The Tuesday fishing trip did not go so well. I will long remember this trip. The fog was so thick that I could not see any part of either pier from the back door of the condo, but we tried to go out anyway hoping the fog would not last too long. That was not the case. We tried from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 3:00 to 5:30 and fought the fog all the way. At times it was hard to see each other on the boat. After all this trouble we did not get even a single bite. We made it all the way to Long Reef during small breaks in the fog, but no luck. The water temperature was 52 degrees and the air temperature was near 60 degrees. Thus, we had fog at the water level that did not lift. There was little fog over the land areas because the land had warmed and water vapor was not present.
I mentioned earlier this week that we had dinner at Cheryl's on the Bay. Cheryl told us then about a movie that was filmed in Rockport in 1985 and featured many local scenes. I had never heard of it. I checked on the web and sure enough, Alamo Bay was the movie. I plan to rent a copy and check it out.
Rob is finishing a closet that he is adding to condo 711 that is just like the one added in 710. They are almost finished.
I still have received no minutes from the owners' meeting last month. Karra told the owners that we would get them within thirty days. I hope this year will not be business as usual for the board.
A friend called about condos still for sale. He was told that condos 301, 302, and 303 are available for $249,000 to $219,000. These were originally listed for sale and then withdrawn. Rob purchased 303 recently, but I guess it is now on the market again.
J.R. told me that he is officially our Phase I property manager. His long time employee, Martin, will be doing HOA work on the Phase I and Phase II, but will keep separate time cards for his work on each project. He said he feels that at this time of year a minimum amount of time needs to be spent on HOA work and this will save us some money. I suggested we might need to cancel our Workman's Compensation insurance policy that we now carry until we again have our own employee.
I went by Johnson and Cate yesterday to look at the invoices for November. I flagged five for review by our committee and the board. We now have over 90 bills in question. It is so disappointing to see our HOA dues being spent on other properties and inside repair items. I hope the board will give our committee report serious consideration.
The item that bothered me the most was a check that was paid to Commercial Insurance Solutions for a condo that is titled to a member of the Crowley family. The check was written on November 12th. At the owners meeting on the 8th, eight owners were identified as not having paid their insurance bill and therefore they could not vote. As it turned out some of that data was false, but the name missing from the list was that of the Crowley family member whose bill was paid by the HOA on the 12th. This is a clear indication of an attempt at collusion by the board to skew the voting opportunities. I'm not sure why this was necessary since no close votes were taken at the meeting. I guess some item the board expected to be contentious did not materialize.
I mentioned earlier this week that we had dinner at Cheryl's on the Bay. Cheryl told us then about a movie that was filmed in Rockport in 1985 and featured many local scenes. I had never heard of it. I checked on the web and sure enough, Alamo Bay was the movie. I plan to rent a copy and check it out.
Rob is finishing a closet that he is adding to condo 711 that is just like the one added in 710. They are almost finished.
I still have received no minutes from the owners' meeting last month. Karra told the owners that we would get them within thirty days. I hope this year will not be business as usual for the board.
A friend called about condos still for sale. He was told that condos 301, 302, and 303 are available for $249,000 to $219,000. These were originally listed for sale and then withdrawn. Rob purchased 303 recently, but I guess it is now on the market again.
J.R. told me that he is officially our Phase I property manager. His long time employee, Martin, will be doing HOA work on the Phase I and Phase II, but will keep separate time cards for his work on each project. He said he feels that at this time of year a minimum amount of time needs to be spent on HOA work and this will save us some money. I suggested we might need to cancel our Workman's Compensation insurance policy that we now carry until we again have our own employee.
I went by Johnson and Cate yesterday to look at the invoices for November. I flagged five for review by our committee and the board. We now have over 90 bills in question. It is so disappointing to see our HOA dues being spent on other properties and inside repair items. I hope the board will give our committee report serious consideration.
The item that bothered me the most was a check that was paid to Commercial Insurance Solutions for a condo that is titled to a member of the Crowley family. The check was written on November 12th. At the owners meeting on the 8th, eight owners were identified as not having paid their insurance bill and therefore they could not vote. As it turned out some of that data was false, but the name missing from the list was that of the Crowley family member whose bill was paid by the HOA on the 12th. This is a clear indication of an attempt at collusion by the board to skew the voting opportunities. I'm not sure why this was necessary since no close votes were taken at the meeting. I guess some item the board expected to be contentious did not materialize.
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