Information Sharing

Hi All,
For those few who wondered where that DGTLXRAY fellow went, I was unable to get on the blog for several weeks due to technical problems. If you're reading this, it means I made it back finally! WhooHooo!

On to the subject at hand - Information Sharing.

I would like to get together with other presidents/ Board members / and other knowledgeable folks living in the village to establish an open forum to discuss ideas and share information about common problems that I'm sure many would like to know about "but were afraid to ask" to use the old expression.. :-)

Having attended the last Insurance Committee meeting and the Plastridge Insurance meeting this morning, I, along with many other interested CV'er's learned a lot about UCO's path forward and how our insurance co. reps like Plastridge can help us with insurance claims and the processes involved. A lot of folks at the Plastridge meeting had many good questions and I'm sure many more had additional questions that weren't answered due to time constraints. There are many presidents who have been proactive and have already taken some excellent steps to prepare and protect their associations from future liability and monetary catastrophe. By doing so, they are also placing themselves in the envious position of probably having their association's insurance policy premiums reduced next year. There are those who would like to do the same but just don't quite know where to start or need some help.

That is why I'd like to start a group that can meet regularly to throw out ideas, ask questions, and, if nothing else, just share with other inquisitive minds, things they have done, contractors they have hired, innovative ideas; all that have worked for their associations.

If there is already a group that is meeting on a regular basis, that has good attendance, and that accomplishes all of the above, please let me know. I would like to attend. If not, let's form a group for this purpose. I'll be happy to facilitate it if needed. I've spoken to some very smart people around here and I'd love to pick their brains.. I too have done some things to make our assn much more protected from future casualties and I'd like to share our model with others who would like the help. Thanks much to UCO's Insurance Committee Chair Toni for her leadership at the committee meeting yesterday and to Chuck Knudsen for facilitating the very informative meeting today. Way to go guys!!

Lee Hunt