The March Issue Includes:
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Private Eyes! Should They Be Watching You?
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The Seminars are Coming!
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How to be a Director:
Happy Days: Groovin’ All Day with You!
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Elite Vendor Panel Discussion:
Oh What a Night!
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How to Handle Difficult and Abusive People.
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70 Attendees
Climb Every Mountain
at the Black Rock Grille in Orlando!
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2020 Diamond Level Reader’s Choice Award presented to Clayton & McCulloh!
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Private Eyes! Should They Be Watching You?
As technology has advanced, and Associations are looking for ways to increase security and lessen the chances of mistakes being made, some Associations are opting to consider, or actually install, cameras that capture images of license plates entering a community. In light of this trend, is this a good idea for your Association to consider, or do the risks outweigh the reward?
First, it should be noted that your Association’s governing documents should be reviewed as to whether your Association has the power to implement such cameras. If your documents reasonably give such authority, the Association should next make sure that the system would be installed over private streets, or alternatively, in some circumstances, with approval of the appropriate governmental entity. Once that is determined, the Board can make the business decision on whether, or not, to proceed.
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Most of the experts with which Clayton & McCulloh has experience believe that the benefits of this technology outweigh the risks. The Association can more quickly determine responsibility for certain damages. Moreover, there is an argument that this is, essentially, the same as a guard at a gate handwriting a tag number. Many argue that with a public license tag number, there is no expectation of privacy.
However, if your Association determines to proceed on this project, there are ways that the risk to the Association can be lessened. Many owners want to have an expectation of what's being done. We suggest signage giving residents and visitors notice of the use of the camera. Moreover, the Association may want to make sure this is a reactive process, with no active monitoring of someone watching the cars coming in and out and writing down license plate numbers concurrently, in order to resolve any direct privacy concerns.
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How to be a Director Seminar
Happy Days: Groovin’ All Day with You!
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
March 28th at the Town Hall in Celebration
FREE Seminar
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Happy Days: Grooving All Week with You!
features 7 Hot Topics Associations are dealing with, presented by our esteemed attorneys and key staff.
• 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
• The Non-Legal Side of Being a Director
Our 1950’s themed seminar also features prizes and surprises and a Mini-Exhibitor Show of vendor partners who specialize in working with community associations.
Dress in 50’s garb and make a cash donation for the abandoned pets of Central Florida for additional chances to win prizes! A complimentary full breakfast buffet will be served.
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Attorney & Vendor Partners Panel Discussion
Oh What a Night!
Tuesday, March 19th
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Oasis at Palm Shores (Space Coast Association of Realtors)
2950 Pineda Plaza Way in Melbourne
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This very special presentation features a panel of our Partner
Vendors and one of our attorneys for an hour of Question & Answer. This is your time to pick the brains of the leaders in the community association industry while enjoying a bountiful buffet of appetizers and beverages. Bring your entire Board of Directors, Committee Members, and Managers.
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How to Handle Difficult and Abusive People
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool!
Thursday, April 2nd – 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
At Wickham Park Community Center
2815 Leisure Way
in Melbourne
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At one time or another, every Board Member and Manager encounters a difficult person – whether it is another Board Member, Manager, or a resident. How do you handle these delicate situations? Our featured speaker will go into various methods of how to defuse volatile people before things escalate.
President, Marie Thibodeaux, is CMCA – Certified Manager of Community Associations, and has achieved the highest degree of professional management only few managers hold in Brevard County. Sarah LaPointe is an experienced manager who has earned the respect of her communities.
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Over 70 Attend Castle Group Seminar in Orlando!
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Our esteemed Partner, Brian Hess and Senior Collections Attorney, Alan Schwartzseid presented Climb Every Mountain, our 2020 Joint Board Certification Class, to a full house at the Black Rock Grille on Thursday night!
Mouthwatering steak was served in addition to delectable desserts.
Special thanks to Castle Group and the Black Rock Grille!
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Reader’s Choice Diamond Club Winner!
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We are very proud and humbled to be a Diamond Club recipient of the
Florida Community Association Journal’s Readers’ Choice Award
again this year! This award is equivalent to winning Hollywood’s People Choice Awards.
Votes are tabulated for Board Members, Committee Members, Managers, Residents and Vendors who cast their vote every year to select the top professionals in the industry.
Winning the Diamond Club award is especially significant because we are competing with many large law firms, management companies, clients, customers, banks, insurance companies and accountants statewide that service the Community Association industry.
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Have a Legal Question? Get a Free Answer!
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Each month in this newsletter, we offer our readers an opportunity to obtain some free legal advice by simply submitting that question in a brief form. If you would like to submit a question, click
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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March Birthdays
A Very Happy Birthday to the following Managers and Board Members! May your special day be filled with laughter, friends, family, good times, and cake!
March 3rd – Kirsten Vaughan – Lake Howard Terrace
March 3rd - Jose Ramon Riestra - Ferdinandsen Enterprises
March 6th - Mandy Morgan - Evergreen Lifestyles Management
March 7th – Walter A. Tribble - Vista Oaks West
March 8th – Dorothy Healey – The Village of Seaport
March 9th – Steve Cancino – Beacon Park Phase 3
March 12th – Marion McKenzie - Villanova at Hunter’s Creek
March 18th – Michael Baron – Forest Lake Village
March 23rd - Eva Marie Thibodeaux - Bayside Management
Your birthday is a joyous day to us and we want to celebrate it. Please send us your birthday (just day and month – no year) and we will publish it on Facebook (with your photo if you supply one) and in our newsletter. Send your birthday information and/or photo to
aring@clayton-mcculloh.com
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