You will be reading my resume in the Klamagram which should be exactly what has been printed in this Blog. What you will not read is my Campaign Statement because the present Board will not allow any candidate to include any type of comment regarding their viewpoints. For those of my fellow voting members, who perhaps want to know how this candidate evaluates the present conditions with perhaps a few questions for future thought, please read my unrestricted/uncensored statement. It is far longer than what I would have submitted had I been able to make even the smallest comment in my resume. This will give you an opportunity to know me prior to voting.
My Owners Association life in KRCE began in 1996. During the first half of a Board meeting of ruckus and screaming my husband and I walked out and just about decided never to attend another such fiasco. Then the Membership annual meeting was scheduled and we decided to give it one more try. People were again very agitated however, it wasn’t until a current member of the Board excused himself to go and help count votes, we said something is terrible wrong with this Board. That man is running again for a seat on the Board and he is counting votes?
We became involved…not totally at first, as one or two meetings gave pause of wonderment to the structural being of the Board. The total puzzlement of faces of each Board member staring at a voice coming from a black speaker and the attending members chaotic responses that had the ability to rupture one eardrums made us doubt if it were worth while. However, little by little with bits of information did we begin to realize the enormity of gross Board negligence.
Let me pause to say we live on a dirt road. It was not until we attended a road committee meeting, where we informed that what was purported to be a Single Family subdivision was indeed a Raw Land subdivision, we did sit up and take notice. To the average person, without a real estate background, the raw land designation means nothing and I am not going to get into logistics at this time other than say no way are the two classifications similar other than they both relate to land. It was wrong that such reclassification action happened for the sake of a greedy developer. It remains wrong today. Were you asked if you minded if your subdivision was down graded and reclassified? Did the developer, Klamath River Development Co., (aka KRDco.) ask the Membership if it was ok to strip you the continuity in your purchase?
The reclassification compromised our Articles of Incorporation also Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions the very essence of our Association. I don’t know about you but this does not set well with me. If voted as a possible Board member I would be in favor to reexamine the viability of even continuing to be an Association.
The Dissolution of Association committee’s report made to the Membership via Klamagram, by the present Board, lacked the four pages of needed information that was given orally at a Board meeting. This information would have been vital in allowing each and every Member an informed decision.
Here are few questions one should ask oneself:
How will the lack of an Association affect me?
Will I mind not paying the ever increasing dues each year?
How much will it cost me to meet the up-coming State mandated reserve fund requirement?
Can the Association lien my property if I can not pay the mandated reserve fund requirement?
Will the Association ever be finished bringing laws suits against people?
What will happen if the Association losses the on going legal matters?
Do I as a Member need to be worried if there are not sufficient funds to pay a legal loss?
Is it necessary for an Association to belong to a CID?
What will happen to all the dirt roads in the subdivision if there is no Association?
What happens to the CC&Rs if there is no Association?
Who enforces the CC&Rs?
What is the function of the Board?
Can we get our original subdivision classification back?
Will my property value decrease if there is no Association?
When do I get a say in the thousands of Membership dollars spent in legal fees?
Why does the Association need two Attorneys?
What happens if the Association bankrupts?
Tell me again…. What are the good things about belonging to an Association?
Many of the above questions were answered in the written report which was orally presented to the active Board, you read what was in the Klamagram…. Are you satisfied all is well?
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