Saturday, December 24, 2005
Owners visiting VLE February, 2006
This post is intended to further the objective of promoting communication and friendship among VLE owners.
If you intend to be at VLE during February 2006, and might be interested in meeting or socializing with other owners, please enter a comment to this post giving your name and arrival and departure dates. This will help owners learn when others will be in attendance and possibly interested in getting together.
I will try to have posts like this going about two months into the future. I will change that later if it appears appropriate.
If you intend to be at VLE during February 2006, and might be interested in meeting or socializing with other owners, please enter a comment to this post giving your name and arrival and departure dates. This will help owners learn when others will be in attendance and possibly interested in getting together.
I will try to have posts like this going about two months into the future. I will change that later if it appears appropriate.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Owners Meeting Dec 8, 2005
I attended the 4th annual meeting at La Casona Restaurant. We began with breakfast at 8:00 AM and promptly started the meeting at 9:00.
As of the meeting time VLE is 76% sold out. The developer, Owen has 58% of the vote.
The first hour was devoted to reports from various departments regarding the state of the Resort etc. This went as expected to this point. Then came New Business.
I am not going to try and do the minutes in this post because the entire meeting was tape recorded and hopefully we will get a written copy in a timely manner. In Short::
Home owners fees are going up.
Full Ownership:
2 bedroom $1090
3 bedroom $1357
3 bedroom $1891 oceanfront
Does not included any optional services
Fractional:
2 bedroom $2476
3 bedroom $3313
3 bedroom $3962 oceanfront
Includes only the basic required services
There will be a $10 per night additional service charge for guests (Villa) when those guests are not family members. (Note: It basically applies to any guest that you may have that has paid you a fee to be there.) They indicated that when you obtain the confirmation # you must declare. This charge will then be billed to the owner on a monthly basis for full ownership and a unknown basis for fractional ownership because a monthly bill is not yet in place.
A concierge service that is now required for fractional ownership is now required for full ownership. That fee is $500 per year to be paid in January. This issue generated heated discussion for a long time but in the end was controlled by the 58% vote. The developer said that it will be tried for 1 year and at next years meeting he will not vote on that issue and go with the feelings of the owners.
VLE will no longer be allowing Palmar time share tours and are attempting to further restrict the unwanted visitor. Outside weddings and functions from guests will no longer occur, owners possibly may have such functions. The developer will not yet allow any owner to the 3 person board until he has lost his voting % and estimates that will take 2 to 3 years. He does encourage the formation of the Vilgilance committee to begin working with the board to help in the transition. Employee Christmas bonus tip pool is set at $100 per unit. Our level of cable TV service was brought up by me and I was informed that the resort provides only a basic service. The owner may go to the cable company and obtain a decoder box and order any additional packages available. There was no cost factor available, also you can do a Direct TV because they use the same satellites.
The emotions of some owners were high and also of the developer. A spirited meeting to say the least. The fact is until the voting power is in the side of the owners, some things will happen that we may not agree with. The Blog is not a place to complain or bitch, but is a place for exchange of ideas for the betterment of our Home by the Sea. I have brought this short report to you as information only. The meeting ajourned around 1:30 PM.
Kevin Coppin 1202
As of the meeting time VLE is 76% sold out. The developer, Owen has 58% of the vote.
The first hour was devoted to reports from various departments regarding the state of the Resort etc. This went as expected to this point. Then came New Business.
I am not going to try and do the minutes in this post because the entire meeting was tape recorded and hopefully we will get a written copy in a timely manner. In Short::
Home owners fees are going up.
Full Ownership:
2 bedroom $1090
3 bedroom $1357
3 bedroom $1891 oceanfront
Does not included any optional services
Fractional:
2 bedroom $2476
3 bedroom $3313
3 bedroom $3962 oceanfront
Includes only the basic required services
There will be a $10 per night additional service charge for guests (Villa) when those guests are not family members. (Note: It basically applies to any guest that you may have that has paid you a fee to be there.) They indicated that when you obtain the confirmation # you must declare. This charge will then be billed to the owner on a monthly basis for full ownership and a unknown basis for fractional ownership because a monthly bill is not yet in place.
A concierge service that is now required for fractional ownership is now required for full ownership. That fee is $500 per year to be paid in January. This issue generated heated discussion for a long time but in the end was controlled by the 58% vote. The developer said that it will be tried for 1 year and at next years meeting he will not vote on that issue and go with the feelings of the owners.
VLE will no longer be allowing Palmar time share tours and are attempting to further restrict the unwanted visitor. Outside weddings and functions from guests will no longer occur, owners possibly may have such functions. The developer will not yet allow any owner to the 3 person board until he has lost his voting % and estimates that will take 2 to 3 years. He does encourage the formation of the Vilgilance committee to begin working with the board to help in the transition. Employee Christmas bonus tip pool is set at $100 per unit. Our level of cable TV service was brought up by me and I was informed that the resort provides only a basic service. The owner may go to the cable company and obtain a decoder box and order any additional packages available. There was no cost factor available, also you can do a Direct TV because they use the same satellites.
The emotions of some owners were high and also of the developer. A spirited meeting to say the least. The fact is until the voting power is in the side of the owners, some things will happen that we may not agree with. The Blog is not a place to complain or bitch, but is a place for exchange of ideas for the betterment of our Home by the Sea. I have brought this short report to you as information only. The meeting ajourned around 1:30 PM.
Kevin Coppin 1202
Monday, December 05, 2005
Owners visiting VLE January 2006
This post is intended to further the objective of promoting communication and friendship among VLE owners.
If you intend to be at VLE during January 2006, and might be interested in meeting or socializing with other owners, please enter a comment to this post giving your name and arrival and departure dates. This will help owners learn when others will be in attendance and possibly interested in getting together.
I will try to have posts like this going about two months into the future. I will change that later if it appears appropriate.
If you intend to be at VLE during January 2006, and might be interested in meeting or socializing with other owners, please enter a comment to this post giving your name and arrival and departure dates. This will help owners learn when others will be in attendance and possibly interested in getting together.
I will try to have posts like this going about two months into the future. I will change that later if it appears appropriate.
Week for trade
If anyone is interested in trading May 11-18 2006 for one of the following weeks, please contact Pat Tostenson at jp.tostenson@sbcglobal.net :
Dec. 10-17, 2005
Jan. 7-14, 2006
Apr. 22-29, 2006
Apr. 29-May 6, 2006
Oct. 14-21, 2006
Thanks
(Note: Your amateur blogmeister Tom Spradlin screwed up and deleted this post, which is why it is posted under my name--sorry. TS)
Dec. 10-17, 2005
Jan. 7-14, 2006
Apr. 22-29, 2006
Apr. 29-May 6, 2006
Oct. 14-21, 2006
Thanks
(Note: Your amateur blogmeister Tom Spradlin screwed up and deleted this post, which is why it is posted under my name--sorry. TS)
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Owners visiting VLE December 2005
This post is intended to further the objective of promoting communication and friendship among VLE owners.
If you intend to be at VLE during December 2005, and might be interested in meeting or socializing with other owners, please enter a comment to this post giving your name and arrival and departure dates. This will help owners learn when others will be in attendance and possibly interested in getting together.
I will try to have posts like this going about two months into the future. I will change that later if it appears appropriate.
If you intend to be at VLE during December 2005, and might be interested in meeting or socializing with other owners, please enter a comment to this post giving your name and arrival and departure dates. This will help owners learn when others will be in attendance and possibly interested in getting together.
I will try to have posts like this going about two months into the future. I will change that later if it appears appropriate.
