[Elecraft] HOA Crap

[Phil Kane]

On 6/28/2021 12:27 PM, Jerry wrote:

>     The secret?  The Board has the power to approve pretty much 
> anything, regardless of the CC&Rs.  And I'm on the Board.  I'm also on 
> the architecture commmittee.
> 
>    When I moved here in 2011, there was no HOA.  But it was in the 
> deed.  When the HOA was formed, I ran for the Board, got elected ( not 
> much competition ), and made d*mn sure I was on the architecture committee.

That's where I was when we moved into a brand-new condo in California 
in1988.  At the time the "Board" was the developer, and I scored a 
meeting with their VP-engineering.  Spoke to him engineer-to-engineer 
and got approval for several VHF/UHF antennas on the roof.  When the 
Board was turned over to the owners I made sure that I was on the new 
Board and I drafted a Memorandum of Ratification that covered more 
antennas including a long wire with secured access to the roof.  The 
other two Board members were too dumb to do anything but approve it. 
Even after I was off the Board in a power play the antennas stayed there 
until we moved in 1999.  Note - I have no intention of serving on a 
Condo or HOA Board again even for a sack of gold.....


73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

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