Here is their response. Very cold and impersonal with no attempt to be inviting, warm, or understanding. And as far as I know, it's next to impossible to change to bi-laws, so even if the board was asked nicely to give us all more advanced notice of the annual meeting, I could see them rejecting that idea-as they have this year. I don't mean to overreact, but it just seems that there is so little attempt to create a relationship between the board, Kappes Miller, and the tenants. They seem to promote the cold/keep at a distance/us vs you vibe. YUCK.
Please be advised that the notice of the upcoming Annual Meeting, scheduled for October 21st, along with relevant annual meeting information, was mailed to all Sutton Place Owners this past Friday, October 1st. Please also note that although the Sutton Place By-laws require that such notice be distributed to all owners not less than 10 days in advance of the scheduled date of meeting; the Board, desiring to provide owners even further advance notice of the meeting, directed management to prepare and mail the notice, sooner than that required.
Sincerely,
Mike Gordon, CMCA®, PCAM®
Community Association Manager
Unfortunately some of us have prior commitments that prevent us from attending the annual meeting. I think it's necessary to mobilize in some capacity so that critical agenda items get discussed.
ReplyDeleteAs I look through the minutes of last year's annual meeting which was mailed to us, I notice that they acknowledge that owners want more reporting, but have not addressed this whatsoever when they've had a year's time to do this.
This is a huge problem. How many of us knew about the renovations that were happening more than a week before it started? Were we consulted about the kind of renovations that were to take place? By law, the board does not have to consult the owners when renovation involves just replacement of existing fixtures, but the board spent money on things more than replacement: those obscenely expensive silk plants, and the questionable artwork on the walls.
Also, there are 4 board positions to be filled. Can we strategically try to place someone who cares about our agenda items? This is difficult because David holds an exceedingly large amounts of proxy votes. I believe this is also a huge conflict of interest.
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