Spring community week

Summary:

Hi everyfaerie this is Pingouin aka Boyfailure Deluxe aka Boysuccess Deluxe and this is the first entry in what I hope is a long and neverending love letter to the other facilitators and everybody in the community!

Spring community week happened. Lots of things got done! Maybe too many things got done, one could argue.

What we did

Started building a stone path in the bath area
Cleared out the old sauna
Move tiles behind breakfast barn to the French Ambassy, they are ready to be put on the roof of sauna and french ambassy
Trash run to get rid of a lot of the wood from the old circus room floor which was blocking access to the good wood on the right of the house. Also getting rid of some of the broken tiles.
Moved pine wood to the sissy opera (circular area with a fire)
There is some more signalisation to show the path to the lake.
A rope has been installed to make climbing up to the platform easier.

Smoke detectors have been installed in the breakfast barn.

Tarp has been put back up (also in the smoking zone btw). The previous station dismantled (it was very damaged by the rain) and the area below the stairs cleaned up so the artwork can be appreciated fully . A new dish station is now built under the tarp.
The lawnmower was saved from the motoculture de la goulotte by FOMO and Béate after the gathering ended!!

Things to keep in mind for the following gatherings

WATER: the process to install the new system is still going on. We are still using the old broken pump which is finicky. When it works, the recommended procedure is to first make sure tanks have water (switch in tje toilet area, make sure to turn off once tanks are filled as there is no automatic shut down) then turn on the switch of the pump in the toolbarn, let it run for 15 minutes (design a faerie and set a timer) to fill up the pipes in the house, then fill bidons at the dish dance sink. That's where the water flows easiest due to gravity. It goes through the uv filter and is safe to drink.
We cleared the wall behind the breakfast barn / friendship room where a lot of tiles used to be. That's where the new water system is going to be installed. Please keep it clear!
TOILETS: the brushes are in a bucket with water, ideally to keep them clean some white vinegar should be added. Something like 1 cup of white vinegar for 5 cups of water should be enough.
TOILETS: also to make sure the lids stay closed, a piece of wood should be screwed to the wall where the lid would rest, so that the lid never stays up if not against a faerie's back.
Some strings have been hidden and will be used to make curtains at archiffoning.
More ropes for drying laundry have been bought. They are in the circus room.

Things we learned

We rented a van at Leclerc. Last time we used Perney location. Leclerc seems both cheaper and easier (and there are no ramps to throw away).
The new toilets need someone to open the black box and use a tool to make sure it's flat and even (no pyramids of sawdust / poop) every 5 days or so. The next ladies caca need to know about this, it's a very simple process. Just unscrew the butterfly screws on the box, remove the metal rings at the base of each screw, open the box and make sure it's even by using the shovel next to the poop area.
Compared to other spring community weeks, this one started with an agenda that seemed more loaded than before, which led to some pressure to get everything done without necessarily having the knowledge to do so. This among other things led to one particular day with a lot of tension and frustration which fortunately got mostly resolved by slowing down and taking care of each other. This is a good reminder that maybe the current system of lowkey relying on community weeks to do most of the heavy lifting while other gatherings have no steward agenda to follow might be putting a lot of strain on the practical faeries, and that establishing 2 or 3 days of community work for each gathering might help even things out. [BATIFOLLE TU PEUX COMPLETER ICI !!!]

Things that got postponed

Setting the bell tents.
Cutting trees along desire path. The chainsaw needed sharpening and there wasn't a faerie that felt knowledgeable enough to do it at the gathering.

== ALL PROJECTS ARE REAL PROJECT ==

MoreBelow detailsare onunsorted projectsnotes, you might or might not learn from them!!

stone path:

Currently only one wheeled wheelbarrow can go over it Some stones are not fully sealed and could use some more work. Keep expanding it

sauna

Sauna was cleaned out to prepare it for a lifting. Tarp was put to protect the beams.

Todo: do wall again arasée to put down the chevron manquant Replace the lattes à tuile. Secure the other chevrons. Put down the tiles Get a new poêle Needs community decision on how ut's going to be laid out, what we buy etc.

water

We dug out a flat area behind the tool barn to store the two tanks of water that were in the bath area. Todo: connect the 2 newly moved tanks to the others that are on the up right. Change the pump that was broken. We removed all the tiles near the wall to make room for the new water system, don't put anything else here. Put all the tanks on the platform. We're still using the old system and Beate is going to try to install it. UV filter will be in the cellar. We can turn on the pump and it fills up the pipe and through gravitation it flows the best at the dish dance tap.

wood

We had a trash run to take away a lot of the old wood stored on the right of the toolbarn. It is the old circus room floor and it was preventing access to the good construction wood behind Leclerc is the easiest for location. Last time we used perney location. There's a pile of wood near the bath area that needs to be cut down.

We didn't find anyone that felt comfortable sharpening the chainsaw. We moved the pine wood near the toilets in the sissy opera.

Toilets

Toilets are connected to septic tank. Second toilets will be put down and ventilated. Needs education on flattening the poop pile. The brush has been put in a bucket with water, it should be filled with a solution of white vinegar. Just screw something against the wall of the toilet so that the toilet seat will always fall if there isn't a faerie pooping.

Smoke and Gaz detectors:

Smoke detectors have been installed in the breakfast barn. The salesman at E Lecrec Lure misled us into believing that monoxide carbon detectors will detect gaz leaks, which is not true but we bought one that can be found in the battery drawer. Gaz detector still seems like a good idea but a reliable product need to be bought elsewhere.

Dish Dance Area

Tarp has been put back up (also in the smoking zone btw). The previous station dismantled (it was very damaged by the rain) and the area below the stairs cleaned up so the artwork can be appreciated fully . A new dish station is now built under the tarp.

Laundry: more ropes have ben bought. They are in the circus room.

Washing machine: needs a discussion where to put it. We would like to reuse the small pump to have a second water system only for the washing machine so that it doesn't use drinkable water Weeding the brambles, needs more weeding. Storing the food.

Suggestions that came up:

Deity for keeping things clean

Reflection on not bringing shoes inside : proposition to have a pulley system to take up the dish dance stuff to avoid walking in and out.