E-Newsletters
Policies and Procedures... Help, Not a Hindrance
As with any large, experienced organization Sentry Management has developed policies and procedures to guide our employees and our business. Many of these policies and procedures were developed as a result of an incident that caused concern, consternation or even an issue of a large proportion that...
How Boards Get in Trouble
So now you're on the Board of Directors. Has a pretty good ring to it doesn't it? You've seen some ineffective actions and unjust rulings and you are determined to make a difference; so you volunteered, well maybe you were coerced into running. However it happened that you gained your seat on...
New Year's Resolutions for a Better Community
My personal New Year's resolution is to begin a workout program and stick to it. If we can make New Year's resolutions for our personal well-being, why can't we make them for a better community? Here are some suggestions:
COMMUNICATION - What you do not communicate can cause problems. It puts a...
Unexpected Board Resignations
Everything seems to be going well, the elections are over and the new Board is settling into their positions. Then suddenly, an abrupt, unexplained resignation by a board member or members leaving the remaining Board members in chaos and creating an unpleasant murmur among the residents. What...
Reserves... Attractive to Buyers and Lenders
Experience has told us that what you don't fix today will still break tomorrow. In some associations, past boards have deferred the funding for necessary capital repairs or replacements and have kept the maintenance fees artificially low. But sure enough, something big will break - like gate...
What is a Board Member’s Fiduciary Responsibility and What Does it Mean?
This week’s ENews topic was difficult to choose. There are so many things that happen at this point in the time it was hard to pick any one thing. So after careful consideration, we felt that a “re-run” of an article that appeared at this time last year would be appropriate. ...
Veterans Day
On Friday, November 11, 2011 the United States will celebrate Veterans Day. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on...
Your Community's Marketability...it's not just home pricing
It is easy for Board members and owners to forget that their community is a business, the homes a product of the business and that the value of the homes in the community can be affected not just by paying or not paying to maintain it, but what the neighborhood is like. Experts say that most people...
Transparency... Let the Members See
My travels throughout our company's locations give me a great deal of insight into the differences between the states and their statutes relative to condominium associations, homeowners associations, townhome associations, property owners associations and community associations. The one thing that...
Specifications... The Key to Good Bids
Community Association Board members have a fiduciary responsibility to care for and protect their Association from liability. The greatest burden of this responsibility relates to the Association's physical assets; the buildings, the entrance, the pool, the clubhouse, the grounds. As the Board...
