CONDO PRESIDENT

On Sunday, the members of my condo association met for their annual meeting and voted for me as this year’s President. Of course, most people would probably consider this an honor, but in all fairness, I have to admit no one else wanted the job! But let me explain. When I first moved into my condo 30 years ago, I participated in the condo meetings regularly and even held the position of secretary for a couple years. But after that I become involved in other activities and didn’t attend another meeting, until 2002, seven and one half years ago

In July of that year, the President called a special meeting to vote on a new insurance company for our Association. However, because I had serious reservations about the proposed company, I decided to attend the meeting. There was such dissension during the discussion both the President and Vice President quit. And since I spoke out so vehemently at the meeting, the other members decided to nominate and vote for me to replace the Vice President. Prior to the meeting, I had no intention of taking an active role again in the Association. But Vice President’s usually have few responsibilities, so I consented.

Unfortunately, two months later the new President quit and there I was – the third President of our Association in one year. Oh well, I was retired, had the time, and the secretary and treasurer were both competent and well respected members who were easy to work with. In fact, I found that I enjoyed the job. Our condo association contains only 19 members and I decided to collect each owner’s email address to conduct as much business as possible on the computer. This decision has helped simplify my responsibilities immensely. And so when no one else volunteered for the job, I agreed to continue and remain as the president for the eighth year.

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