Management Replies to My Email....Sept 2, 2010

Reply from the Managment Company:

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There is an ongoing issue with the webmaster and the 

Oella website. This is what caused the delay in posting 

the minutes, among other items. May,June,and July's 

minutes are now posted to the website. The August minutes 

will not be posted until they have been approved by the Board.

 

The Board of Directors of any HOA is not required to post 

information on a website. In fact, the Board of any HOA is 

not required to have a website. The Oella HOA goes above 

and beyond what is required in an effort to keep the 

membership informed. Any member that is truly interest, 

as you are, need only contact this office.

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My reply email:

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I appreciate your reply and explanation, however, over 

the last several months the Oella HOA website has been 

updated by (name removed) on a number of occasions

for postings, so I find it hard to believe that such problems

were encountered only when posting the minutes.  

Funny how all those alleged web site problems magically 

cleared themselves up yesterday and the minutes appeared 

within hours of receipt of my email request.  Interesting 

how problems you described suddenly resolved themselves. 

I guess my email was more powerful than I imagined.

 

 

Minutes Magically Appear...but only after a Formal Written Request Was Made

Funny how the May/June/July Oella Board Minutes suddenly
appeared on the hoa website late last night....but only after
I sent an email request to see them. Ask yourself why
posting board minutes is such a difficult task? 

Ask yourself why the board would delay for months association
information that the community has a right
to see in a timely manner?  If the board members are too
busy then one might think the $25k/year management
company might be able to assist the board in this difficult
task.  Why does a member have to write to the board to
get information from meetings held months ago. I emailed
the board my request on Sept 1, 2010 8:13am and
magically the minutes were posted Wednesday,
September 01, 2010 10:12:01 PM.  I asked the
board for an explaination for the months of delay
for them to providing HOA information to it
membership, but have yet to receive any. Will
I even get the courtesy of a reply to my board
correspondence? I strongly suggest you read
the May/June/July minutes, many of the issues
talked about in the minutes are very disturbing
to me. 

September 1, 2010...Still No May/June/July/August 2010 Board Meeting Minutes Posted

Someone please tell me why the Oella HOA Board of
Directors is not posting HOA Board meeting minutes for
May/June/July/August Board of Directors meetings?

As a member of this HOA I find this very disturbing. In
my opinion the Board has a duty to keep the HOA informed
and to present to the membership a TIMELY accounting
of all the association's state-of-affairs. Failure to provide
this accounting indicates their lack of committment to the
HOA membership. Perhaps the Board members should
consider resigning their positions. 

Posted Today at 10am on the Oella HOA Website

With little details to this "tentative" agenda I wonder if the membership
can determine what will actually be talked about?  Still no minutes from 
May or June 2010.  Maybe more timely communications should be 
an agenda item?  Just my opinion.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Tentative Oella HOA Meeting Agenda - Monday, August 16th at 7pm

1. Call to Order – 7:00pm
   
2. Meeting Minutes – Discuss/Revise/Approve
   
3. Treasurer’s Report
   
4. ARC Update
   
5. HOA Landscaping & Common Areas
   
6. Guidelines Committee update
   
7. Board Action Items from Management Report
   
8. Old Business
   
9. New Business
   
10. Questions and comments from residents
    
11. Move to Adjourn

Posted by Oella HOA News and Events at 10:05 AM

Aug 15....No Agenda for Aug 16th Mtg & Still No Minutes from May or June 2010

Here we are again, one day before the scheduled Oella Homeowners
Board of Directors Meeting (Aug 16, 2010) and still no agenda.
I ask again, is this the way to promote homeowner participation?
How can members decide if they wish to attend the meeting if
they are not given adequate time to see at least a preliminary
agenda?

Where are the TWO prior months Oella HOA Board meeting
minutes?  Why has the Board still not posted  May or June
2010 minutes??  How many more months will pass before
they are made public? Does the membership have a right to
receive timely information?

Oh I almost forgot that we have seen recent posts on
the Oella HOA official site about important
issues of Bulb Sales and about upgrading of bike trails...
I guess their priorities are different than mine??

Two Full Months Since May 2010 and still no Board Meeting minutes posted?

Here it is August 1, 2010 and the May and June 2010
Oella Homeowners Association Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes are still not available to the Oella
HOA membership.  Can anyone explain?
If the volunteers are too busy then why hasn't the management
company been tasked to post the minutes?
How come it appears I am the only member of
this association that finds this strange, especially
since in the past some Board members have openly
complained of the lack of community participation.
Keeping the community informed is step number
one, in my opinion.  If you don't keep people 
informed they are very unlikely to participate. 
Just my opinion.

Still No Oella Board of Directors Minutes Posted for May/June 2010

Today is July21, 2010.  No Oella Board of Directors minutes posted for
May & June 2010 meeting.  What could possibly be the hold up?
This is no way to stimulate membership involvement when information
that took place months ago is not conveyed in a timely manner.