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My term is up this year.
I desperately want to get off the board. Yesterday a resident was so rude to me I almost let her have it (I should have). She waited until I was leaving my condo for lunch. But I fumed about it for the rest of the day. Having people home all the time doesn't help.
If I get off the board, I know that the people who want on the board will pounce. One will be super rude to the residents and insure I don't ever get a maintenance request done again.
Others have massive spending plans, which of course... will translate to costs that I don't need in special assessments and less money for my unit when I sell because of the high fees. We did a survey monkey poll last year where 70% of the residents wanted fees not to go up. I did see someplace there is special assessment insurance that you can buy... I think I might.
Finally it has been a hallmark of my tenure that minutes of the meeting are done, which I think is important for record keeping and for just general everyone know what is going on... but once I get off the board they won't be done. And I will be lost as to know what is going on.
That being said I feel like I have to move. I HATE all of my neighbors. They have turned out to be flat out the most rude people I have ever met. Entitled, nasty. I do not hold out hope for any of them. Plus, frankly they are so poor that they can't move.. one reason they fight so hard. But I can. I feel like I made a mistake. I tried to purchase a home that was "cheaper" to avoid being house poor. But by doing that i ended up with a lower class of neighbor. People who don't know anything, and are base emotional animals. They will never change.
I got my home due to a mass departure of almost everyone on the board.. and now i know why. They had come to the same conclusion.
I think I am going to run anyway, if I am not elected -- then they can't blame me for what they get.. and if I am elected I will just quietly resign and no one will be the wiser.
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