The AGM is set for January 26th, 2008. Nominations for candidates to the Board of Directors must be received by the Front Desk by November 15th. A copy of the original email from the Manager was posted on this blog on October 12th. I would like to think that Coral Beach Hotel's legal counsel will provide clear guidance and inform us of the required documentation to ensure the acceptance of nominations by the Nominating Commitee. Having had no direct information from that committee (or even knowing who they are), as it stands right now, the only information Owners have, emanating via the Manager's Office, is the requirement for a resume and a picture. You will recall that last year various other requirements were introduced (such as obtaining Immigration clearance) that resulted in some applications being rejected by the Nominating Committee.
As I have said before, and it bears repeating, Coral Beach Hotel is in need of Owners to allow their names to go forward as potential Directors at the next AGM. Unless Owners are prepared to step up and put their names forward, the existing Board will be re-elected en masse and this is just what they are already anticpiating will happen.
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NOMINATIONS PROCESS
The following is required:
1. Nomination note from an owner
2. a Second from a different owner
3. A note of acceptance preferrably in the form of a brief resume
4. optional, but recommended, a recent photo of the candidate.
Below is a quote from the Governance Report pertaining to nominees for the Board:
"Nominees for election to the Board should be chosen for their skills, integrity and reputation. The Company believes that a diversity of views and experience enhances the Board as a whole to fulfill its responsibilities to the Company."
Ted Mulvihill
October 31, 2007
From the Sun-Sentinel newspaper
"Davie condo official charged with stealing $200,000
Police said Tuesday they arrested a condo association's treasurer on charges of stealing more than $200,000 from the association by using a dead man's signature to deposit bogus checks into a bank account."
Come on people! How much more is it going to take before we collectively stand up and get rid of these thugs?
Where is Rick, Jacques, Lorna, Jerry & Marie? Hiding behind Bruno and Phil like good little troops.
Former BOD members threatened to resign. We VOTED those people in.
Allegations of attempts to purchase property without our knowledge or approval.
Bruno's wife doing the accounts! Is she now on the BOD too?
Bruno caught working without a permit and thrown off the island.
Phil's continued mistakes with the terrace roofs. Ignoring serious maintenance complaints. And now the bankruptcy! No wonder we've never seen a budget and have no idea what's left in the bank.
Misuse of company property. Whatelse has been misused? Funds? Bond? Power?
No Minutes, no P&L, nothing until there's a problem. Then a lengthy letter from the "President" offering some concocted explanation.
Singling out owners who disagree with their terrorist tactics, imposing excessive fines and penalties "until a next board is elected".
Lies, deceit, inappropriate actions, bullying, incompetence - the list goes on and on.
If WE elect them again - we deserve what we get!
Man, 83, pleads guilty in $1.4 million condo kickback scheme
A former condominium president, accused of helping bilk millions from property owners, has pleaded guilty.
Posted on Thu, Nov. 01, 2007
BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ
dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com
Joseph Greenberg was one of four men accused earlier this year of partaking in a condo kickback scheme.
The first man charged in a $1.4 million condominium kickback scandal has become the first to end his criminal case, pleading guilty to organized fraud.
Joseph Greenberg, 83, was one of four men accused earlier this year of partaking in a scheme in which the condo board approved inflated estimates for work at the building and a contractor would kick back the extra money to Greenberg and the other two.
Investigators estimate the group bilked $1.4 million over several years from residents of Parker Plaza Estates, 2030 S. Ocean Dr. in Hallandale Beach.
On Friday, Greenberg pleaded guilty to one charge of organized fraud, said his lawyer, Scott Saul. A charge of illegal banking deposits was dropped, Saul said.
The other three men charged -- contractor Ira Silver, 62, condo manager Robert Hittner, 59, and property supervisor Angel Ramos, 78 -- are moving ahead with their cases and have a hearing set for Dec. 20.
Saul said his client was an old man who would rather cooperate with authorities than age in jail.
''He's 83. He doesn't want to die in jail. He made a payment to guarantee what his future would be,'' Saul said. ``You can't take it with you.''
Greenberg agreed to pay $250,000 to Parker Plaza and turned over ownership of his condo there to the association, although he is allowed to live there as long as he wants, Saul said.
The $250,000 was an arbitrary amount, Saul said, because of the difficulty determining exactly how much money each man pocketed.
''The money he had in savings. He saved it for a rainy day,'' Saul said. ``It was pouring last Friday.''
Greenberg also will serve seven years of probation, but he will be allowed to travel and won't have scheduled visits with a probation officer, Saul said.
Greenberg hasn't formally agreed to be a prosecution witness, Saul said, but he could be called to testify.
Greenberg, a retiree from Canada, was president of the 520-unit building until he was voted out of office, along with his other board members, in February 2006. Hittner was the condo manager, and Ramos was the property supervisor.
Silver was the contractor who would collect the money for work, cash the checks and give some back.
State Rep. Julio Robaina, who has fought for more protection of property owners in associations, heralded the guilty plea, especially that Greenberg had agreed to pay back money.
''That's a great thing that there's restitution,'' the South Miami Republican said. ``No one wants an 80-something to go to jail.''
The conviction, he added, ''makes me feel good about what we are doing'' to teach local police agencies to look for community association fraud.
``It proves that no one is going to get off the hook. For me, this is a victory for everyone that lives in condos.''
Added Democratic state Rep. Joe Gibbons, whose district includes Parker Plaza: ``That is justice.''
But Jan Bergemann, founder of the condo crime website Cyber Citizens for Justice, decried what he considered too lenient a sentence, even if Greenberg was elderly.
''First of all, at Parker Plaza, they estimate $1.4 million was stolen,'' he said. ``Now if he pays a quarter of a million, who pays the rest? Then he gets off scot-free? Without jail time? He committed crimes when he was 79 so why shouldn't he go to jail in his 80s? I think it is absolutely a slap in the wrist."
Maybe TDennison will have fewe minutes for CB owners' concerns now...
"Divore Sale" When: 25 October - 27 October, 2007 at 8pm
Where: Regency Theatre, Grand Bahama
Written by Linda Stockham and directed by Tiffany Dennison, "Divore Sale" follows a soon-to-be divorcee that holds a garage sale with help from her neighbours.
The Nomination Process is of course very important, but has anyone thought about the counting process?
Not to say deragatory things about the actual counters, but as IBM always said, 'Garbage in garbage out!' That means if you don't find some way to protect the voting process or verify the signatures on proxies, how can you believe the results??
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