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BonnieG1 (Nebraska)
Posts: 1,186
Posted:
In January and the first part of February 2017 while undergoing chemo, I got off my sick bed to prepare items for the new Board. I had already told the Board Members I was going to resign after the annual meeting.

Needless to say preparing all these documents so that each Board member to have a copy is not an easy task and it is much more difficult when one is sick.

After I resigned, I continued to attend Board Meetings as a Association member.

Some months after the annual meeting February 2017, I was asked (Board Members were still asking my advise at times) what I thought about an issue. I did not have our documents with me so I advised the Board Members to read the Master Deed. The President said he didn't think he had a copy of the Master Deed so I know he had not read it.
He got a copy of the Master Deed and BY-laws when he bought the unit and I also gave him a copy after the February 2017 annual meeting.

Now regarding the problem we had about his grandchildren staying in a unit which may or may not have been a violation of our rules. (Both the current President and myself are studying on this issue) What this man did by calling member to a meeting the day of the meeting is definitely a violation of our rules.

Our documents state that there are 3 ways to call members to a meeting. The President can call a special meeting of the members; a majority of the Board can call a special meeting of the members; or 25% of the members can petition the Board for a special meeting of the members.

This man wanted transparency. I am so tempted to tell him that since he wants so much transparency we should have told everyone that he costs the Association $35.00 when he told our lawn grew one extremely hot summer day that they should not be working until after 8:00 A.M. But I know this would not help the situation any.

thanks for letting me vent.
SheliaH (Indiana)
Posts: 6,964
Posted:
You're welcome! Hope you're feeling better!

You're right - it truly is a pain when people don't bother to read the very documents that are designed to explain how the association is to be run. Then again, my mother has said the best way to keep some folks ignorant and uninformed is to hand them a document with all the information they need - they'll never read it! No wonder people continued to get bamboozled.

I think part of the reason your former colleagues keep coming to you is that they're hoping you'll rejoin them one day. Right now, your health (and peace of mind) is far more important - sometimes people have to figure out stuff for themselves, so if they ask your opinion, don't hold back, but leave it at that.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius
BonnieG1 (Nebraska)
Posts: 1,186
Posted:
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Posted By SheliaH on 05/28/2019 6:23 AM
You're welcome! Hope you're feeling better!

You're right - it truly is a pain when people don't bother to read the very documents that are designed to explain how the association is to be run. Then again, my mother has said the best way to keep some folks ignorant and uninformed is to hand them a document with all the information they need - they'll never read it! No wonder people continued to get bamboozled.

I think part of the reason your former colleagues keep coming to you is that they're hoping you'll rejoin them one day. Right now, your health (and peace of mind) is far more important - sometimes people have to figure out stuff for themselves, so if they ask your opinion, don't hold back, but leave it at that.

When I am asked and at times when I am not asked, I do give my opinion. Now the President is a lawyer so people are not coming to me as much as they used to. I don't know how she is going to handle the former President that has remained on the board as VP, but thinks (anyway this is the way it appears to me) that he is the entire Board and can do whatever he wants to do.

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