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BethS2
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| 11/10/2009 9:32 AM |
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TracieS,
You sound like just the person I would like to talk to. Do you have time over the next couple of days? I have to make this decision by the meeting on Sunday (Nov. 15) and would love help on clarifying some issues.
For example, did you/do you have an elected board that follows the structure outlined in your documents? If you are the only one doing anything, you must not I'd say. This is the first legal quandary I am having trouble with. My 'election' as President does not follow the documents which say the President is appointed by the Board. Only thing is, no board exists! lol
Is your situation similar? And what did you do about it when you started work?
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BethS2
(Texas)
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| 11/10/2009 9:36 AM |
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Thanks GlenL,
As of now, there is no board.
If I rename my position after elected as President, are you saying I can function as a one member Board?
We are set up as a non profit, so maybe the answer is in those laws. A little light reading for this afternoon!
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TracieS
(Colorado)
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| 11/10/2009 9:42 AM |
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Posted By BethS2 on 11/10/2009 9:32 AM
TracieS,
You sound like just the person I would like to talk to. Do you have time over the next couple of days? I have to make this decision by the meeting on Sunday (Nov. 15) and would love help on clarifying some issues.
For example, did you/do you have an elected board that follows the structure outlined in your documents? If you are the only one doing anything, you must not I'd say. This is the first legal quandary I am having trouble with. My 'election' as President does not follow the documents which say the President is appointed by the Board. Only thing is, no board exists! lol
Is your situation similar? And what did you do about it when you started work?
Well, as many will tell you, MINE is NOT the model for how to work an association. I have conflicts-of-interest coming out my ears! Very difficult to be on the BOD, serve as President, AND serve as the property person. It's worked ok for the last 25 years, but we're so far out of legal compliance that it's just not funny.
But...I can certainly serve as an example of how NOT to run an HOA... Search my previous posts...you'll see that it's a struggle...
But, my email - doxiemom@gmail.com I'm happy to offer insight from someone who's been there...and is still there...and desperately wants out... |
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CharlesB17
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| 04/09/2011 10:24 AM |
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We are a self managed Property Owners Association in North East Florida. We had A great deal of issues resulting in a large Board of Directors turn overs. Not one President had completed their term due to the constant bickering and arguing amongst the Association members and the BOD. We found our solution. And by implementing the solution, we not only resolved 99.99% of all the issues. We increased our capital flow, reduced attorney fees, reduced the man hours from approximately 80 man hours weekly to about 9 man hours weekly. This is to run approximately 2000 home owners / property owners.
Between collections, deliquent accounts, bookkeeping errors, no way to communicate between BOD and the members, properties changing ownership, disputes in who paid and who had not, and etc... Now we have resolved those issues, we have since focused on the issues that loomed over us but, could not attend to due to the other drudgery. By implementing our solution, We doubled our budget, decreased the number of CC&R violations and have improved our community.
If you would like to know the solution, you can send me an E-Mail to merlin_lair@hotmail.com and I will be glad to tell you the solution.
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TimB4
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| 04/09/2011 2:01 PM |
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Posted By CharlesB17 on 04/09/2011 10:24 AM
We found our solution. And by implementing the solution, we not only resolved 99.99% of all the issues. We increased our capital flow, reduced attorney fees, reduced the man hours from approximately 80 man hours weekly to about 9 man hours weekly. This is to run approximately 2000 home owners / property owners.
Charles,
You have mentioned this before. In general terms what did you do to solve your problem?
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CharlesB17
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| 04/09/2011 7:16 PM |
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We first sought out a solution by consulting with a small company. They taught us how to self manage using some software they designed. We fired the CAM, the data was retrieved from the CAM and installed into this software, which basicall totally automates the Office stuff. Now the accounting is basically self managed, with little effort of the BOD. And the software gave the entire community a voice and our 2000 or so owners police the neighborhoods via this software solution for reporting CC&R violations. Now, no bickering, and harmony in the neoghborhood and the association has given each member a voice without repercussions. Each member can see everything the BOD does and even see their personal account and make payments online.
As I said before. I can tell you more through a personal E-Mail. I can not advertise or mention this companies URL or their name without repercussions here on the forum. |
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