Subject: Re: Exercise - It's probably not realistic, but....
From: edward kurek (esfk@mac.com)
Date: Tue Sep 11 2007 - 23:44:18 CDT
I'm against it for all the reasons you stated. If someone wants to exercise that I think is a personal matter it's up to them.
On Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at 10:56PM, "Jim Thomas" <jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu> wrote:
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>(NOTE: Written as a "private citizen," not board member):
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>It looks like we have a chunk of masochists in the building doing
>marathons, triathlons, serious (and even casual) exercise, and heavy-into
>working out.
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>Back in 1999, when people began moving in, I proposed some exercise
>equipment (stationary bike, free weights, weight rack) for the
>storage room. It was shot down for lots of reasons, some good, others
>less-so.
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>If there is enough interest, and if it would get use, I'm wondering
>if it would be worth exploring this again. We may have a critical mass
>of building residents into exercise, both hard-core and casual. If there
>is enough interest, maybe we could request that the Board explore this
>again. If we could over come the obstacles, then we could consider
>an exercise area built on donatations. We could chip in for a bike,
>donate any extra weights and bars we might have lying around, get some
>leaded jump ropes, maybe an ex-ball or two.
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>It's a long-shot and maybe unrealistic. Obstacles in the past that
>we'd have to deal with:
> --city fire and other ordinances specifying what can be placed where
> in public areas
> --space constraints for equipment in the confined storage area
> --liability (if somebody drops a weight on their toes)
> --cost of acquiring/maintaining equipment
> --potential for equipment being ripped-off
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>If there isn't sufficient interest, there's no reason to pursue it.
>But, if enough people are interested, it wouldn't hurt to at least
>explore our options.
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>Any thoughts?
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>Jim / #501
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> Jim Thomas / NIU Distinguished Teaching Professor (emeritus)
> Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University
> jthomas@math.niu.edu / http://www.jthomasniu.org
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