We have a couple of saintly people who've been on our board for ~30 years (although one recently stepped down due to failing health). They are the 'rock' members who have records and memories of every dumb decision and discussion (every 5-7 years we get a young one who wants to put in a playground - legal liability, insurance costs, and …
We have a couple of saintly people who've been on our board for ~30 years (although one recently stepped down due to failing health). They are the 'rock' members who have records and memories of every dumb decision and discussion (every 5-7 years we get a young one who wants to put in a playground - legal liability, insurance costs, and maintenance issues make it a big NO, and we have 2 city owned parks with playgrounds within a mile of us). Me and the 2 rocks were the only ones to vote down a proposal to resurface the pool area with a surface that ended up being slick when it was wet, and hotter than blazes when the sun hit it. The silver tongued sales guy's company filed bankruptcy when we took him to court (we weren't the only ones unhappy) and THAT dumb decision ate most of our reserves as we ended up having to tear out the entire pool deck and replace it. Other than that we have maintained a pretty even keel between keeping dues down and taking care of the less sexy maintenance things, thanks in a large part to the legacy members. God bless them - I did 10 years and I burned out - hours and hours of unpaid work and people only pay attention when they get pissed off and want to yell at you over some petty thing. Most have no clue how much work goes into it, especially when you have a very large common area, clubhouse, pool, and tennis courts that all have to be maintained.
We have a couple of saintly people who've been on our board for ~30 years (although one recently stepped down due to failing health). They are the 'rock' members who have records and memories of every dumb decision and discussion (every 5-7 years we get a young one who wants to put in a playground - legal liability, insurance costs, and maintenance issues make it a big NO, and we have 2 city owned parks with playgrounds within a mile of us). Me and the 2 rocks were the only ones to vote down a proposal to resurface the pool area with a surface that ended up being slick when it was wet, and hotter than blazes when the sun hit it. The silver tongued sales guy's company filed bankruptcy when we took him to court (we weren't the only ones unhappy) and THAT dumb decision ate most of our reserves as we ended up having to tear out the entire pool deck and replace it. Other than that we have maintained a pretty even keel between keeping dues down and taking care of the less sexy maintenance things, thanks in a large part to the legacy members. God bless them - I did 10 years and I burned out - hours and hours of unpaid work and people only pay attention when they get pissed off and want to yell at you over some petty thing. Most have no clue how much work goes into it, especially when you have a very large common area, clubhouse, pool, and tennis courts that all have to be maintained.