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What can the directors or other members of a ROC do when the President refuses a request to bring an item before the board for consideration?
There are a number of factors that should be considered in answering this question:
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Can unit owners in resident-owned communities discover what the association is paying its employees, including the manager?
We are asked this question frequently each year, especially when the association is in the process of preparing its annual budget. Obviously, the association’s employees would prefer that information about the compensation they are receiving…
Those of you that attended our recent ROC seminars at the Molokai community in Leesburg and Sandalwood Park in Venice know that the Federal Trade Commission has delayed the implementation of the "Red Flag" Identity Protection Rules until June 1, 2010. I briefly summarized my understanding of these rules and how they may impact resident…
The managers and board members in the communities we work with have been faced with some rather interesting situations during the past few months. Here’s a sampling–see if you can guess what they have in common:
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Yesterday’s "Sarasota Herald Tribune" featured a column by Tom Lyons about a dispute between the board of a condominium association and one of its residents. As I read the article (which was headlined "Condo flag fight needs a little common sense") I wondered whether this association’s directors had considered the negative publicity resulting…
The Florida Legislature substantially revised several sections of our state’s Condominium Act last year. One of the important revisions focused on the length of time a unit owner could serve as a board member without seeking re-election. Effective October 1, 2008, the terms of all members serving on condominium association boards were considered to…
The President of one the many "55 and over" resident-owned communities we represent recently contacted me to discuss what is becoming an all too familiar situation:
The rules governing this community specify that at least one of the persons occupying a home had to be at least 55 years of age and that any other…
I’ve always told board members that the residents in their communities elected them to vote on the issues that come before them and not to refuse or decline to vote on those issues. There are very few circumstances that justify a board member abstaining on an issue and most, if not all, involve situations…
ROC managers and board members that have asked me to help create or amend rules governing their communities know that I stress the importance of a unit owner obtaining the written approval of the board before that unit owner can take certain actions, including the following:
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Several weeks ago I mentioned the educational opportunities offered at the upcoming annual convention of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association at the Saddlebrook Resort just north of Tampa on October 7 and 8.
I received a memo earlier this week from the FMHA about a "Round Table Discussion" that will be held at the convention…