The February Issue Includes:
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Legalese Made Simple
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Free 2020 Condo and Co-op Board Certification Class: “Great Balls of Fire”
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Free 2020 HOA Board Certification Class: “I Walk the Line”
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Free How to be a Director Seminar: “Happy Days: Grooving All Week with You!”
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“Let the Good Times Roll” rescheduled for February 11th
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Free Joint Board Certification Class: “Climb Every Mountain” – Castle Group
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New CEU Guidelines for Community Association Managers
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Pet Corner: Get to Know Greyhound Ranch Adoptions
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Celebrate the Day!
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Legalese Made Simple
I am frequently asked to explain in layman’s terms what legal terms mean. Here’s a fun little list of fancy words with a no-nonsense take:
Ore Tenus Motion
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Asking the Court to do something out loud and in person at a hearing, no paper.
Conditions Precedent
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The stuff you have to do before you can do what you want to do.
Notice of Intent to Lien
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A letter that tells the owner you are going to file a lien if they don’t pay.
Notice of Intent to Foreclose
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A letter that tells the owner you are going to sue them if they don’t pay.
Automatic Stay
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A rule in bankruptcy that says you have to stop trying to get money for now.
Chapter 7
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The type of bankruptcy where the owner just plain gives up – I can’t pay anything to anyone.
Chapter 13
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The type of bankruptcy where the owner can pay some people but not everyone the whole amount and they need to pay over time.
Motion for Summary Judgment
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A bunch of papers that tell the Court exactly what you want ($$) and why, and specifically asks them to give it to you.
Lis Pendens
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A recorded piece of paper that is supposed to let the world know the property is involved in a law suit.
Are there words you don’t quite understand? Let me know and I’ll answer them next time!
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The 2020 Condominium & Cooperative
Board Certification Class
“Great Balls of Fire"
Thursday, February 13th - 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. - Melbourne
Presented Live and Via Webinar
FREE Seminar
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Unlike many companies, we offer separate classes for different types of community associations. This class covers information exclusively for Condominiums and Cooperatives. No other information for HOAs or Mobile Home Parks will be covered. This class will provide you the tools you need to become a successful board member.
Pre-Registration closes at 3:00 pm, Tuesday, February 11th. If you miss the deadline you are welcome to attend as a walk-in. There is plenty of room at this venue.
This class will provide you with the tools you need to become a successful board member. Once you have taken the course and have not gone off the board (for even a day), it is not necessary to retake this class.
We have updated our materials for 2020 and are pleased to present this class. Join us at the Oasis Resort at Palm Shores (Space Coast Realtor Building) for great information and a scrumptious dessert and beverage bar.
To register for the live or webinar class,
click here
.
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2020 HOA Board Certification Class
“I Walk the Line”
Thursday, February 13th – 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. - Melbourne
Presented Live and Via Webinar
FREE Seminar
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This class focuses on the tools that HOA Board Members and Managers need to carry out their daily duties. This class is required by law for all new Board Members within ninety days of taking office. Once you have taken the course and have not gone off the board (for even a day), it is not necessary to retake this class, however, Clayton & McCulloh updates this class each year with fresh material.
Pre-registration closes at 3:00 pm, Tuesday, February 11th. If you miss the deadline you are welcome to attend as a walk-in. There is plenty of room at this venue.
This seminar also features our Vendor Partners and multiple door prizes.
Join us at the Oasis Resort at Palm Shores (Space Coast Realtor Building) for great information and a scrumptious dessert and beverage bar.
To register for the live or webinar class
, click on the
link.
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How to be a Director Seminar
“Happy Days: Grooving All Week with You!”
Saturday, February 22nd – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Winter Park
FREE Seminar!
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Our Saturday three-hour morning classes feature a series of how to approach various issues that Board Members and Managers face during these challenging times. This year’s subtopics are: Pet Issues, Enforcing Your Association’s Governing Documents, Bankruptcy and Foreclosures for Associations, Regulating the Rental Process, What Governing Documents You Should Amend, Working Effectively with Your Attorney, and The Non-Legal Side of Being a Director.
These seminars also feature a Mini-Exhibitor Show of multiple vendor partners who specialize in working with community associations. A complimentary continental breakfast is served. For more information on the “Hot Topics” being offered, please select this
link
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Our next Embracing Community Gatherings will be on March 14th at the Great Hall, Royal Highlands Property Owners Association in Leesburg. For more information on this event such as topics, please
click here
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2020 MHP Board Certification Class Rescheduled!
