted. I think we should do something bigger, though. We may easily have 15 people staying there at a time... but I'd like to see some layout suggestions once we decide on the style and we can go from there.
2 comments:
Very good suggestions, Steph. One thing to consider: In order to proceed, we will need to get some sort of estimate for available cash. However, money is a personal issue and should be kept as private as possible. I wonder if we first voted for the treasurer, then everyone can tell that one person the amount of money they can contribute. Then only the total will be shown. Maybe I'm being too anal, let me know.
Also, about the size. It may not look like it, but 800 to 1000 sq feet can sleep a lot of people comfortably. But, we should be sure to not make it too small, so I agree with that.
About the historian - fantastic idea. Progress pictures and videos would make an awesome video for later when it's completed.
Awesome post Steph!
Great ideas, Steph. I must say, I'm quite impressed. You sound all grown up! :)
I'm fine with telling a treasurer how much we can contribute and keeping track of that for how much time people can use it, etc.
I also was thinking we should make the cabin bigger. I guess it depends on what you vision as the end goal: we all sleep in one big room vs. each family grouping has their own room...?
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