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AnthonyD2 (New York)
Posts: 2

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All the clubs in our HOA are chartered by our BOD. Mens club, social club, womans Guild and about 30 others. Our BOD is considering requiring all club to share any equiptment they have purchased for their own use. Money to purchase these items has been raised thru their dues and profits from various functions thruout the year. The BOD feels that money raised on HOA facilities allows them decide that all clubs should be allowed to use each others equiptment. Sounds to me like Socialism to me. What do you think? Comments?

JulieS (Georgia)
Posts: 412

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If the clubs are not associated with, or are official representatives of the HOA then I would not think they should have to share items they have purchased with money they have raised.

A number of larger upscale neighborhoods in the Atlanta area have women's clubs. I started one in our neighborhood based on seeing the benefits they provided through a neighboring community. These women's clubs typically meet at the clubhouse, or a members home, have fund raisers, make large charitable donations, and host community events without tapping into the HOA's funds. I would not see why a piece of equipment or property that belongs to the women's club would need to be accessible to everyone of the association if it was not purchased with association money.

These types of clubs help with the sense of community, they reach out to people and enhance the neighborhood. If the social committe of the HOA purchased a moon walk or something with association funds, then that would belong to the HOA and it's members (not to say anyone can use it at any time they wish).

I think what is happening in your neighborhood will create a rift and reduce the cohesiveness and sense of community being created.

HaroldS (Arizona)
Posts: 906

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I'm wondering why all your clubs have to be "chartered" by your HOA board? Is that in order for them to be allowed to use HOA facilities? I would be very upset to have to allow other clubs to use my club's property just because the HOA board thinks so. If the HOA has not purchased the item, why would they feel they can control the use of other people's property? Who replaces it if it is damaged? This is clearly overstepping their authority - surely they have more important things to spend their time on. Is this one of those situations where a prior post claims that "Boards by nature need to meddle"? Sure sounds like meddling to me. Harold

AnthonyD2 (New York)
Posts: 2

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Thanks to JulieS and Harold S
Your comments gave me ammunition for our Board meeting tomorrow.

CarolynK (Alabama)
Posts: 15

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i live in alabama in a hoa. my husband and i was the best thing that had moved into the neighborhood, until we started asking our board to see the book and records for the last 5 years. once we started that we have had the police called to us at least 4 times because we continue to confront the board with our questions. even sent written letters to the board. we only have 67 houses in our community and lots are elderly folk. we even went so far as to hire a lawyer and get him to get the info that according to our bylaws that we are in titled to. but they have refused and the lawyer tells us that there is nothing we can do.
we have a pond that was used as a retention pond while the homes where under construction and at some point the board has let catfish be put in the pond and now we are about to have to pay for damage that has occured to the property of the home next to the pond. the board never even try to get someone to see if the pond was capable of holding fish of any kind. quess who lives next to the pond the secretary of the board whom before we where completely cut off was told she put the fish in.
we are now forbidden from talking to the president,secretary, and our neighbor behind us who is
v-president now run inside when go out on our deck.

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