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NoelleC3
Posts: 43
Posted:
I wanted to thank Glen and the others who have been very supportive and informative on my most recent issues that I have posted. Some very interesting and eye opening information was shared with me, and with without you fine folks directing my inquires nothing would of happened.

I posted a few weeks ago about our clubhouse rental agreement all of a sudden was a huge 4 paged contract that included many new "rules" and big changes one of many was no alcohol at functions, another was a raise of double the rent..

I essentially turned here to vent but yet also obtain information. Being this is a HOA in California, we follow the DSA or Davis Sterling. Our current board essentially re-wrote our entire rules for clubhouse use, and provided a new rental agreement that nobody in our membership was presented. The contract, rules etc, were forged behind closed doors in executive sesssion and saying that we as a community had NO idea this was being done.

I received the newly done contract, almost fainted over the restrictions and rules that seemed to fit some needs of individuals and did NOT cater to our community as a whole. I posted my concerns here and Glen reposted DSA laws regarding rule changes.

I emailed this along with a formal complaint of non compliance, handed out our 4 paged contract with NEW RULES to some homeowner's who did the same.

Today, a week later, I got a call from our management company who stated" we can not apologize enough about this, the board is beyond sorry and you were right" "We did NOT follow Davis Sterling and because of your tenacity on this subject, we are forced to do this correctly. Our contract will be re written, veiwed by the membership and allowed to vote yes no etc etc etc.

THANK YOU HOATALK. Because of you, our very controlling HOA President and her passive partners have been corrected, and they have learned, they can NOT dictate new rules on whime without allowing the membership due right to veiw, vote etc.
TimB4 (Tennessee)
Posts: 21,059
Posted:
Noelle,

Thank you for caring enough to become involved with the process.

Thanks and appreciation should also go to members of your Board for, once being informed of the error, owned up to it and corrected it vs. just going on the defensive.

Noelle, you are another fine example that things within an HOA can change if people are willing to be involved. You may want to volunteer to be on the committee that proposes the new writeup on clubhouse rules.

Tim
GlenL (Ohio)
Posts: 5,491
Posted:
Noelle,

Thank you for your kind words.

Glen

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NoelleC3
Posts: 43
Posted:
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Posted By GlenL on 11/12/2010 1:23 AM
Noelle,

Thank you for your kind words.

Glen

Glen we are all guilty as newcomers, coming on at times and looking for a miracle or just venting. I myself wasn't sure what I was looking for, but out of frustration I tuned here. There is ALOT of work to do to clean up our current situation, but I promise you knowing our current board, and president ignored Davis Sterling when putting together new rules for our complex helps me..... if not just knowing the right thing came out of it.

It's a shame that I had to mention my family the lawyer etc, but sometimes thats all it takes.
MaryA1 (Arizona)
Posts: 388
Posted:
Noelle,

Congratulations on a job well-done! The members should be proud of you and you should be proud of yourself. And, I must say the board has earned a bit of respect in being able to admit that they were wrong. Sadly, that doesn't happen very often, not only with board members but with people in general.
NoelleC3
Posts: 43
Posted:
THe Board did NOT admit they were wrong, but it was our senior managers at our management company that pointed out the mistake. However, whether the apology was sort of indirectly from the board or not.... they know what they did was not the correct way of doing such.

THankyou again.

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