JeffC6 (California)
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Hi All-
Our Condo Association recently got up and running with their first election of the HOA Board of Directors. Owners occupy about 80 of the 130 total units. One of the individuals who ran for the board, as a homeowner, is an employee of the developer. This employee of the developer serves as the design center consultant in our building. In our initial board election the developer had the majority of votes and casted enough votes in favor of this individual serving on the board. However, as a condo owner, I see a direct conflict of interest with this individual attempting to be in favor of the homeowners but working for the developer.
I was wondering if there is a legal precedence for this or just an ethical dilemma?
A recent example of this conflict of interest was discovered by a board member who was requesting documents from the Property management company. The board member asked the property management company for tracking information related to Key distribution, FOB Distribution, and Garage Door Clickers. The board memberwas told that the management company did not have a current roster since one of the developers computers was stolen from the sales office. The sales office is currently one of the commercial spaces at the bottom of the condo building. The computer that was stolen, which contained homeowner names, key #s, fob#s, and garage serial codes, was the employee of the developer's computer who is also on the board. This individual did not inform the HOA, which he is a member, that his computer was stolen and contained what some would consider to be personal information. The property management company did not notify the board president since they assumed he was a board member and would tell the board. I am not sure if this is gross negligence or incompetency. What, if any, responsibility does the HOA have to notify homeowners that this computer was stolen which had their names and unit numbers??
Thanks for your thoughts.
Our Condo Association recently got up and running with their first election of the HOA Board of Directors. Owners occupy about 80 of the 130 total units. One of the individuals who ran for the board, as a homeowner, is an employee of the developer. This employee of the developer serves as the design center consultant in our building. In our initial board election the developer had the majority of votes and casted enough votes in favor of this individual serving on the board. However, as a condo owner, I see a direct conflict of interest with this individual attempting to be in favor of the homeowners but working for the developer.
I was wondering if there is a legal precedence for this or just an ethical dilemma?
A recent example of this conflict of interest was discovered by a board member who was requesting documents from the Property management company. The board member asked the property management company for tracking information related to Key distribution, FOB Distribution, and Garage Door Clickers. The board memberwas told that the management company did not have a current roster since one of the developers computers was stolen from the sales office. The sales office is currently one of the commercial spaces at the bottom of the condo building. The computer that was stolen, which contained homeowner names, key #s, fob#s, and garage serial codes, was the employee of the developer's computer who is also on the board. This individual did not inform the HOA, which he is a member, that his computer was stolen and contained what some would consider to be personal information. The property management company did not notify the board president since they assumed he was a board member and would tell the board. I am not sure if this is gross negligence or incompetency. What, if any, responsibility does the HOA have to notify homeowners that this computer was stolen which had their names and unit numbers??
Thanks for your thoughts.