Shaloms Blog

• I'm at Shalom Home (3754 Bel Pre Rd, Aspen Hill). http://4sq.com/e8Y6vJ #

• I'm at Shalom Home (3754 Bel Pre Rd, Aspen Hill). http://4sq.com/e8Y6vJ #

On Monday I went to my first community meeting for my condo association. I felt kind of bad because I have lived here for a year and this is the first I have bothered to go to a meeting. We were suppose to be voting on our board of directors for the next year, we need a quorum of 51% of the unit owners or we can not vote. I think only 6 people showed up in total which was kind of disappointing. On the bright side the few of us that were there started talking about the issues facing the community and a few ideas on how we can go about fixing things. I mentioned looking into renting out roof space to a cell phone company for a cell tower and a few other small ideas and next thing I know I’m being asked to run for the board of directors. I originally had no intention of running for the board even though we were short 2 members (we need 5 and have 3), I wanted to go to a few meetings see what it was like them maybe run for the board. I guess I’ll be doing it all at once if the community votes me in. I think I will win and I have a decent plan for what I want to do while a member of the board. What I want to do is look for ways to lower the cost of operating the community without impacting the quality of the services provided and look for ways to generate income for the community without increasing the condo fees. I think it will be tough but I also think it can be done.