I'm grateful for online boards. Feeling into a transition from personal boards to like Moodscope, PsychCentral, and the closed Barbara Sher forums. New one to party with is HOATalk. HOA = condo/homeowner association. Privately over the weekend I sent to our owners this note and encouragement.

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Hello ANONHOA,

While reflecting on what I felt grateful for last week I had to admire what's been going on here at home. Can you help me praise and celebrate the current Board for their amazing series of successes? Of course, in the process we congratulate ourselves for approving our special assessment to pay for some of this work.

Please join me in raising Thanks and Gratitude to fresh heights for their work in the 100 days since our Annual Meeting. Check it out:

• Replacing the front Siding! This has been nearly a decade long "engagement"
• Replacing the rails on the street-facing units
• Replacing exterior and deck lights in all units
• Resurfacing the roof
• Getting the Garage Door serviced and repaired
• Arranging for durable and waterproof painting of the stucco walls on the decks of street-facing units
• Getting damage from an anonymous car that "bumped" into the new siding immediately repaired
• Getting things done during a pandemic

Plus: this Board is coordinating the replacement of windows (at owners' expense) for any Owner that chooses to take part.

Let's put our hands together make a bit of joyous noise. Because the way to end board service as being "thankless work" is to shout our thanks and praise.

Thank you Juliet, Portia, and Ophelia!

You rock!