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ETHICS COMPLAINT vs. Joseph Adams, Esquire |
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CAI
ANNOUNCEMENT CONDO COURSES November
22, 2005, Naples Financial
Operations Facilitator:
Mr. John H. Stroemer, CPA, CFST, CAM Stroemer
Tuscan & Company, PA December
7, 2005, Fort Myers Condominium
Operations Facilitator:
Mr. James E. Schneider, CAM, CMCA, PCAM Manager,
Seven Lakes Association December
15, 2005, Naples Condominium
Operations Facilitator:
Mr. James E. Schneider, CAM, CMCA, PCAM Manager,
Seven Lakes Association
January 11, 2006, Fort Myers Condominium Regulations Facilitator: Mr. Joseph E. Adams, Esq. Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. January
18, 2006, Naples Condominium
Regulations Facilitator:
Mr. Robert C. Samouce, Esq. Samouce,
Murrell & Gall, P.A. February 9, 2006, Fort Myers Conflict Resolutions Facilitator: Mr. Joseph E. Adams, Esq. Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. CAI
Conference and Trade Expo February
22, 2006, Naples Condominium
Operations Facilitator:
Mr. Robert C. Samouce, Esq. Samouce,
Murrell & Gall, P.A. Call
ForReservations Robert J.Podvin CONDO EDUCATION COURSES, Dated MAR 31, 2005 JAN
W. BERGEMANN 3345 Kings Rd. South. * St. Augustine, Florida 32086 E-mail : [email protected] ; Website: http://www.ccfj.net/ Tel.: (904) 794-0888 CONDO
EDUCATION COURSES The
momentary courses held by the Community Associations Institute are
absolutely ineffective. They are only attended by very few selected
board members. And the fact that the courses are mostly taught by people
who have a financial interest is definitely not improving the situation.
Many condo-owners are clearly upset that their money is used to pay a
trade organization whose members are fighting any consumer friendly
reform, but try to enact laws that will create even more dictatorial
boards than we already have! This
has to change. There are many methods using today’s technology to
create good education courses and reach a great number of interested
people. Not only board members pay the $4 in the condo trust fund but as
well unit-owners. Why are most of them not invited to participate in
these courses? And
I don’t know who figured out the cost of these courses! The person who
approved it should take another course of Business 101. Despite
Secretary Carr fighting for every dollar not to give to the newly
created ombudsman’s office, she has obviously no quarrels to set aside
$500,000 for these CAI education courses. What an absolute waste of good
money! The fact that the money is there doesn’t mean it has to be
wasted. This
year’s contract ends in August. All parties really interested in good
education courses should work on feasible solutions to create a better
education system. An
education system that will serve more condo-owners. An
education system that will teach neighbors to be more neighborly and to
live with each other and respect each other. Not a system that pushes
enforcement and more enforcement creating even more lawsuits. The
education should help to reduce the number of law-suits, not increase
them! And the teachers should be neutral, without having a financial
interest in mind! E-MAIL EXCHANGE CONDO COURSE PRESENTATION -----Original Message----- From: Jan Bergemann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:20 PM To: Carol Windham Subject: Unapproved draft of meeting minutes Dear Carol Windham, the unapproved draft of the minutes of the meeting of the Condo Advisory Council -- 03-31-2005 -- shows this statement in regards to my presentation: PUBLIC INPUT: Presentation by Jan Bergemann regarding education and outreach to the public. Mr. Bergemann encouraged Division to use email capabilities to educate and keep public informed. Suggested more education to be offered through the web.
I am well aware that the minutes should only be a summary, but minimum a truthful summary of the presentation the speaker offered. What you are offering here is may be a summary of the discussion that occurred after my actual presentation, but definitely not the main contents of my actual presentation.
I have attached the notes I used for my presentation for your information. I expect that minimum the basic facts are reflected in the minutes! The fact that some people may not like what I had to say shouldn't influence the contents of the minutes.
These minutes are the official records of the Condo Advisory Council. Please see to it that it will be changed accordingly! Your cooperation is much appreciated!
Jan Bergemann Cyber Citizens For Justice, Inc. ____________________________________________ From: Jan Bergemann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:29 PM To: Windham, Carol Cc: Cochran, Michael Subject: Unapproved draft of meeting minutes
Dear Carol Windham, I'm still waiting for any kind of response to my e-mail -- see below. In case you don't feel like responding please let me know! I will take the necessary steps to assure that the right people will be informed in regards to your unwillingness to respond to my request! According to my information you did not inform the council members about my request. I was given the impression that you are the person in charge of coordinating the clerical work for the Condo Advisory Council. If the person who informed me was mistaken, please let me know! Regards Jan Bergemann ______________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Windham, Carol [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:14 AM To: Jan Bergemann Cc: Cochran, Michael; [email protected] Subject: RE: Unapproved draft of meeting minutes Dear Mr. Bergemann: I forwarded your request to the Chair of the Council. Action regarding the approval of or changes to the minutes is taken at the Council meetings. At the May 14, 2005 meeting, the Council voted to approve the March 31, 2005 minutes. These minutes will be posted on the Council's webpage within the next few days. If you have any questions, please let me know. Carol Windham _________________________________________________________________ From: Joseph Adams [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Unapproved draft of meeting minutes Dear Mr. Bergeman: Please permit this to respond to your recent email, and the Word document entitled "CONDO EDUCATION COURSES", which you have appended thereto. In your previous email to Carol Windham, you took umbrage at the draft of minutes that had been circulated regarding the March 31, 2005 meeting of the Advisory Council. I understand that you attached the above-mentioned document to that e-mail and said it was your "notes". I instructed Ms. Windham to listen to the audio tape of the meeting, and she did so (twice). She reported to me that the draft of minutes was an accurate summary of the statements you made at the meeting, with which I concurred, and the draft minutes were submitted to the Council for approval on May 14, 2005. Prior to the unanimous adoption of the minutes by the Council (which includes two members of your group), Jerry Melvin (the Cybercitizens lobbyist) addressed the Council and made no mention of this matter, nor did the Council members who had apparently shared the draft minutes with you. Minutes
are, by their nature, summary. For example, another gentleman spoke at
length about the developer problems his community had experienced, and
that presentation was encapsulated in the minutes by one sentence
stating that the speaker favored developer bond posting. I have instructed Council staff to include your most recent email and its attachment with the package for the next Council meeting, and it will be treated as a correspondence/e-mail submittal, and will be treated in the same matter that other written submissions are. Thank
you...Joe Adams, Chair |