Subject: RE: Vanguard Lofts - Visitor Parking - Remove ALL Vehicles by Noon Today! (7/6/2007)
From: edward kurek (esfk@mac.com)
Date: Sat Jul 07 2007 - 16:20:21 CDT
Those parking spot are for visitors not owners of units. You should know that . There should no reason for you to park in any of those spots.
On Saturday, July 07, 2007, at 04:12PM, "Debra Aaron" <daaron7706@msn.com> wrote:
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>Ouch! (previous boards preferring silence?... don't think you can speak of
>their preference if you weren't a board member at the time).
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>I wasn't just referring to the parking... just noticed a pattern over the
>past year (= new) of last minute notifications. As an owner, I expect
>timely notifications as the norm. I have no problem with receiving email
>notifications... just not last minute...on a regular basis. The email below
>was sent out to "All" at 9 something a.m. on 7/6 to ask people to move a
>vehicle by Noon of that same day. What was the point? I was just making a
>comment that a lot is being assumed... We are in disagreement, which is
>fine. I don't have time and can't check personal email at work. I wouldn't
>have time to check it once let alone every three hours to see if I received
>an email from the Vanguard Board. I guess that just leaves me uninformed,
>that's not always a bad thing.
>
>It makes me feel warm and fuzzy to know that the board is watching everyones
>movement in the building.
>
>Deb
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>All,
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>If you have a vehicle parked in a visitor parking space, you will need to
>remove the vehicle by noon today (7/6/2007) or it will be towed at the
>expense of the owner. The stone for the parkway landscape project is
>being delivered today and it will be dumped behind the building in the
>visitor parking spaces.
>
>As a reminder, visitor parking is for visitors and contractors. We've had
>a number of residents in the building using the visitor parking spaces as
>"personal parking spaces" or an additional parking space for a second
>vehicle.
>
>The Board is monitoring the parking spaces and is keeping track of repeat
>offenders.
>
>- Chris
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>RE: 2) If people want to know what's going on, they have the obligation
>to check the forums where it occurs.
>
>My response: I believe that First Properties and the board have the
>obligation of keeping owners informed. There's this little document called
>the Illinois Condominium
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>>From: Jim Thomas <jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu>
>>Reply-To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu
>>To: vanguard-talk@venus.soci.niu.edu
>>Subject: RE: Vanguard Lofts - Visitor Parking - Remove ALL Vehicles by Noon
>>Today! (7/6/2007)
>>Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 00:10:55 -0500 (CDT)
>>
>>
>> > Is this the new form of owner communication?
>>
>>No, it's hardly new.
>>Over the past year, the current board as urged people to sign on the
>>listserv. Unlike previous boards that seemed to value silence more than
>>communication, we have urged people with leaflets under the doors,
>>notes on the bulletin boards, and verbally, to sign on.
>>
>> > I think the board is assuming
>> > that everyone has email, or that everyone checks their emails
>>frequently, or
>> > reads it on vacation.
>>
>>If you're referring to the no-parking issue:
>>
>>1) Nearly as many people today have email as telephones
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>>2) If people want to know what's going on, they have the obligation
>>to check the forums where it occurs
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>>3) If people are on vacation, which are they more likely to see:
>>Email or a note on the bulletin board?
>>
>>4) If people are on vacation, neither they nor their guests should
>>be parking in the guest spaces
>>
>>5) The original Board passed the rule that parking in the visitors
>>spaces is limited to 24 hours. Beyond that, owners must notify
>>First Properties. If people haven't complied with the rule passed by
>>the original Board and park for longer than 24 hours without notifying
>>1P, then likely no form of communication will suffice
>>
>>6) The guest parking areas were blocked off with milk crates to prevent
>>parking. Somebody moved the crates and parked anyway. Sometimes,
>>no form of communication works.
>>
>>If you have a better way of communicating rapidly with residents at
>>the last minute, we'd love to hear it.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
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