Boca Loga Homeowner's Association Question

Larry,
You will find the answer in your governing documents or if you cannot find the answer there, ask your Property manager or Board President. We surely cannot give nyou an answer without knowing what your documents say. Those are the big stack of papers that you should have recieved when you bougth your condo. It is also possible that either the Builder or the Board of Directors initiated this charge sometime after they took turnover from the developer. Some places call that an "Interview Fee" or processing fee. It is quite normal in So. Florida to charge this fee.

OK Then!
In plain English does anyone have personal experience with this HOA? Just wanted to know if you know of any "land mines." Example: One nearby condo HOA requires a 40K Membership Fee into their Country Club.

I would offer this advice:

You should be able to obtain a full set of the governing documents BEFORE you decide to buy. You are doing well to investigate the association before you buy. I would also ask about such things from the management company.

While there could be a fee to get a copy of the documents, they should be glad to answer your questions. And if their answers don't match up with what the docs seem to say, then it is a red flag.

Larry,
Are you new to Florida or at least to HOA living? You state a country club membership fee at $40,000? That my friend is a bargain or as we call it, cheap. There are equity clubs around here that get $100,000 for the startup fee and then annual dues of $20 or 30, 000. Your specific question about your Boca Loga place will not be answered. First of all, we don't know what you are fishing for, we do not have your documents in front of us, we are not on site so that we know the situation AND no one here will make any statements that could become liable in nature. Sorry but we try to answer Board and Committee questions to help understand documents and laws.

It is there and it is in Google and this is part of it.

http://www.ccfj.net/HOAFLgolfmandclub.html

If you can't get the above url, try www.ccfj.net and ask there.

Best to my knowledge.

Glen,
If the article was written in the same year as the action and that was four years ago, I suspect the whole thing ought to be in mid term now.

Which brings up a good point that might drawn some thoughtful consideration.

When this kind of trouble develops or evolves in an orgainization because of ( and I am not geing specific to this issue) some kind of mis, mal or plain egos battles or skimming deeds, how long do you reckon it lasts after the issue is settled? I am of the opinion, even if the smallest kind of cancer is allowed to festor in a association, long after the course has been run, the effect remains.

I am of the opinion that if my association ever gets on the right track (and we are trying) there will be carry over for years and maybe forever.
Associations are constantly evolving and pushed this way or that by new principals with new agendas and it becomes much more desireable to put it behind us quickly, than to cleanup the battle field.

Any comments.

I also note this name Boca Loga is a problem for Google and it sort of takes some more searching other than just plugging in Boca Loga. It gave me fits for some reason and I went back and picked a file from my History and was able to get back to where I wanted.

Dwight,
Interesting anecdote and certainly a new information source (the internet) that has changed the world. I certainly hope it will be for the better. I suspect once this machine we call a Home Owners Association and during it's life span one gets a big enough shove in a specific direction, fall out will accur for years and effort will have to be made to compensate this shove, that may or could prove harmsful.

Glen,
You seem to have a valid point but there is no doubt in my mind, if it has not happened already, that we don't get a copy of astronauts M/F duking it out in speace over who gets to re-enter the station first after a space walk. In any event, as I have mentioned before, a little bit of spice makes for a better soup. Our recent annual meeting was showcased with several folks trying to settle differences that really would have been settled better befor the meeting. Not because their issues were trivial, but our Board never gave them a change before the annual meeting. In a discussion with some other owners about the incident I was surprised and pleased to hear a couple of folks approve of this contentious airing. Several felt, there is no down side to these outbursts and only a graphic demonstration of Democrocy at work and the good will manisfest itsself at a later time. I agree, because in my experience there can be simple arguments over personal agendas or ego posturing, and nothing serious comes of it. But the right to argue is powerful medicine and should never be deminished.

Am I the only one who is at a complete and total loss about what in the heck the Original Poster is even asking, much less WHY he is asking US?

Glen,
When I, and others I am sure, read your post, I wish there was some way to convey the indignation that I am sure boils inside us. There is nothing unreasonable about what you all are doing, makes perfect sense and I am sure has it's internal problems at times. But the honesty and concern of the Board's to do this routinely, is clear to any thinking person. On the other hand there are the demigods that for some strange reason are absolute;y terrified of an open book type of control. And that is large part what this is, just different ways of trying to maintain control and and make no mistake both groups here may have the same desires, they want to feel good about themselves, they want to give something back, they think they can get the job done, and scads more reasons, But if you match the two side by side, one stands head and shoulders above the other. Who would not select the open, cordial, caring and effecient form of government, So, here some of of sit, hearing success storys and living tenuous lives because we are always waiting for the next big brother act that will require tons of effort just to maintain the status quo. Of course your post is a dramatic presentation it can be done.

Do yo mean Boca Lago? A google search revealed that there was a vote to make membership mandatory, but it did not pass. The article that I saw was a couple of years old, so that may not be the case now, if Boca Lago is the HOA that you are talking about.