Reported speech: diario comité (B2)
Diario de comité con más de 25 preguntas indirectas. Lectura B2 con traducción.
Diary Notes After the Housing Committee Meeting
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Tuesday, 18 June
The housing committee met for three hours, and I left with cramped handwriting because every exchange seemed worth recording. Community boards generate reported questions and instructions that activists later quote in newsletters.
Chair Ms Okonkwo asked whether the agenda had been circulated forty-eight hours in advance. She told latecomers to sign the attendance sheet quietly. She asked if anyone objected to moving item four ahead of item three, and nobody did.
Tenant representative Mr Hale asked why repair tickets had averaged six weeks in Block C. The estates manager asked whether Mr Hale had included emergency cases in his figure. Mr Hale told him to publish category breakdowns and not to merge urgent leaks with cosmetic requests.
The finance officer asked how much reserve remained for insulation grants. A councillor asked whether bids would reopen if costs exceeded estimates. The officer asked grant applicants to submit revised quotes and told contractors not to begin work without signed approval.
During public comment, a resident asked whether wheelchair routes would be marked permanently. Ms Okonkwo asked her to limit remarks to three minutes. She told security not to block aisle access while speakers moved to the microphone.
Item five brought more exchanges. The sustainability officer asked whether roof insulation trials had reduced bills in pilot flats. A tenant asked how measurements had been taken. The officer asked residents to allow access for auditors and told contractors not to remove old insulation until photographs were uploaded.
The legal adviser asked whether the committee had authority to approve the revised procurement policy. Ms Okonkwo asked him to summarize risks in plain language. He told members not to vote until they had read appendix C, which listed liability scenarios.
Break conversations matter too. In the queue for tea, Dana asked whether grants would reopen in autumn. I said the finance officer had asked applicants to submit revised quotes and had told contractors not to begin unsanctioned work. Another volunteer asked me to confirm the quote on the six-week repair average. I told her that Mr Hale had asked the estates manager to publish category breakdowns.
After the vote, a journalist called and asked whether the committee had approved wheelchair marking. I explained that residents had asked whether routes would be permanent and that Ms Okonkwo had asked speakers to respect time limits. The journalist asked me to email the public comment list. I told her not to publish my mobile number because activists had asked me to protect privacy.
Wednesday follow-up: Ms Okonkwo's assistant asked whether tenants had received minutes. She asked committee members to proofread names. She told us not to circulate draft PDFs without watermarks because earlier leaks had caused confusion online.
In the corridor afterward, volunteer Dana asked what councillors had wanted from tenants. I said that Ms Okonkwo had asked whether agendas arrived on time, that Mr Hale had asked why delays persisted, and that the finance officer had asked how much money remained. Dana asked me to verify quotes before she posted online.
The housing committee met for three hours, and I left with cramped handwriting because every exchange seemed worth recording. Community boards generate reported questions and instructions that activists later quote in newsletters.
Chair Ms Okonkwo asked whether the agenda had been circulated forty-eight hours in advance. She told latecomers to sign the attendance sheet quietly. She asked if anyone objected to moving item four ahead of item three, and nobody did.
Tenant representative Mr Hale asked why repair tickets had averaged six weeks in Block C. The estates manager asked whether Mr Hale had included emergency cases in his figure. Mr Hale told him to publish category breakdowns and not to merge urgent leaks with cosmetic requests.
The finance officer asked how much reserve remained for insulation grants. A councillor asked whether bids would reopen if costs exceeded estimates. The officer asked grant applicants to submit revised quotes and told contractors not to begin work without signed approval.
During public comment, a resident asked whether wheelchair routes would be marked permanently. Ms Okonkwo asked her to limit remarks to three minutes. She told security not to block aisle access while speakers moved to the microphone.
Item five brought more exchanges. The sustainability officer asked whether roof insulation trials had reduced bills in pilot flats. A tenant asked how measurements had been taken. The officer asked residents to allow access for auditors and told contractors not to remove old insulation until photographs were uploaded.
The legal adviser asked whether the committee had authority to approve the revised procurement policy. Ms Okonkwo asked him to summarize risks in plain language. He told members not to vote until they had read appendix C, which listed liability scenarios.
Break conversations matter too. In the queue for tea, Dana asked whether grants would reopen in autumn. I said the finance officer had asked applicants to submit revised quotes and had told contractors not to begin unsanctioned work. Another volunteer asked me to confirm the quote on the six-week repair average. I told her that Mr Hale had asked the estates manager to publish category breakdowns.
After the vote, a journalist called and asked whether the committee had approved wheelchair marking. I explained that residents had asked whether routes would be permanent and that Ms Okonkwo had asked speakers to respect time limits. The journalist asked me to email the public comment list. I told her not to publish my mobile number because activists had asked me to protect privacy.
Wednesday follow-up: Ms Okonkwo's assistant asked whether tenants had received minutes. She asked committee members to proofread names. She told us not to circulate draft PDFs without watermarks because earlier leaks had caused confusion online.
In the corridor afterward, volunteer Dana asked what councillors had wanted from tenants. I said that Ms Okonkwo had asked whether agendas arrived on time, that Mr Hale had asked why delays persisted, and that the finance officer had asked how much money remained. Dana asked me to verify quotes before she posted online.
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