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We are now well into our "season" in Florida and most resident owned communities will be holding their annual meetings during the next few months. It’s thus a very good time to remind my blog readers that are members of condominium or cooperative associations of some of the important differences between ballots and proxies:
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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…
Given my most recent entry about the difficult decisions that ROC boards are facing due to the struggling state of our economy, I hope you’ll find this article about the Red Hat Society that I read in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune interesting. It seems all of my visits to the communities we represent coincide with…
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…
Our first set of ROC seminars for the 2009-2010 "season" have been scheduled. We’ll discuss how the new "Red Flag" identity protection rules will affect resident owned communities, cover election procedures and the differences between ballots and proxies, provide some updates on developments in the Fair Housing area and recent court cases and highlight proposed legislation that…
I’m writing this entry from Ft. Lauderdale, where I am attending the Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments presented by the University of Miami School of Law. This two day seminar has provided me with a wealth of material for future entries to this blog and has allowed me to spend some time learning…
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…