“Let the Good Times Roll”
Tuesday, February 11th – 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. – Maitland
Presented Live and Via Webinar
FREE Seminar
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The 2020 Mobile Home Park Board Certification Class will be offered only once this year via a live presentation and via webinar. Learn what you need to know to be a successful Board Member of a Chapter 723 Mobile Home Park from an attorney whose focus is mobile home parks in this 3 hour class. Special Note: This class will be offered as “Class on Demand” on our web-site after March 1st.
- Dress in 1950’s attire to match our theme and receive an additional ticket for the door prize drawing.
- Bring a cash donation for a non-profit 501(c) pet rescue’s veterinarian expenses and receive an additional ticket for the door prize drawing.
- A Certificate of Attendance suitable for framing will be available for each attendee successfully completing the class.
Join our featured speaker,
Russell E. Klemm
, one of our Partners and our
Litigation Department
Head for this dynamic must-attend 3-hour program. Russell has been representing mobile home parks’ board of directors for over twenty years and has been a frequent speaker for FMO.
This will be the only live presentation for this class in 2020. It is also being offered as a webinar where you can participate in the Q&A in the comfort of your own home. To sign up for this seminar, click on the
link
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Joint Board (HOAs, Condos, & Co-Ops)
Certification Class!
“Climb Every Mountain”
Presented by Castle Group at the Black Rock Bar & Grille
Thursday, February 27th – 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
FREE Seminar!
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Hurry! Spots are filling fast for the gormet-dinner presentation of “Climb Every Mountain”, our 2020 Joint Board Certification Class (for HOAs, Condos, and Cooperatives) hosted by
Castle Group
.
Enjoy fine dining at the
Black Rock Bar & Grille
(at the corner of Conroy-Windermere Road and Apopka-Vineland Road in Orlando) while taking this State required course on Thursday, February 27th, starting at 6:00 p.m. Partner,
Brian Hess
, and Senior Collections Attorney,
Alan Schwartzseid
, will be presenting this 2½ hour class. Use this
link
to make your reservation.
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New CEU Guidelines
For Community Association Managers
By Gina Befera, Mass Media Assistant
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Did you know that the Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers changed the requirements for continuing education for licensed Community Association Managers? Effective, August 15, 2019, the number of hours required for license renewal is now 5 hours less than it used to be. The requirement used to be 20 hours. Now continuing education involves 15 hours of courses approved pursuant to Rule 61E14-4.003, F.A.C.
The first requirement is 3 hours of legal update seminars that include instruction in legislation, case law, and regulations impacting community association management. Licensees shall not be awarded continuing education credit for completing the same legal update seminar more than once, even if the seminars were taken during different years.
The next area of instruction includes 3 hours of insurance and financial management topics relating to community association management. Additional topics like the operation of the community association’s physical property also involve 3 hours of approved study.
Other required course study involves 3 hours of class or webinar time that focuses on human resources relating to community association management and features topics like disaster preparedness, employee relations, and communication skills for effectively dealing with residents and vendors.
To meet the new CEU guidelines 3 additional hours of instruction are also required that must cover any of the 3 areas of study described above or any approved course or courses directly related to the management or administration of community associations.
Only continuing education courses approved by the Council shall be valid for purposes of licensee renewal.
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Pet Corner
Get to Know Greyhound Ranch Adoptions, Inc.
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Greyhound Ranch Adoptions, Inc., and Pawdners, known as “The Ranch”, provides shelter and medical care to greyhounds that have retired from racing activities. The mission of The Ranch is to provide foster care and rehabilitation programs for these beautiful canines as they transition from the life of a regimented, trained athlete to a household pet. The Ranch is also dedicated to readying the greyhound for adoption by finding great parents and placing them in qualified homes. They also educate the public about the history and special needs of the greyhound breed.
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Their goal is to detox each Greyhound when they take them in and place each one on a regiment of supplements to ensure optimal health. Additionally, every dog is thoroughly screened for health issues and to ensure that his/her individual personality is matched to prospective adopters.
If potential new homes have other pets, The Ranch makes sure the Greyhound’s new ‘pet family’ is compatible as well. Their number one concern is to place the Greyhounds into homes that feature an optimum environment that fits their needs.
If you are interested in adopting,
want to find out about fostering, becoming a volunteer, donating, or exploring adoption, please visit
Greyhound Ranch Adoptions
or call 407-804-5257. Greyhound Ranch Adoptions is located in Lake Mary, Florida. You can also visit them on Facebook to find out about the dogs available for adoption and fundraising events happening in Central Florida.
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here.
We review the questions and one question is selected each month and published in our newsletter, “
C&M Update
.” Everyone wants free legal advice – so what is stopping you from submitting a question?
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