The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Central Park Master Association will be held Wednesday evening, April 7, 2010 in the Board Room at the Shelby Twp. Municipal Building, which is located at 24 Mile Rd. and Van Dyke.
Sign-in starts at 6:00 PM and the meeting itself will begin at 7:00 PM. It is important that we reach a quorum so that we can conduct the election of 2 co-owners to the Master Association Board of Directors.
The Central Park Master Association is responsible for maintaining the common areas owned and used by all four subassociations in Central Park (the Manors, Kensington, Gardens and Meadows). All co-owners of the Manors are also members of the Central Park Master Association and are entitled to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting.
Last year's meeting was our first one and we elected a full slate of four members to the Board of Directors, one from each of the four Central Park sub-associations. They are:
Mike Grobbel, Manors (2-year term)
Ted McCoy, Kensington (2-year term)
Brian Pesola, Gardens (1-year term)
Mike Malone, Meadows (1-year term)
The two highest vote-getters received the 2-year terms (which is the normal length) and the other two received a 1-year term. The bylaws state that except for the first annual meeting, two Board members are elected to a 2-year term at every annual meeting. Therefore, at this and all future Annual Meetings, the election results will never cause a turnover of more than half of the Board.
Since the Board members representing the Gardens and Meadows subassociations received the 1-year terms, the nominations and elections on April 7th are for those two positions only. They may be only nominated by members of their own subassociation (which is why only the Gardens and Meadows are mentioned on the Nominating Ballot), but all members of the Master Association may vote to select the person to represent each subassociation.
The bylaws permit Board members to run for re-election and I strongly endorse the nomination and re-election of Brian and Mike.
Nominating Ballots will be collected during the meeting, after which the two elections will take place.
We must have a 35% quorum of Master Association members either in attendance or represented by General Proxy so that we can legally conduct this meeting and election. If you are unable to attend (or not sure whether you will be able to attend) please read the Annual Meeting notice letter and then fill out the General Proxy form that were delivered to the front doors of Manors units on March 10th (co-owners of leased units should have received their packet in the mail from Kramer-Triad). If you have misplaced your Annual Meeting notice letter and General Proxy form, an electronic version is available here.
You have several choices for filling out the General Proxy form and having it voted for you.
a) write "Board of Directors" if you want the current Board to cast your vote on your behalf. Mail or Fax your Proxy per the instructions on the form, or you can give it to me or a neighbor to bring to the meeting.
b) write in the name of a neighbor who is the designated voting representative for their condo unit and who will be attending the meeting. They will be allowed to receive your blank ballot and cast your vote for you. You may instruct them in advance how you wish to vote or give them permission to cast your votes for whomever they want.
Make sure you sign and date the General Proxy when you complete the form. Call me (Mike Grobbel) at 726-0317 if you have any questions or wish me to stop by and pick up your completed General Proxy. If you submit a completed General Proxy and later decide to attend the meeting, your General Proxy will be given back to you at the meeting and you will be able to vote in person.
On a related note, the Central Park Master Association now has its own Facebook Group. If you are a Facebook member, login to Facebook and then click here to view and join the Group. If you are not a Facebook member, it's free and all you have to do is click here to sign up and join.
