Michael Grant, Prentis Johnson, and others in the finance committee met on Wednesday night. This is one of the rare meetings that I was able to attend recently, and there was not much for those in the audience to hear or participate in while I was there.
Otherwise, I have been too busy to attend the Board meetings and haven't received any information from first-hand witnesses. I have heard some rumors about city inspections in the TAJ neighborhood but I do not have confirmed information about what is being inspected, where, and why.
There are rumors that the new accounting firm is getting a good handle on the bookkeeping that was reportedly under-performed by the previous accounting firm. I heard a rumor that there are a substantial number of residents that have not been paying their monthly maintenance and that the enforcement of the consequences was lacking until recently.
There are also rumors of conflict between Board members as they try to work out the details of how to get the work done that needs to be done (conflict on the Board of Directors is nothing new). Up-coming "must-do" items for the Board of Directors includes:
- establish a budget for the year 2009 (it is from this budget that the monthly maintenance payments is derived)
- find, vet, and hire a Property Manager (it has been approximately seven months since our last property manager's last day on the job -- our office staff is now down to one person, no cam trained and/or licensed person on staff or on the BOD)
Whatever the rumors, we should all be very grateful for the efforts of all those who volunteer their time, energy, and efforts for the Association and the TAJ community. Serving on the BOD provides no pay, only an ocassional sense of accomplishment, very little gratitude, and often times earns complaints and hard feelings from your neighbors. Thank you, to the BOD members and the committee members for the work that you do.
