01-13-2017, 06:46 PM
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Originally posted by mermaid53
Aloha Morgan
I appreciated your post. You have some interesting ideas and suggestions.. the Bylaw Committee already considered an oversight committee back in early 2015, and came up w/language for it...but we realized that w/an arrogant bylaw breaking board, they'd just disregard this "oversight" committee. Or what would happen if there was a stand off? So BLC canned the idea. # 3, the BLC already talked about tougher requirements for reps. Being that HPP's a multi million $ corp, we need more protection. We could get a criminal w/their hands in the cookie jar, someone involved in a lawsuit elsewhere, or a sociopath reeking havoc for 3-6 yrs. Those that don't mean us well will assess these weaknesses in our system and use them. There's no accountability w/volunteers so that makes HPP very vulnerable.
We have conflict of interest issues w/reps, and ofc staff who are lot owners. Would hiring a mgmt company eliminate a lot of these issues? # 4 used to be handled with a board policy that was rescinded so there's nothing in place today to prevent reps from using the staff as assistants. The structure has changed quite a bit since you worked for HPP. #5 is already on BLC's radar.
Thanks for your thoughts and well wishes. You are welcome to attend a BLC mtg to discuss some of your ideas further.
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I forgot to add another suggestion.....next time the Bylaws are amended, consider having them recorded by the Bureau of Conveyances. That way any Title Company, Mortgage Company, Realtor or anyone else doing their "due diligence" regarding the transfer of a property, will see the HPP Bylaws and won't be able to claim ignorance about road fees and other issues. Recordation is pretty inexpensive...unless they raised the rate. $26 for the first 4 pages and $1 per page after that. But if that's of interest, someone could call or check their website for verification.
http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/boc/recording-fees/