European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Building coordinator a frustrating thankless Job Sporles by Betty Bell staff writer s pc. Danny w. Cason Hdldn 1 want tha Job but had to take  it. Wesley Robinson Al look the Roband had to ire a woman who d Bee working a Long time. Staff sgt. Louis j. Lemyre took the Job and Foss friends. Each o Thesa soldiers shares the often frustrating sometimes Sitiar Wesa task of building coordinator who lives in the housing unit the person to whom everybody turns when thl rigs go wrong. Cason. Tike most other housing coordinators was appointed to his Job by the local housing referral office Whan the previous coordinator rotated to another duly station. He had been living a year in Lincoln Village in Darmstadt Germany i was the next senior person available to take the position in september. Quite frankly i did t want the  Cason said. My unit goes toy to other parts of Germany Lor months at a Lime and some soldiers Only Gat Home on weekends. I do dry l expect so bean it Laclive coordinator by not being Here and i Hdldn 1 think my wife should be responsible Lor doing my  that did t go Over Loo Well with pro however since Only personnel whose assignments pose a possible conflict of interest Ara exempted rom coordinator assignments. Those not appointed include chaplains inspectors Gena rat dentists doctors and criminal investigation division special agents. The coordinator take responsibility for lha condition find appearance of their buildings resolve problems concerning the common welfare of building occupants and enforce housing regulations. They also take a lot of complaints and Aren t always popular with other occupants. A lot of wives got pretty upset with me in the  Cason said i went with the building inspector 10 inventory lha laundry rooms and sign Lor the equipment. I found one sundry room so filmy i asked the inspector Iii had the authority to put it Oft limits until it could meet army  when Cason got tha go ahead he changed the lock and set up a schedule for the tenants to follow to Gal the place cleaned Whan i got Home from work i held a meeting with the service members and their dependents gave everybody a copy of v corps housing regulations and Laid Down the Law. Everybody was told what was expected. In four hours the laundry room was cleaned up he said when people saw i was serious about enforcing the rules they became willing to comply. I also posted a bulletin Board in each stairwell to let Lamiller know who was in their Chain of command for housing problems Cason said he sometimes has to arbitrate minor disputes Between families. For the most part people Are getting along great and that makes my of easier. I was Given this extra duty and i be made it work out. People know where i  Fob insert a lived in family housing in the Wurzburg Community for three years before the duties of building coordinator Fiji to him Saven months ago. I went from an occupant to building coordinator overnight he said. Although i was t the ranking person in the building i lust accepted the Job. When i took Over i got a lot of complaints about the cleaning Fady not doing a Good Job in lha building. People were paying monthly tees to have her clean the common areas and she was t meeting he Standard. When i took Over i had to solve thai problem the lady had been working Hare a Long Lime. I had to fire her and ind somebody else. It was t easy. She did t want to leave and had o put in a lot of Effort to get her out of she  Robinson a said the Job is frustrating at times. I get complain is about children making too much noise. When i m not around during the Day my wife lands to get a lot More involved and passes the information on to  Lemyre who lives in Benjamin Franklin Village in Mannheim said his Job is a  the policy my handed Down to a through the Chain of command from my Section coordinator and i pus out the direction As to what jobs like sweeping the parking lot police Calls around the buildings and cleaning the laundry room must be done he said. We always seem to have problems with the laundry room. Many stairwells Post family schedules which often turn into a hardship for working wives. Most of lha problems happen during the Day and on weekends and it s mainly with the wives. Lots of the husbands Are in tha Field and the wives have arguments Over their kids the mothers Start to argue and sometimes the maps show up on tha weekends. I used to be close to the people in my stairwell but now i m not As close because i have to Tell people what to  Lemyre said. I really could l do this Job if it weren t for my wife. She takes a lot of Pride in our building and she s been willing o handle Many of the problems i be been n the service 14 years so she understands she army system. The Young families Saam to resent i most because they Don t understand the  building coordinators appoint coordinators from each stairwell to supervise the details. Lemyre appointed staff sol. Loannys n. Pseftis to get the work done in the stairwell where he fives. I did t Ilka having this of in the beginning because pm in the infantry and away so  Pseftis said. " try to gel to know the families and find out about the problems. Sometimes i come Home late and have to tails with a family1 s sponsor who has t done his Job. It s usually about 10 at night and people Don t want to be bothered. But it s got to be  command sgt. A. Kenneth White of Wurzburg was appointed a building coordinator three months ago Tor the first time in 26 years of army service. Most of lha families in his building have senior no sponsors. That makes a difference he said. There s maturity among the individuals in my building and they re used to tha system. Mostly the soldiers do the work but the families Don t seem to mind getting  Danny Caton when people Taw i wot hit oui about of Ftp staff sol. Gale Vance Rolls. Who s been a coordinator of for almost three years in the world org Community try lands that being a woman helps her do the Job. Pc i can talk to the wives much easier than the male. Coordinators. Tha wives in Tell me things they might a not Tsal a male coordinator Vanderloo said i amp to alow la meetings to a minimum. Well have o Mealing after a big change o personnel and i Dacoda if we want to run a duty roster and clean the w common areas ourselves 01 pay Lor a cleaning person., i have the More Junior enlisted families she said. New program in of helps housing Cool it s three in the afternoon and a neighbor skids Are Spray painting the trash bins the building coordinator is away at  mothers from another building Are doing their Wash in your laundry room and on your scheduled Lime. The building coordinator is not Home. A new family moved into the stairwell several weeks ago. They Don t know anybody. The building coordinator is in tha held. Rumours say your housing area will close Down in six months and you la be moved olt Post. Where s the building coordinator caring Tor the building reporting repairs meeting new families and informing tenants of housing policy changes is the building coordinator s Job. But the coordinator usually the senior military person in the building must do the Job As extra duty to fill in when the coordinator is not available she Ansbach military Community has established a new program that works As an information network Between residents and the Community commander. The Quality of Lite advisor program brings together spouses of military members who Volunteer to help Community residents. A Tenor advisor or mayor is elected by the volunteers from each housing area to be the spokesperson to the Community commander and Community staff. The mayor communicates to housing area residents through area and building advisors of it Fin Hig Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday