Meeting Minutes as Reported by Unit Owner

Meeting minutes, contributed by Paulette Watson (thank you, Paulette!)

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Townhouses at Jacaranda Condominium Association, Inc.

Board of Directors Annual Meeting 
Minutes of Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Call to Order 7:00 PM 
 Present: John Lovell, Mark Morgenstern, Phyllis Fabara, Carol Hazan,
Paulette Watson, Wendi Hill and Office staff . Also present Beth Linde and
assistant.
 Absent: Willie Perkins
 
State election Monitor, Arthur Miller, announced that there was a quorum and
explained the proceedings for counting ballots for election of Board Members
to four seats.

Announcement of newly elected Directors for 2-year term: 
 Voting Results:
 Cynthia Potts (99), David Saldarriaga (87), Tracy Thomas (85), Harold Scott
(72), Phyllis  Fabara (68), Paulette Watson (67), Sean Wolf (65), Flavius
Lazar (42), John Lovell (34).

Elected: Cynthia Potts, David Saldarriaga, Tracy Thomas, and Harold Scott

No other business brought forth.

Adjournment 11:13 PM
Submitted by Paulette Watson, 2014 Secretary, Board of Directors, March 12,
2015 

Steve, there was no voting in 2010-2014 because only present BOD members ran
so they were elected by default. Willie Perkins ran in 2013 to fill an empty
spot - again no voting. In 2014 there was, I believe, two "intents to run"
but there were problems with either their eligibility or late entry.

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Board of Directors Meeting

Letter From Unit Owner To President and Board

Una traducción española está disponible en Web site: www.TAJWatchSpanish.blogspot.com

Editor's note: The following letter was sent by Jay/Bldg 35 to WH and the Board, and is being posted with his permission. Personal information was edited out.

Tue, 25 Mar 2008

Wendi:

After last night, I gained a lot of respect for you, especially for your Board. At no time did you let this meeting get out of hand and I am the first to apologize for the emails which I sent out on Sunday. They were sent at the heat of the moment with no regard to hearing the other side of the story. Now that I've heard both sides and have spoken to other people, I'm more inclined to believe what I heard last night. I feel it's now time to move on and forget yesterday as we move forward to tomorrow. If you noticed last night, at about 9, I was asked to come out to speak with a member of the old Board. I never got up from my chair. The way I feel right now, the old Board is yesterday and you and your Board are our tomorrow and we'll leave it at that and move on.

Just as a footnote, though, the comment was made last night about how many people showed up for the meeting. I guess I should take full credit for that. Controversy always brings people out. Now, of course if you want a crowd at the next Board meeting......I could always send out more emails........just kidding....ain't gonna happen again, unless it's just a reminder to be at the Board meeting for our unit owners' own benefit.

Seriously though, the reason I'm emailing you has to do with our short discussion about the website. After thinking it over, I have decided to resume my position as the TAJ webmaster. All that I ask of the Board and our office staff, whoever they may be, is that I receive information for posting on the website. As you know, the reason I gave it up in the first place is because the original website had become stagnant from lack of input. I would expect all minutes to come to me in a timely fashion via email in word (.doc) format, as well as meeting agendas emailed to me in the same format. for posting and a list of all upcoming meetings, all in word format. I plan on converting all present, posted information in .pdf format back to html so that when someone clicks on an item, it will immediately come up on their screen, rather than booting up Adobe Acrobat first. The Table of Contents will be upgraded to reflect a more realistic approach to the needs of our community and many of the topics that are there now will be eliminated. Most importantly, I will need access to the online program presently being used for the website. I need info on how to access those rights and obviously, the passwords needed, which I will change once I access the website. You will also know what codes I'm going to use, but I will have the sole authority to make any physical changes to the website with the Board's approval. The website needs a lot of work and I'm willing to undertake it. I just wish that the previous Board had not taken the measure of changing the web to a new format. I really knew the program that I was using at the time....Microsoft FrontPage. Oh well, that again, was yeaterday.

I have many ideas for the website, just as I had for the former website. Maybe this time we can get it right.

Jay

Board Meeting, 15 August 2007

The BOD met last night. Board members Manny, Ben, Prentis, and John were there on time. Bryan came late, Scott and Theresa didn't attend at all. Bette Ann (Property Manager) was there, of course, as always. Two residents attended for the first hour. By the end of the meeting there were eight residents in the audience.

The BOD addressed replacement of old and damaged roofs on multiple buildings. This is the roof replacement project that was initiated more than a year ago (following hurricane Wilma).

Another focus of the Board's attention was landscaping. Realizing that the landscaping improvements are still many months in the future (maybe even years away, depending on the timing of building renovations), the Board has appropriately begun the process of developing a plan. Their first step has been to interview landscaping engineers. Having selected one, they are now in the process of negotiating a contract.

The SBA loan was addressed. Apparently the time for us to be able to benefit from this government-sponsored low-interest-rate loan has nearly expired. Isn't it ironic that it is difficult to get unit owners to vote for something that can only help them and not hurt them.