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June 2009
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Psssst - Do not tell anyone, Coto Elections are Held Today!
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05/28/2009 11:30 AM
The good news is that the email message below was sent out May 21 and again May 26 reminding CZ Master association delegates and alternates of today's board election.
There are a couple of major issues. a) What happened to Candidate's Night and b) How were delegates and alternates informed they had in fact been elected delegates? In other words, am I a delegate or an alternate, or none of the above?
Perhaps the information is on the association’s website, you think? – tried that yesterday - did not work. The CZ Master association in its infinite wisdom, has just unveiled the fourth website in five years. Yes, that is right - the fourth one!
So we sent the message below to Xochitl Yocham, CZ Master association president, and Vinnie Davis, CZ general manager, about the rationale for investing in one more website when their management has seen reserves dipped to unprecedented dangerous levels - No response
Just as important is the question about, what happened to the Election Night – you know, where board candidates respond to question about the management of the association affairs.
Of course, with three dues increases in three years, the fourth website in five years plus all the subsidies (over $3 million/year in gate access, horse trail maintenance, for example) that may be codified in the new City of Coto, perhaps it is best NOT to ask questions. Or even if you do, perhaps you will not get a response
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E-mail anent Tonight's Election From: Carla Taylor [ctaylor@keystonepacific.com] To: Vinnie Davis Subject: Annual Meeting Courtesy Reminder Dear Delegate and Alternate Delegate, As the district member elected to represent your district members in the upcoming election of the Board members on May 28, 2009, you must be present at the meeting to cast votes on behalf of your district members. Please mark your calendar to attend the Annual meeting at 6PM on May 28th at the Coto Golf & Racquet Club. Should the elected delegate not be able to attend the alternate delegate may cast the votes for the district.
Thank you for your attention to this reminder and we hope to see you on the 28th. Please call the CZ Master Management office at 949-777-1161 should you have any questions regarding the voting process.
Thank you.
Vincentia Davis, CCAM General Manager CZ
Master Association
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“I
tried to access the new CZ Master
Association's website yesterday, but was
unable to - apparently the database has not
been migrated. This however raises a
number of old issues, such as privacy and
security, and new ones. When I first
brought up the issue of privacy and security,
the CZ Association never responded, as it
could not defend the undefensible:
internal documents showed that privacy and
security in the implementation of GateWorks
was an afterthought. This
new website makes it the fourth one in five
years. What was the compelling reason
for launching the previous one - now
apparently made obsolete? What
are the attributes of the new website that
rendered the previous one obsolete? What
were the measures taken to protect resident's
privacy and security this time around? How
much has the association paid in total for the
last three websites? - this is particularly
important given the assocaition critics such
as former member of the CZ Master Association
has called it as fiscal mismanagement : "In any case the balloon has burst
with CZ. Our Reserves are
dangerously below where they should be at just
28.8%. And, when the Board
reported Reserves to be at 50% some time ago,
they were talking about the recommended amount
of $13,219,479. They were at about 50% of that
number not the number needed to actually deal
with future repairs. The actual
monies in Reserve are just 28.8% of
$23,901,545 which will be needed in the future
to cover repairs when they should be at 70% or
more. This CZ Board operates just like
our state and federal governments, playing
games with the numbers. It is both
irresponsible and just plain dishonest.
Joseph Morabito
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Updated: 05-28-2009 3:45 PM
We did get some answers - not all. According to Vinnie Davis:
Instructions to access the new website
"...was done in the newsletters as well as a mailer was mailed to each household with step by step instructions so you could set up your own profile selecting your own log on and password"
For Elections:"Candidates Night was held on May 7th. It was published in the April and May newsletters that were placed both in the billing statements and in the Coto Voice. Elected Delegates received Notice of the Annual Meeting along with Candidacy statements which were also supplied to the attendees at Candidates night. The elected Delegate for Hillsboro is Barbara Stewart. The five candidates running this year are as follows: Florence Bell, Vince Hylka, Vince Rossini, Conrad Sick, and Robert Varo" - click here for bios
It would not be the first time, but my billing invoices did not contain such information. From input we have had from other residents, they have had a similar experience. If it is contained in Coto Voice, perhaps that just shows you how much we look forward to reading it.
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