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I read the board meeting minutes and am not familiar with the CCLA. Concerned Citizens of Lake Adventure? What is their purpose? A Big Brother type group that gets budget money? They have a lawyer? Are they elected or a self appointed vigilante group? Seems to be some animosity between the BOD and CCLA. If they are a community help group why aren't owners going to them with problems on a regular basis instead of waiting for a board meeting and turning it into a gripe session of personal problems? I guess I was expecting the board meeting to discuss some higher level community projects like the new 12' wide attorney, what type of time line and milestones were set for her performance and how often we would be notified of her progress. Or maybe what is the status of abandon lots or who we might contact as community manager in the interim (I believe Joe Birell is acting manager). It may have been discussed at the meeting but if you can't make the meeting the published board minutes are what you rely on.

anon-- i don't know what the status of ccla or what is the focus of their concerns -- i gather by the mid july bod meeting that few bod members have any interaction with this group so i can't figure out what the group is trying to accomplish if they don't talk to anyone except themselves-- i think the usual problem with this type of group is that they have no focus and aren't able to come to a consensus among themselves as how to prioritize their efforts and set goals so they can effect change--

it is never good for an association when members feel they have to resort to forming opposition groups to effect change in the operations of the association or to get information about the association that they feel is not available through normal means -- it also can be a result of the la management and bod not operating with transparency in all functions and not getting the members in on the ground floor when they make decisions that adversely effect the members dues or the finances of the association -- remember all things are about money-- no doubt about it!

the new manager will need to try to engage this group and work to alleviate their concerns -- this can only be done by inviting everyone to come and sit down and talk between bod meetings and work out some of this distrust that is setting in the psych of the community--

the bod meeting should be used to highlight of the important issues facing la --not a gripe session -- these gripes should be handled by the manager-- issues of importance that should be covered by the open bod meeting are the 12' wide issue, the lateral replacement progress, the progress in upgrades in electrics, the compliance with the der regs, the financial condition of the association with a review of the accounts in default (this is a sure sign of the financial health of the community), the steps taken to counter a rise in defaults and a decrease in receivables, what actions will be necessary to do if the financial condition of the community deteriorates (under the current economic conditions this may come roaring to the forefront very quickly)-- in all cases stated above their should be measurable marks to track the progress or failure of each function--there doesn't seem to be any accounting on most of these issues and the answers at the bod are rather generic and have little to no authenticity to them

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