Monday 02/17/2025
This was the day for the monthly event coordinator’s meeting, where we finalize the calendar for the next month. I got all the events entered in the spreadsheet that the AV committee shares, and entered all the scheduled zoom meetings into zoom.
Then I drove the car to the Toyota dealer. They were quite familiar with the problems of rodent infestation. I said, whatever, do what it takes to get that thing out of there and fix any damage. The very nice service writer lady said she would let me know later what they would have to do. I don’t think they got to it because they didn’t call back today.
I walked from there (Middlefield at San Antonio road) to FOPAL, less than a mile, and processed the boxes of donations that were waiting for me. That took a couple hours. Then I walked the rest of the way to CH, total of just over 4 miles for the day. Arrived in time to attend Rhonda’s monthly open meeting at 4pm. Much of the discussion here was about the meal plan that will be in the “new” contract that will be offered to future residents. Everybody here now signed a “Life Care” contract, which includes a provision that CH will make available 3 nutritious meals a day. Future residents will sign a “Life Plan” contract, differing in some respects. One change will be the option of receiving only 30 meals a month included in the contract, with additional meals charged per meal.
I would sign such a deal if it were 60 or even 50 meals per month, because that is about how often I go to the dining room now. But 30? That leaves a lot of meals to concoct in my room from my personal stash of groceries, or to eat out, or order in. But this is what the marketing consultants Rhonda listens to, say that “the market” wants these days. As was pointed out in the discussion today, eating in the dining room is a major part of socializing, and a major part feeling like you belong to a community. People on the 30-meal plan will spend a lot less time in the dining room, a lot more time alone in their apartment. I personally think that the marketing people are accurately reporting what potential buyers think they will want. But they’ve never lived in a communal residence. Our marketing staff need to pre-educate people about what life as part of a tight little village is actually like.
Codgerville 