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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Policing the Board]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/454/1/QampA-Policing-the-Board/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Who checks up on the board? Does the board police themselves from within, or is
 it the managing agent that checks up on their actions? If the board makes a
 mistake, will the shareholders be notified? In what way is a board accountable
 to the shareholders?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (C. Jaye Berger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:05:23 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: New Management Troubles]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/453/1/QampA-New-Management-Troubles/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ In years past, condo unit owners were given copies of the minutes of the annual
 meeting. A new management company was engaged and this practice stopped. Now,
 when I have requested the minutes of the annual meeting, I have been told that
 these minutes are not given out to unit owners anymore. Additionally, I was
 told that I could go to the management office and &#8220;view&#8221; them. I believe that I, a unit owner, am entitled to a copy of the minutes of
 the annual meeting. Every owner, I believe, should have copies of these
 minutes, as before. Is there a law governing this? ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Stephen B. Kotzas)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:58:24 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Unfair Election Suspected]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/452/1/QampA-Unfair-Election-Suspected/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[One of our board members has been president for many years. She runs the
 building on a unilateral basis, giving out very little information about the
 business of the condo. Unit owners have little influence because she is elected
 by the board, not by unit owners. When it comes to elections, she controls
 them. Our accounting firm runs the election. After the ballots are cast, the
 president (who is also one of the candidates) takes all of the ballots and
 mails them to the accounting firm. Is that fair? The accounting firm counts the
 votes, and I&#8217;m sure they do it in an honorable way, but what if the ballots have already been
 manipulated by the president? We want to get a fair count. Who should we go to
 to deal with this?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hubert C. Cutolo, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:56:14 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The Down-Low on D&amp;O]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/325/1/The-Down-Low-on-DampO/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Members of co-op, condo and HOA boards often give a great deal of their personal time to make decisions in the best interest of their association, cooperative or condo community. These volunteers are charged with protecting the community they live in, as well as their own and fellow residents' investments. But as hard as they work, board members are human, of course&#8212;and it's almost inevitable that they will make mistakes from time to time. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Stephanie Mannino)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:31:27 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Solar Powering Your Building]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/331/1/Solar-Powering-Your-Building/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Sobering studies have recently been published by organizations like the International Energy Association and the National Petroleum Council suggesting that the planet's supply of traditional energy sources may not meet demand by as soon as 2015. That alone is alarming enough&#8212;but add the fact that utility rates are continuing their rapid ascent to record levels, and it would seem an emergency is on the way. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (George Engelbrecht)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:07:10 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[A Helping Hand for HOAs]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/330/1/A-Helping-Hand-for-HOAs/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Running a successful co-op or condo&#8212;whether you're a shareholder or a manager&#8212;requires a lot of outside help. There are landscapers to contract, attorneys to query, owners to deal with and hundreds of other tasks each day that require informed decision-making and input from other sources. When faced with the challenge of meeting all the needs of your housing organization, it certainly would be nice to have a host of resources in just one place. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Mary K. Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:02:39 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Maintaining Communication with Residents]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/329/1/Maintaining-Communication-with-Residents/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[When Bob Madison, a unit owner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, tried to contact a board member to talk to them about an ongoing problem he had in the building, he was told "board members don't give out their e-mail addresses." He was told the same thing when he asked about their phone numbers. He was forced to contact the building manager for board matters, and then wait for a response. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:59:05 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Rambo at the Reigns]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/328/1/Rambo-at-the-Reigns/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The homeowners association is, in theory if not always in practice, democracy in action. Once elected via popular vote by the members of the association, the board members&#8212;again, in theory, if not always in practice&#8212;represent the organization as a whole. As representatives, they make their own interests subordinate to those of the community. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:53:47 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Knowing Your Governing Documents]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/327/1/Knowing-Your-Governing-Documents/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Whenever an HOA resident has a burning question about policy, rules or procedure in their association community, chances are the answer doesn't lie in some obscure legal document or under lock and key somewhere in the depths of the association's management office. Chances are it's right there in the association's governing documents&#8212;but what are those exactly, and who has access to them? ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:50:49 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Defusing Disagreements]]></title>
					  <link>http://njcooperator.com/articles/326/1/Defusing-Disagreements/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[All too often, a disagreement between neighbors, or between a board and a resident, goes from minor to heated to nasty&#8212;and then turns litigious. Our culture seems all too ready to sue at the drop of a hat, but lawsuits are not only expensive and time-consuming; they can poison the atmosphere of previously harmonious association communities. One way to avoid the swamp of litigation is to use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to solve differences between parties. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Denton Tarver)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:46:41 EDT</pubDate>
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