Sanctuary

First off, thanks to many Sanctuary owners who attended the Annual Membership Meeting last month–we easily made our quorum and had some good discussions on issues of importance to all our members.  Also, thanks to outgoing Board member Barry Rowe for a great two years of service to our community!  Congratulations and welcome to new Board member Sandra AlFonso (and returning members Val and Christin)!  The new Board elected me President for 2010 and I hope to continue the excellent stewardship of my predecessors.

 This is going to be a challenging year, with a very tight budget that will necessitate some belt-tightening.  One of our main goals, though, will be to avoid an increase in HOA dues (The Sanctuary’s dues are still well below those of many other Associations).  We simply have too many members who are substantially behind in their payments and the Board is examining several means for improving the situation.  We’re also doing things like an energy study which we believe could lead several thousands of dollars in savings on our electrical bill, but we also will have to delay some improvements we hoped to accomplish this year, at least until we see how our financial situation develops over the coming months.

I’ll do my best to keep you all up-to-date on things, with posts to this blog, notes in the newsletter and special mailings as necessary throughout the year.  Please don’t hesitate to let me know of your concerns or suggestions for how your Association can better serve the community.  You can always reach me at president@thesanctuaryhoa.org.

Bob Howard, President (2/9/2010)