Boy there is a lot of stuff to read when you decide on a new interest, but it’s kind of like a mystery and you get wrapped up in it. When I was younger I would research a little and assume the rest . . . well now that I’m older and wiser I know too well what assume does! These days with my extensive maturity, it seems I tend to take the detective approach, once I find a little information I go on a quest to find out all I can. I need the facts! So, after I finished the CCOC training and then the bylaws, I realized I had to read the Maryland Condominium Act (MCA), which lies in the middle of the Maryland Code. It has much more legal wording than the user friendly CCOC training, but I’ve worked in a law firm for more years that I care to mention so it was not too difficult, and what a plethora of information.
The MCA gives very specific information regarding open and closed meetings, notices, common areas, rules and regulations, fines, the budget, distribution of written information, insurance coverage, books and records, voting, proxies and many other issues. All these regulations, if different than the bylaws, can override the bylaws that were established by the developer. Of course, that’s not all, there’s also the CCOC Resource Guide and the Maryland Homeowners Association Act, and they have additional information too!
In the next few posts l will breakdown areas covered in the Bylaws, MCA and CCOC and we’ll see how things are supposed to go!
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Well, now that you are so well informed, and work for a legal firm, why didn’t you have any comments on the rules and regulations when they went out? You didn’t contribute to them being written and yet you didn’t vote to approve them either. I am very disappointed that you haven’t used your expertise to help the board in any way. From all of your blogs, you seem to have very little regard for any of the other board members. There are two sides to every issue; you only seem interested in your view.
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My, you are really on the attack of this blogger! I’m not really sure where you get your information, but I did have many comments about the rules and regulations. Further, I did contribute to some of them being written, and could have contributed more if asked. As you should know, as a former member of the board, majority rules. I did not agree with all of the rules, and therefore I voted against them as a whole.
Agreeably there are two sides to every issue, I don’t use sides on this blog. I write this blog about my experience as a board member. I don’t quite understand why you feel this blog has indicated my regard for board members at all. I’m glad you took the time to read my blogging, it’s too bad that it gave you a feeling that I was implying any views about my fellow board members one way or the other. This blog is about me!
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