Further Thoughts and Information on the Dues Increase Proposal

2009 November 30
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__As the title suggests, the continuation of this post is my email to MOA Members and provides further thoughts on the Board's proposal for a $100 increase in the dues cap plus COLA. Exchanges of email communications have occurred. As in any good debate, there are different points of view. Any disagreements should lead to a better understanding. The unfortunate part concerning this proposal is that the board did not facilitate a members' debate prior to developing the proposal for a vote.

__My Summary View on MOA's Challenges — I would like to see more emphasis on reaching out to one another and focusing on the common interests to bring the members together to operate, maintain and preserve the recreational facilities in a manner that considers the interests of all the members and is as fair as possible to all members. Reference: my 2007 Jun 13 email to MOA Members titled, We are all in this Michaywe boat together.

Memo: Some of the links including the one above in this post are to my password-protected weblog. If you are a MOA member, please refer to the Welcome & Home page for information on access.

Don Nordeen
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Proposal for $100 Dues Increase Plus COLA

2009 November 24
Last update: 2009 Dec 01. Click on History for changes and updates.

__The continuation of this post is my email to MOA members concerning the Board's Proposed Vote on a $100 Dues Increase Plus COLA. Members are obviously polarized on this issue. Accordingly, this email attempts to provide information and discussion to help in the decision.

__I have received comments from some members. Those are added with permission at the end of this post. Please send me comments you would like to share or add your comments in the Comment section at the end of this post.

__(added 2009 Dec 01) In 2006, I recorded a post, Should MOA Annual Dues be Indexed for Inflation?. This post makes the same pro and con arguments now being made. The post also includes a graph showing the cost of living and MOA dues through 2006, which shows that the MOA dues trend is well in excess of the Consumer Price Index.

Memo: Some of the links including the one above in this post are to my password-protected weblog. If you are a MOA member, please refer to the Welcome & Home page for information on access.

Don Nordeen
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in the public domain.
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Email to MOA Board Re Notice for Dues Increase is Defective

2009 November 23
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__Not only was the 2009 Nov 29 dues increase proposal a surprise to most MOA members, the notice is defective likely because everything was done at the eleventh hour. Haste makes waste. Because of the defects in the notice, an affirmative vote for the dues increase is likely not enforceable, in my opinion. MOA has enough problems without that cloud having over an "approved" dues increase.

__Since the proposal that was put forward was likely done in good faith, the positive action is for the board to acknowledge the defects, take corrective action by issuing a new notice that can still be voted on in December.

__The continuation of this post is my email to the board providing the specific defects and recommending specific corrective action. Anyone who agrees with this approach should immediately send an email to the board so recommending. The new notice will have to be in the mail by Dec 01 for a vote on Dec 30.

Don Nordeen
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