On Monday I opened my apartment door to find a gorgeous bunch of dahlias, along with a note thanking me for my patience and understanding. Two days later, they look a little tired, but they have been enjoyed immensely in the meantime. Like many others, I have been too busy to do trivial things like taking photographs.
Foyer meeting. This was extremely well attended, with an engaged audience, who listened hard to every word. Ken Geard took questions. Chris Garrett and Tim Matthews both answered with confidence, knowledge, and clarity. We owe huge thanks to both. They spent many, many hours going over documents, proposals, costings, and clauses, making sure that there weren't any holes. Damien was there, despite the fact that these days he is turning up for work at an unholy hour -- six-thirty this morning. He is amazing, and we owe him heaps, as we do the ever-helpful and immensely competent Brigid.
Well, what did I learn? What sticks in my mind is the very clear description Chris gave of how the ventilation shafts will work. A fan will draw all steam, dust, stale air, what have you up the shaft and above the roof.
Special levies. A few shareholders have not paid up yet. They will get a reminder, and if the reminder is neglected, interest will be charged. Vale. Ken explained that the board had a meeting with their representative, and that the Constitution and Occupation Licence was shared, along with an explanation of the clauses that the prospective buyer should fulfil -- just as we all did, when we bought our apartments. Buyers who concur with the conditions of the Licence are always welcome to apply. Since then, as Tim elaborated, there has been no reply from the rep, but we are waiting patiently.
Power supply. I have an interesting question from a shareholder that I can't answer, and would love some educated comments. When an apartment is taken over by Aoraki, the power is cut off. (This is why you must be sure to empty your refrigerator and freezer.) But your power supplier will still bill a reading charge. If you get in touch with them, they may agree to disconnect and then reconnect when you get your apartment back. But are the fees for that greater than the reading charge? Which move is cheaper? The fact that we all have different suppliers complicates it, of course.
More on the power supply -- but this one for the construction gang. They need their own power supply, via a cable to our main switchboard. So KC is on top of that, but it means that the lifts will be out for a couple of hours while he works his magic.
Skip. You will notice that despite all the promises that the last skip was the last skip, another has arrived. And finding a place to put it was a puzzle, believe me! I owe Jenny McKinnon thanks for pointing out the slab which is reserved for the ambulance, but which the ambulance never uses. We decided we had to have one, as the last one was overfilled, and we had to take some stuff away for the next skip. Also, the charity truck arrives on Friday, and there may be goods they will not accept and need to go into the skip. So, we have the skip.
Charity bin. While we are on that topic, the charity bin is in the same place. But please, please do not put soiled or torn or broken or just plain old stuff in it. We have to take it out and dump it, and it is not charitable to pass on rubbish to the needy.
AND AORAKI IS HERE! THE SITE IS BEING SET UP!
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