On Saturday April 3, a few of us gathered at the community center to hear from the candidates for four directorship’s on the new association board. The priorities of each of the candidates soon became clear. The time to argue priorities has passed for the current marked difference of opinion will remain after the election. However, amidst all the questioning, one question never got asked. The omission is startling.
What percentage of association members are not currently paying their membership annual dues? What percentage of properties are in arrears with the association? A parallel question would be, over the last two years, how many of these uncollected obligations were written off by our board? The answer to these questions would go a long way to deciding the direction of the associations spending habits. Are we in a financial crisis? If there is a collection problem, we are in a crisis and the board should act accordingly by aggressively cutting costs.
Possibly, this question was the elephant in the room.
g. goslaw
ggoslaw@gmail.com
