HOA guide for survival

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RichardB10 (New York)
Posts: 20

Posted:

Just a brief note to see if anyone out there would be interested in writing a book on how to survive the apathy , Good Ole Boy's Club mentality etc., etc in HO associations.
Off hand candidate chapters might include the following:
Candidate Chapters:

Do Nothing BOD
Apathy vs. Enthusiasm
Unqualified Program Managers
Not Invented Here Syndrome
WPA-We Poke Along
Closed Meetings
Budgets Out Of Control
Reserves Gone Wild
Newsletter Control
Committees
Board Members or Lack Thereof
Cliques

Any comments would be welcome

JackieB (California)
Posts: 198

Posted:

How about "there's one in every neighborhood."
or "the nosey neighbor". Also" there's a spider in my mailbox".

SusanW1 (Michigan)
Posts: 5,202

Posted:

also chapters on:

Meandering Meetings
The Passive President

DonnaS (Tennessee)
Posts: 5,671

Posted:

Richard,
You have your chapters, now do an outline and you're good to go.

RichardB10 (New York)
Posts: 20

Posted:

Just checked my mailbox. There was a spider there.LOL Love it

MaryA1 (Arizona)
Posts: 7,043

Posted:

Beware if it was black widow or a brown recluse!!! Black widows are very common out here in AZ. Do you think that's why we have so many HOAs??? LOL

RichardB10 (New York)
Posts: 20

Posted:

Sounds like there may be a correlation there.LOL

RichardB10 (New York)
Posts: 20

Posted:

Sounds like there may be a correlation there.LOL

JackieB (California)
Posts: 198

Posted:

Richard,
Go pound on a Board member's door so she can have a speechless moment.LOL

KarenS11 (Florida)
Posts: 148

Posted:

You have identified the problems to be addressed. When you begin preparing the answers, I think I would include- chardonnay and the ear of a good friend.

KirkW1 (Texas)
Posts: 1,665

Posted:

You could add - somehow we ended up with a president who doesn't believe in our existence.

MicheleD (Kentucky)
Posts: 4,491

Posted:

As luck would have it, "someone" has already written such a book.

Her name is Gloria Martinez (she posts on this site), and the title of the book is "A Guide To Community Living."

In the interest of full disclosure, I have purchased and read the book and I highly recommend it to board members and homeowners alike.

It is published by PublishAmerica and its ISBN is: 1-4137-2634-8.

I forget how much it cost, but it would make a nice addition to New Board Member Packets. . . .

GeorgerwilliamsW (Indiana)
Posts: 975

Posted:

In addition, there is another book that may be much the same.

Homeowners Associations: A Nightmare or a Dream Come True?, Greenwalt, Joni, 1997: Denver Colorado, Cassie Publications.

The author is described as a "Resident and the president of a homeowner association in a happy community."

The book is described as: "Do you thrive or barely survive in a community governed by an association? With humor, philosophy, and down-to-earth facts, this guide offers real-life scenarios and solutions."

RichardB10 (New York)
Posts: 20

Posted:

Thanks for the info. Must say there appears to be a lot of info out there. Will check the library for this book

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