Our latest Communication to our esteemed Board of Directors. I guess the idea that someone would not have a car in CA is just too much for them.
July 12, 2005
… Homeowners Association Board of Directors
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Dear Board members:
I just learned of Karen’s recommendation on July 12, 2005, that we be fined for failure to turn in a parking form. This is absurd. I am trying very hard not to take this suggestion as personal harassment and dishonesty. I will try to see it as merely managerial incompetence and a very bad memory.
We have had two interactions with the Association about the parking form. The first was last September when we moved in. We told Karen that we did not have a car and would not have one on the property until the end of this summer. She issued us a sticker, which we have used on the occasional rental car. She told us that there was no point in filling out a form until we had a car of own that we would be parking on the property but that when we moved our car to Pomona and registered it in California we would have to fill one out.
The issue came up again at the May Board meeting, when a representative from the security firm was there to talk about parking issues. My wife, Leda, was present at the meeting and reminded Karen and the Board that we would not have a car at “Partridge Patch Condos” until the end of the summer. Leda says the response was a little vague, but that the answer was that you would be figuring out what should happen in a case like this. Surely the minutes reflect this. No further decision on this portentous issue has been forthcoming.
I have written to Karen and asked her to mail or fax me a form (I am out of state for the summer) if a signed blank form will make her happy.
I also understand that we will be receiving a letter officially asking us to submit a review request for our garage shelves. We have already indicated, verbally and in writing, that we intend to do so. The Board is aware, I hope, that we are both away for the summer (we left a day or two after the inspection by the Board’s visiting committee) and will only be able to submit something when we return in late August.
We feel that we are off to a rocky start with this Board and with Karen, and we sincerely hope that future interactions will not require the assistance of our attorney.
Yours,