I am hearing we are finally getting in the mail our ballots for the HOA Ballots, have not seen mine yet but others have.
To answer a question I have already gotten, I am not on the ballot because my seat is the only one not up for election this year, that will come next year.
As you may recall in my other emails (or FaceBook posts) I asked who wanted to run so we could coordinate our efforts since last election we had several really good candidates and homeowners split the vote up so much that Lennar outvoted us so who they voted for won the seats. To make sure we the homeowners get who we wanted I help coordinate who might want to run so we could talk about this. 9 people stepped up and said they were interested. That group decided we wanted to go for 3 of the 4 seats up this year and not have more then one person from each building type. The group did 3 of 4 seats because we are still in development and it was felt that Lennar should have one seat for that reason. So with that in mind the group come to a consensus on those 3 people and the other 6 agreed to not run and support them. I am doing the same which is why I am supporting Ferando Bernasconi (Landing Building), Jason Fenske (Monarch Building), and Jung (Eric) Park (Engel Building).
Now each unit you own here at the shipyard gives you the right to cast 4 votes which is great until you realize that Lennar also get 4 votes per unit it owns and best estimate is they own about 50 units which means they get and estimated 200 votes to cast. If we want to beat them then we need to send in our ballots in smart way. This is why I am asking each of you to find two other Condo homeowners to coordinate your votes with so we can maximize all our votes together. How this works is both completed but simple at the same time.
If you have a group of 3 people then:
Person 1 – Gives 2 votes for Ferando and 1 vote to Jason and 1 vote to Eric (In total 4 votes)
Person 2 - Gives 2 votes for Jason and 1 vote to Fernando and 1 vote to Eric (In total 4 votes)
Person 3 - Gives 2 votes for Eric and 1 vote to Jason and 1 vote to Fernando (In total 4 votes)
This would mean that each of the three candidates would have 4 votes each between the three people voting maximizing our chances of getting 3 of the 4 seats.
So please find two other condo owners and use the above pattern to vote. For those that still own there unit but don't live here or if you need help finding other to join with to make up the trio let me know and I can help out find other to vote with.
Now it looks like Lennar has 2 candidates (Garrett Chan and Kimberly Pape) on the ballot so if they split there votes between them they will get at least 100 votes each so we need about 100 people voting to make sure we get a homeowner controlled board so that means we need lots of you to fill out your ballots and vote.
So lets get to voting for a Homeowner controlled board and if you have any questions please let me know.
Jason Fried
