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I cringe every time a member of a resident owned condominium or cooperative association mentions that an event has been scheduled to "meet the candidates" running for the board of directors of that community.
It’s clear from the Florida Statutes governing the election of directors in condominium associations and cooperative associations that there is a…
I’m surely not alone in trying to understand the tragedy that occurred just over a week ago in Tucson. Regardless of one’s political views, it’s certainly worth considering the clear lack of civility and common courtesy that seems to be the rule rather than the exception throughout our country today.
Several days after the shootings…
I was contacted by a board member of a resident owned cooperative earlier this month with a rather interesting situation. One of the unit owners was videotaping the board meetings and now wanted to broadcast those videotapes on the "in house" channel that served the community. Was the association’s board required to allow the unit…
We just finished a busy two week stretch of very well attended seminars. Thanks to our friends at Paradise Bay Estates in Bradenton, Imperial Bonita Estates in Bonita Springs, Village at Riverwalk in North Port, and Hammock Estates in Sebring for hosting those events.
One of the topics we discussed involved how to balance the…
It appears that, effective July 1, 2010, members and employees of condominium associations and mandatory homeowners’ associations in Florida will be entitled to some additional privacy protections thanks to Senate Bill 1196.
The Florida legislature, through Senate Bill 1196, has revised Florida Statute Sections 718.111(12) and 720.303(5) to provide that the following records–in addition…
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…
One of our ROC managers recently contacted me about a resident who claimed that the community was violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (often referred to as the "HIPAA laws"). While the community’s rules and regulations did not allow pets, several exceptions to the "no pet" rules had been…
One of my blog readers recently emailed me and wanted to know whether Florida’s "Sunshine Law" applies to meetings between less than a quorum of the members of the board of directors of an ROC.
Many members of resident owned communities incorrectly believe that the meetings of their ROC board or ROC committees are governed by Florida’s…
I recently received an email from a board member of one of the resident owned communities we represent. One of the members of this ROC had requested a list of all of the "summer addresses" of the residents in the community. The board member wanted to know whether the ROC had to provide the member…