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Tenant Meeting Minutes Aug. 22. 2012

As I mentioned in my previous blog titled “Achilles Heel” I was anxious to read the minutes report to see what would be fabricated and omitted on what really was said at the tenant meeting and Ingrid Nosel the acting HSC did not disappoint.  I truly believe this old woman is existing in a world of denial and I have no desire to acknowledge or believe anything she says in the future. To prove my point you readers are getting a scoop, I arranged to have the meeting voice recorded and is safely stored away, my training in security finally paid off. ;)  Tenant meetings at KMHC are sparse and far between so are they necessary?  I don’t think so. ie: The last meeting only 6 out of 24 tenants including myself showed up.  I remember a few years ago Ingrid went so far as to post a notice “Tenant meetings are mandatory and we must attend”. (Ha! That didn’t work)  As I reviewed the report I noticed no tenant names are written anywhere ie: who said what and to whom. To the reader this report would seem vague and uninteresting and would cast doubt on its authenticity.

It’s been over 3 months since we had the last tenant meeting and only today did we get a hand delivered copy of the report.  At this point does anybody care what was said!  *Hell no*  ie: I saw a fellow tenant immediately put the form on top of the fridge and forget about it.
TK tenant policy: Since the Acting HSC won’t attend future meetings then I recommend the rest of the tenants do the same. Can you imagine staff members Charles and Linda would be sitting in the community room twiddling their thumbs in a empty room then Charles would start calling tenants and dragging them down to the meeting as they are kicking and screaming in protest. :D
Speaking of staff members After Ingrid Nosel walked out of the last meeting we continued on and I remember one thing former HOW Lorraine Brown said about the HOW's and it helped me understand their job position and limitations.

On other news!

Sadly I have to say goodbye to fellow tenant Bonnie Hill after experiencing so much shit going on at KMHC she’s decided to get the fuck out of here.  The good thing is we’ll keep in touch via Facebook and I wish her all the luck in to world.


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