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Holiday Decorations – Ho, Ho, Ho or Bah Humbug?

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

When adopting these types of rules you must examine the association’s governing documents to determine if the time frames required for notice of the meeting exceed the requirements in the Florida Statutes. Before adopting these types of rules, it may be best to survey the community to get a sense of what the owners would favor.

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Report: Meeting Planners Anticipate Attendance Increase

Associations Now

Meeting planners are troubled by escalating costs but remain optimistic about growing attendance in the coming years, according to a new survey. We got a lot of comments around F&B in the survey,” said Future Partners president and CEO Erin Francis-Cummings.

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Time to get in the game. There’s a game being played?

YourMembership

Although unemployment rates are trending downward in most major metro areas, the recent JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed there were 4 million job openings in the US at the end of January 2014. This leads me back to the survey response regarding opportunities to help members.

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High alert: Building safety concerns rise following Surfside condo collapse

Ungrated

Amid the heightened sense of alarm immediately following the tragedy, at least two residential structures in Florida were evacuated over building safety concerns, including a 156-unit condominium in North Miami with a history of code violations. Shockwaves registered elsewhere in the U.S., In Marina del Rey, Calif.,

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Pet Rules: Creating fair and reasonable rules fur better or worse

Ungrated

According to the most recent American Pet Products Association National Pet Owners Survey, 70% of U.S. Along with pet rules, setting up pet registries can help enforce rules, says Graham, the Florida manager. households own a pet. Finally, Graham believes promoting communities as “pet friendly” or “pet free” should be avoided.

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Disaster preparations: Hurricanes Hilary and Idalia remind communities to be ready

Ungrated

from wildfires in Maui to a tropical storm in Southern California and a hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend. While the southeast surveys damage from Hurricane Idalia this week, the wide-ranging disasters should remind community association leaders to evaluate their disaster preparations. >>September is national preparedness month.

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Ready to respond: Preparing your community for a natural disaster

Ungrated

Hurricane Elsa, the earliest forming fifth named Atlantic storm on record , made landfall in Florida last week before impacting Georgia, South Carolina and many Northeastern states. Post-storm grounds survey and cleanup . Tasks that residents should complete before they evacuate . Pre-storm and post-storm communications .