tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post2730256482599018821..comments2010-01-18T11:29:27.757-05:00Jamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17328884172511150275jamy.barab@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-28089091980916845842010-01-20T11:29:28.534-05:002010-01-20T11:29:28.534-05:00Group efforts like this are always tough. If you do buy the software they should all share the cost with you, or perhaps they should split it among themselves since you do all the work in using it.Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-25122773929462253852010-01-13T10:32:04.046-05:002010-01-13T10:32:04.046-05:00anon: see, I don't want to be in charge of hiring and monitoring the cleaning crew. If someone else wants to do that, and figure out how we can manage it on our current budget, that would be great. I'm not taking on any more management responsibility. I already do more than anyone else and I rarely even get thanks, let alone compensation. :(jamynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-33061261183575651332010-01-13T10:02:01.128-05:002010-01-13T10:02:01.128-05:00I'd suggest sending an email saying you are going to purchase the software and equally distribute the charge unless you hear otherwise from a majority of the other units by COB 2 days later. And do the same with hiring someone to sweep/mop the hallway and the parking lot. Shouldn't be expensive and you could undoubtedly find someone nearby (or a cleaning person for a residence in your complex) to do it. I think you could run into trouble if you try to bill for your time to do it yourself, but hiring someone shouldn't be a problem. In our complex, you never get a response, let alone a majority to say no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-88361026300207944342010-01-12T18:50:57.461-05:002010-01-12T18:50:57.461-05:00rr: I've never had a job with a company phone, but it's a good point. I basically donate my time and computer for the good of the condo. We can all chip in for software that makes the job easier.jamynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-15541908068304076882010-01-12T18:31:37.135-05:002010-01-12T18:31:37.135-05:00In the same way you would feel free to make personal calls on a company issued cell phone as it is a logical consequence and benefit of modern employment, you should feel free to charge them for the software and then use it yourself.restaurant refugeehttp://www.restaurantrefugee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-35648249377698197072010-01-12T17:22:06.230-05:002010-01-12T17:22:06.230-05:00jcd: I am consistently astonished at how little my neighbors are willing to do. Our (tiny) common hallway is filthy because no one cleans it. It would take less than 10 minutes to sweep and maybe double that to mop. If each of of us did it once a month, it would be sufficient. Yet, no one will agree to commit that much time to keeping it clean. Same goes with our back parking lot. Covered with dead leaves, clumps of dirt and random trash that's blown in. It wouldn't take half an hour to sweep it up. Yet, I don't want to be the only one doing this stuff. If am, I need to be compensated. So, I've gotten slack on it like everyone else. We hire someone to mow the lawn and I do a little weeding (in the front and back) and that keeps the property presentable. I've tried this whole time to get everyone on the same page re: cleaning/chores, but it's been a total failure. Only during the first year I lived here was it better--one other unit really did the presidential responsibilities and another took on a lot of chores. I still did a lot but it was more equitable.jamynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9840089.post-18704501958707353272010-01-12T17:13:40.039-05:002010-01-12T17:13:40.039-05:00Yes, I would charge the building for whatever expenses you incur as treasurer. I don't understand how people in a small building expect to be free riders. I live in a 60-unit building (in which I'm coincidentally also treasurer, but we have a management company that does just about all of the work), and we have many people who are not interested in building management, but you can more easily get away with it there. I would experiment with doing less and seeing whether other people step up or whether they deteriorate to the point where you feel you need to intervene.jcdnoreply@blogger.com