DEMAND OPEN AND TRANSPARENT BOARD

Fellow IV Unit Owners,

Many of us have been voicing our concerns about how the new Board of Directors is making decisions, and the way actions are being taken by the Association.  

Here are some recent observations:

- Decisions are being made by just three Board members: Marcio Jaspan, John Labriola and Duv Wolff. 

- Dave Friedman, our property manager, and Stephen Katz, the Association's attorney, are supporting this strategy and enabling the actions based on these 'minority' decisions. 

- Many thousands of our dollars have been spent for non-budgeted items based solely on the opinion of the three Board members.

- The decisions were made and the actions taken without letting us, the unit owners, know about the issues and giving us the opportunity to discuss and comment. 

- Since the actions were taken without the benefit of a noticed Board meeting we didn't even get the opportunity to hear what the other four elected Board members thought about the issues.  (And obviously they never got a chance to vote on any of the matters.)

- Bear in mind that both the July and August Board meetings were cancelled despite the fact that significant decisions were being made.  The meetings were cancelled by the three over the objections of the (majority) four directors .

- Most of us do not even know whether or not we agree with any of the actions taken by the Board over the last few months, simply because we have been kept in the dark.

- It is also unknown exactly how much of our non-budgeted money has been spent, and for what purposes.  

- A reliable accounting of Association operations since the new Board took over has been withheld.

We deserve what we voted for, a Board that operates in an open and transparent manner.  And we have been denied the opportunity to let them know what we want during noticed Board meetings. 

If they are deciding how to spend our money we are entitled, ethically, legally and morally, to be part of the process.

If this is a concern of yours, if you want the Board to operate according to our Governing Documents as well as State Law, if you simply want our elected directors to do the right thing, let them know.

Here is their contact info:

President Marcio Jaspan, marciojaspan@hotmail.com

Vice President Duv Wolff, guitarharm@aol.com

Treasurer John Labriola, jflabriola@hotmail.com

Secretary Wendy Hernandez, wendy_hernandez@ymail.com

Director Collette Goslin, colletteg@comcast.net

Director Frances Mesirow, fmkmbm@gmail.com

Director Marc Richman, mwr2020ou@gmail.com

The Concerned International Village Owners Committee (CIVOC) is dedicated to publishing accurate, dependable information about our Association with a focus on unit owner financial issues.

Please let us know how we are doing.  Please share your thoughts and feelings about our community by responding by email or at the blog site.  

Respectfully,

Concerned International Village Owners Committee

Charles Addison, Zurich

Liljana Baic, Zurich

Lilo Beigel, Marseilles

Sandy Best, Interlaken

William Brackett, Bordeaux

Israel Bruch, Orleans

Elaine Campbell, Yorkshire

Joan Clemente, Cabana, Edelweiss

Marsha Curliss, Marseilles

Geoffrey Edwards, Cabanas

Joe Frederick, Heidelberg

Richard Goodheart, Bordeaux

Lily Gordon, Edelweiss

Miriam Gordon, St. Moritz

Collette Goslin, Grenoble

Harriet Handler, Edelweiss

Robert Hoffecker, Yorkshire

Raymond Jean, Orleans

Louis Kornbluth, Yorkshire

Abe Landau, Zurich

Alice Large, Yorkshire

Marty Lattanzi, Marseilles

Miriam Lehrer, Zurich

Phyllis Lloyd, Edelweiss

Betsy Mendelson, Nottingham

Frances Mesirow, Yorkshire

Marilyn Navarre, Bordeaux

Irene Pressner, Yorkshire

Marc Richman, Bordeaux

Ray Rizzo, Bordeaux

Judy Rosen, Heidelberg

Norman Sackin, Nottingham

Helene Scharfman, Yorkshire

Sid Schulman, Bordeaux

Gladys and Lisasue Sherman, Nottingham

Molly 'Jane' Sird, Marseilles

Nina Spiegel, Heidelberg

Larry Topolowski, Edelwiess, Heidelberg, Orleans

Marvin Tow, Zurich

Ilan Weiss, Interlocken, Zurich