Welcome to the neighbourhood
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 15/Feb/2012 19:48, 34 days ago
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A week into my stay in Lusaka and a tenants’ meeting for Courtyard 2D was called.Our little courtyard consists of 4 cottages and 2 single room bedsits– all tenants were politely asked to attend.The meeting bore a remarkable resemblance to workplace Zambian meetings, meaning that: we started late (around an hour); it lasted much too long (something close to 2½ hours) because people rarely stick to the point; the discussion was good but few actions or responsibilities were actually agreed in the end (I admittedly kept my head down as much as possible).The main issues were the reporting and duties of the night guard, use and also mis-use (i.e. people sending him on errands that last hours) of the day guard, parking, rubbish collection and paying bills on time.Now these are important things but it was still pretty tedious and I was glad to escape when the meeting concluded. Fortunately no specific date was agreed when to hold the next meeting!
