Candidate Q&A
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Candidates are encouraged to answer as many questions as they feel comfortable with. Answers will be posted exactly as received without edits/comments/etc. If you are a homeowner that submitted a question and don't see it worded exactly the way you submitted, please understand that numerous questions were received and some felt like duplicates and were consolidated into one question.
1.The primary role of a director is to protect, preserve, and enhance the value of the Association. Board members have a fiduciary duty to the Association. If elected, how will you fulfill this duty?
2. Did you have certain expectations when you bought your home in Yosemite Lakes Park? Are your expectations being met? What are your goals for making YLP a thriving community?
3. Communication is essential. What information should homeowners receive, how will it be delivered to all members, and how often?
4. What are your thoughts about the park’s amenities? Do you support them including the restaurants? Do you feel any changes in funding need to be made?
5. How will you move our community forward in a positive, productive manner with more transparency?
6. As a candidate you may or may not have an answer to this. What does Grand Manors cost? I would like to know if it would make sense to explore hiring personnel highly qualified to replace an outside management company?
7. According to our current board there have been many issues with our finances either by mismanagement or lack of knowledge. What experience do you bring to insure we have a clean audit both for YLOA and YSPUC every year?
8. Change is hard and we have been going through some challenges that have been riddled with misinformation, hearsay, finger pointing and outright vicious rhetoric. We need leadership that can bring confidence and accountability. Are you up to the challenge?
9. Duty to Levy Assessments. By statute, boards are required to levy assessments sufficient to perform their duties. (Civ. Code §5600.) Our amenities, facilities, and roads are multi-million-dollar assets. Many are over 50 years old and in need of repair and replacement. How would you identify and prioritize the repairs and upgrades that YLP will need in the coming years?
10. Give a brief history of your work/life experience and how that experience enhances your ability to be an effective member of the YLOA Board of Directors.
11. Working together as a board is not always as simple as it may seem.What is one thing you would like to see changed or improved in YLP. If you are elected, what are your plans to move that vision forward and how will you address opposition from both fellow board members and also opposing opinions of the members?
12. We desperately need our roads repaired and it’s a big job with 55 miles of road. Where do you start?
13. What makes for a successful GM contract? What makes for an unsuccessful GM contract?
14. What do you think the process for ECC complaints should be?
15. What is your opinion on the importance of having a Finance Committee designated to assist the board? What do you think their responsibilities should be?
16. Board members are required to sign a confidentiality agreement. Tell us why.