Quote:
Originally Posted by mykalberta
From someone who went to board meetings - even though they were held at 4pm so it was rare that anyone who actually worked for a living could attend. For the condo I was in an assessment like that would have required 6 month notice.
The biggest reason to go is to combat the "Nanny-gang" element that alot of condo boards face or are corrupted by. Example - they want to burn incense in the lobby so it smells nice, or they want to plant flowers in the front because they look nice. All of this stuff can be done by the board if you aren there to fight it. All of this stuff and more stuff that is just to assinine to mention here costs money which the condo board (at least the condo board who ran my building) seemed to think there was an unlimited amount of.
Oh and a note - dont dare suggest of even garner the votes to pass a motion to remove the gym from the building because repairs have amounted to over 30K in 5 years. The whale on the board who uses and breaks the treadmill will become your enemy for life.
|
Enough with blanket statements that "a lot of boards are like this".
Sadly some things have to look nice. Just like in your house you spruce things up, make decisions to pretty things up that average people might not like, how much can incense or flowers in the front (really, you don't want flowers in front of your building?). Yeah, incense might be a bit lame/much, but it's not going to break the bank, but you want to fight it? Just like the board picking what they spend their time on owners need to pick their battles. Forget the flowers and keep on the gym item. It's a valid one. Also remember that the board splits duties. Someone who takes minutes and can't do much else might be on the "pretty committee" and their job is to do little things with a small $250 annual budget to make thinks look nice. At least someone care's enough to think of making entering the building a nice experience.
As for the gym, valid concern and one that actually involves real money. And some people have just as much right to keep it as those who want it gone. But, good luck as I'd probably be against the space needing constant money dumped into it vs. more time spent on preventative maintenance. That said, I'd probably have bought thinking "great a gym" and it helped sell the place, but then never used it and kept my gym pass
