Stay informed and you’ll make smart choices
The primary purpose of this website is to help you stay informed about the community through a series of Blog Posts. These posts provide factual information about the Meadows Community Association (MCA). The Blog covers financial information, MCA Board election information, the MCA’s relationship with The Meadows Country Club (TMCC), and a series of related issues.
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One Page Summary for Sharing + Sample letter
We’ve had requests from a number of MCA Homeowners for two things: One Page Summary for Sharing As deep as we are into the details (which we believe are important to publish), it can be a bit much for the average MCA Homeowner to be able to digest and articulate it to anyone they want…
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LEGAL DEMAND LETTER SENT TO MCA
On Monday we made an important shift from providing information, to taking legal action for the community. Based on the information accumulated on this website, and especially as expressed in the last two posts on the board’s legal duties, our lawyer has prepared a demand letter. It was sent on Monday and the MCA received…
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HOA Board legal duties (Part 2)
This post follows up on our previous post: HOA Board legal duties (Part 1) As always, if there are any inaccuracies, please let us know and we’ll fix them. 2. Duty of Loyalty HOA board members must act in good faith and for the benefit of the entire HOA community. Their decisions must not be…
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HOA Board legal duties (Part 1)
Legal Duties of HOA Board Members (which apply to the MCA) described below are from here: https://floridapropertymanagement.com/duties-of-hoa-board-members/ .(If any reader would like to assist with a reference to specific legal statutes, that would be greatly appreciated). As always, if there are any inaccuracies, please let us know and we’ll fix them. According to Chapter 720…
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Notes from Mar 14 MCA Board Meeting
The meeting was primarily spent on “traditional” MCA work, which MCA and the Board seem to do a competent job with. Although it was not announced, it appears that the MCA Directors re-elected its members to continue in the following executive positions: President – Marilyn Maleckas Vice-President – Michelle JohnstonTreasurer- Stan Miska Secretary – Tom…
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MCA Annual Meeting Recap
Long story short: The Tail (TMCC) is Still Wagging the Dog (MCA Homeowners) We know a lot of you who planned on participating in the meeting via Zoom did not get to because of sound issues, which also may mean there is no viable recording of the meeting. Apologies in advance for this post being…
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So where do MCA Homeowners go from here?
It is up to YOU. Tomorrow (Monday) is the MCA Annual Meeting. We’ve provided you with a lot of history, information, and analysis that you probably didn’t have before. But publishing this information for all to read is not enough. At least 2 MCA Directors are subscribers and we’ve asked MCA Staff to make sure…
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Why do we think semi-private is the way to go?
From the TMCC General Manager in the January 2015 Meadoword: There is always risk in change Doing nothing, however, does not stop change; it will happen regardless of what we do. The Meadows, The Meadows Country Club, the residents, and the members will continue to age, and that will bring about its own change. TMCC…
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Our response to TMCC’s recent email to members
Recently we received an email that TMCC Governors sent to their members in response to the information and analysis we’ve posted here. (the email was forwarded to us anonymously via two separate TMCC members). This is our response for those who have received it. We hope you will find it informative. Re: Our Anonymity We…
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Our New Email address & Blog subscriptions
Dear MCA Homeowners, We’ve run into some unfortunate technical issues with our previous email address (we have too many subscriber emails for gmail). So this email address will be what we use going forward: ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com. As a result of those issues you may not have been notified of our most recent blog A Walk Down…
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