Upcoming Events: Join Florida’s Top Industry Leaders, for informative Webinars and Board Member Certification events
Upcoming Events: Join Florida’s Top Industry Leaders, for informative Webinars and Board Member Certification events
Webinars are an excellent way to publish frequent, high-value content, Once a webinar has been produced, you and your creative team can repurpose and optimize it into several pieces of valuable content. Members of SFPMA and Other Leaders in our Industry have provided these
to help with social distancing yet keeping you informed. Take a look at this list of events – Join and sign up!
Join our own Andrew Black, a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law, online for distance learning with the Condominium Association Board Member Certification Course .
Join us as we discuss the implications COVID-19 is having on your association’s financials.
Join us for a WEBINAR: On, Assessment Collections during the Coronavirus Crisis
April 29 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
WHAT: Assessment Collections During Crisis Q&A
WHEN: Wednesday, April 29th @ 2:30pm EST
With millions out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, homeowners associations and condo associations are starting to feel the crunch of increased delinquencies. When homeowners are in financial crisis, association dues takes a back seat to other essentials. But community associations need the funds to maintain the health and safety of everyone in the community.
In this webinar, Axela Technologies President of Business Development, Mitch Drimmer will be joining host Russell Munz, Founder of Community Financials and Douglas Levy Counsel for Community Association Practice Group at Rees Broome, PC to answer your questions on how you can maintain a healthy community while still exercising compassion during this crisis.
Get your ‘coronavirus in the community’ assessment collection questions ready and join us online:
COVID-19 Message: Watch our Recorded Webinars
We recognize there is a growing concern as the outbreak and impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve. The safety and wellbeing of our teammates and residents are Castle’s top priority. Most importantly, we want you to know, we are prepared. We are working around the clock to monitor the situation, while partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other state and local health officials on response efforts, as well as to provide you with the most up-to-date information.
At our sites, our teams are working diligently to take precautions and steps to ensure a clean and safe environment. We are making every effort to customize our plan based on specific community’s needs.
We remain committed to you, and to doing our part as an organization to ensure the health and wellness of every teammate, resident and community.
Sincerely,
James Donnelly
Founder and CEO
https://www.castlegroup.com/covid-19-message/.
April 23rd, at 6:00 p.m. – SOLD OUT.
The CDC recommends wearing face coverings in public settings where social distancing is difficult (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies).
What does this mean for Florida condos and cooperatives in a growing number of hotspots where people must pass each other in narrow corridors or elevators?
Should requiring residents to wear face coverings in these or other common areas be part of your community’s Covid-19 protocols until such time as the CDC lifts this requirement?
Please be safe ~Stay Inside
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2020
Most of you reading this already know the names Bill and Susan Raphan and the mark they made on the Florida Condominium Ombudsman’s Office during their 7-year tenure.
Florida CAM Courses is a company based in Vero Beach and serving all of Florida, that provides educational services to those in the community association profession or those that would like to enter our profession. We offer courses in whichever format you like to learn in. Whether you prefer in-person, online self-study or correspondence, you are in great hands with Florida CAM Courses. We provide practice materials at no additional charge and downloadable course materials to help you successfully pass the Florida CAM exam. We also offer a blog for updated news and current events in the CAM world.
Recruiting and retaining skilled team members can be challenging for community associations and management companies, especially in a very competitive labor market and with communities limited by tight budgets.
We all know that condo and HOA board members must get certified within ninety (90) days of getting on to their Board of Directors. Unfortunately however, Florida law allows board members to get certified either by attending an educational course or by signing a ridiculous, silly, self-serving, nonsensical affidavit that says you read your governing documents and promise to enforce them. If you live in a condominium, the affidavit does not require you to say you have read Florida Statute 718. If you live in an HOA, the affidavit does not require you to say you have read Florida Statute 720. In fact, many association documents contain illegal provisions. So leave it to the State of Florida to certify a director who promises to uphold and enforce the illegal provisions contained in their governing documents.
The first option via §720.3033(1)(a) is that within 90 days after being elected or appointed to the board, each director shall certify in writing to the secretary of the association that he or she has read the association’s declaration of covenants, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and current written rules and policies; that he or she will work to uphold such documents and policies to the best of his or her ability; and that he or she will faithfully discharge his or her fiduciary responsibility to the association’s members.
