We have fifteen buildings here at Kenthill Townhomes Condominiums. In past years, each building had a volunteer who acted as a contact person for that building. Building Reps, as they have been called, were expected to attend as many monthly Homeowners Meetings as they could so as to have one person in each building who knew what was going on throughout our complex, and who would be able to answer questions from residents and tenants.
Attendance at Homeowners Meetings is still encouraged, and attendance either by person of proxy at the Annual Homeowners Meetings is certainly critical, but we now have many more means of communicating. With the advent of the internet, we now have had as many as three different websites available to homeowners. In addition to this, monthly meeting minutes are mailed out quarterly [that is the rule (sometimes broken, like it was in 2004)].
Some residents of Kenthill Townhomes do not have computers and some are unable to atttend meetings. For these reasons, Building Representatives are still necessary. Also, the Building Reps are usually the ones who set up and maintain a watering schedule for their building that keeps the plants and shrubs healthy during the hot summer months.
However, some misunderstandings as to what the duties of Building Reps are still remain. This was especially apparent during the recent power outage last winter. Some residents (both homeowners and tenants) began calling their Building Reps, complaining that their power was out, and wanting to know when they could expect it to be restored. These and other problems should be directed to the appropriate authorities.
