Labor Day has come and gone, several tropical systems are swirling in the Atlantic (you may recall that all of Florida was in panic mode awaiting Irma this time last year) and our snowbirds will be returning before we know it. Seems like a good time to discuss some of the changes made to Chapter
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Time for Board Certification!
ROC board members can meet their board certification requirement by attending the 6th Annual Community Association Festival at the Venice Community Center on February 17, 2016. Registration with a free continental breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. There will be several informative and entertaining speakers featured from 9 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. We’ll break for…
Are You Ready for E-voting?
Effective July 1, 2015, voting and the conduct of elections in resident owned communities in Florida may be done electronically. There are numerous conditions that must be met before a unit owner can vote electronically–not the least of which is that the unit or parcel owner must consent to that electronic voting.
Earlier…
Resolution for 2015
Welcome to 2015 and my best wishes to all of my blog’s followers for a very happy and healthy new year.
2014 was an extremely busy year and I was unable to post entries here as often as in previous years. I’m hereby resolving to do better in 2015.
We’ll start 2015 with a reminder…
Time for Co-op Board Member Training!!
Welcome to the new world of training for board members in our resident-owned cooperatives!
Annual meeting season has begun and new board members are being elected. As you know, Florida Statutes now require that newly elected or appointed board members either certify in writing to the co-op’s secretary that the new board member has…
ROC Presidents Should Preside, Not Rule
Florida statutes governing condominium and cooperative associations specifically provide that it is the association’s board of directors that is responsible for the administration of the association. Similarly, the governing documents for most mandatory homeowners associations governed by Chapter 720 of the Florida Statutes and community associations governed by Chapter 617 of the Florida Statutes provide…
Hands Off that Ballot Box!
Florida’s Republican primary is just a few days away and many, if not most, of the community associations in our state are in the midst of their own ROC board elections.
What better time to remind unit owners in condominiums and cooperatives about the procedures that must be followed if the association wishes to…
Upcoming Educational Opportunities for ROCs
We’ve got a very busy five or six weeks ahead of us with several chances for managers and board members in resident owned communities to hear from us:
- I’ll be speaking about fines and suspending privileges as well as pet issues at the Mid-Florida ROC meeting at the Molokai community in Leesburg on Tuesday morning,
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ROCs and the “Gadfly” Board Candidate
Every ROC has at least one "gadfly"–that owner who has decided, for whatever reason, to devote every waking minute to creating as much misery as possible for the manager, the board, and the other members of the community. We consider a community lucky if it’s home to only one of these cantankerous creatures.
What…
If You Don’t Pay, You Can’t Play (or Vote)!!
My last blog entry discussed the rights of an association to assess fines and suspend rights to use facilities in a resident owned cooperative as provided in Florida Statute Section 719.303(3). Both condominium associations (under F.S. Section 718.303(3)) and mandatory homeowners’ associations (under F.S. Section 720.305(2)) have similar enforcement tools where a unit owner or…