June 8th Problems + more letters + why ???

BOD members (not Jill) reported, MGRE selected as new Property Manager. I spoke with them (James Goldfink) on several occasions, relating to a different co-op. They told me they were under ‘consideration’.  I know nothing bad about MGRE. Hopefully they will be OK.  

I hope our BOD did the necessary ‘due diligence’ before committing VA. Due diligence includes items from a previous blog. (See following) Re: PM (Property Manager) Questions: What is their name? What are their qualifications, if any? Was a background, criminal and credit check done? What will new PM do? Do they have ‘real’ references? Did you visit other co-ops they manage? How many co-ops do they manage? How much did you agree to pay them? Are there costs not covered in the contract? What are the extra costs? Where is the contract? How many other co-op Property Managers did you investigate? Who recommended this company? More …       

 We should visit their website …   http://www.mgre.com  Ask questions. 

Problems! We have problems! Problems include the fact that we still don’t have the long overdue financial reports. I/we fear we have significant financial problems that have been ‘hidden’ by assessments, absurd sublet surcharges, bad or no reporting .....

I  became unhappy (and involved) when I received endless conflicting letters about assessments, legal fees, etc. I tried to contact Jill Schachter and Marc Ullman to get explanations and information. From Marc, I got a lot information, explanations, etc. From Jill I was initially ignored, then, insults, diatribes against Shareholders double talk and “NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS”. 

This is one of the reasons we need people with financial knowledge and business experience on the BOD. Also  ... GOOD MANNERS is important.

Elections coming:  I am unhappy about our economy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iraq plus Greece, Valerie Arms and most of the world. Also I worry about our politicians, Social Security and Valerie Arms. I/we can’t do much about Greece, but maybe we can prevent Valerie Arms from going KAPUT. The irresponsible and unauthorized spending must stop. 

Monthly, the BOD takes Shareholder money (assessments) to pay ‘legal (?) costs. They (Jill + BOD) refuse to provide information and do it without my/our permission. Is that legal? 

And endless letters, accusations, diatribes, etc. continue and continue. And we pay for some of it without our permission. 

Letter dated 5/30/12: Shareholders received a letter from Maggie. Maggie accuses Marc of endless  ‘bad stuff’ and implies he may be responsible for ???? Maggie revokes what she said to Marc and/or Jill or both or didn’t say (we get confused). She states the BOD (?) or Jill hosted social events. In addition they bought ‘vanities’ for the staff and gym, hired an attorney who hired a forensic accountant and we don’t know who or what else. Also, according to Maggie, Jill is a  (#1)‘financial planner’ and ‘negotiator’ in addition to being a ‘merchandiser’ and whatever else she does at Macy’s.

Maggie further wrote, “I asked forgiveness, and I have been forgiven  … “ “We are a team”.

*Note – Alexander Pope … "To err is human; to forgive is divine."  

*Note – Is this like confession with absolution?

*Note – Can we all be forgive for our sins and transgressions?

*Note – Do Bush and Obama and Romney and Assad and Zimmerman know about this? 

I would guess Maggie doesn’t like Marc and his ‘friends’ and Shareholders and me and possibly you. Why is she telling us this stuff?  

Why do people want to be on the BOD?  Potential reasons …

1-Help others and share responsibilities.

2-Fix stuff that needs fixing.

3-Promote ‘good’ ideas.

4-Share ‘expertise’.

5-Make friends.

6-Be important.

7-Gain ‘power’ over others.

8-‘Reward’ friends and punish others.

9- Get ‘kick-backs’ and make money.

10- Therapy.

11- Vengeance.

12- ?????????

*Note- Numbers 1-4 are good. #5 is OK. #6 is not terrible. All other reasons range from not good to despicable to real bad to evil.

Can you think of any others motives? Please add to list.

Macy’s has financial planners? Negotiators? Check Google. Where did she get this information? 

Picture added because of complaint there was no picture.

Guess who? Who is his friend? Was he seen in the lobby, sitting around the pool, eating a puppy or you know who?

Remember! The purpose of this blog is to inform and provided a platform for ideas, suggestions, comments, etc. For ALL Shareholders. If you agree or disagree you are welcome to participate.

Comments re: personal characteristics, physical attributes or ‘bad taste’ are ‘no-nos’. Please cooperate.

more QUES June 2nd & 3rd

ASK QUESTIONS. DEMAND ANSWERS.
Q: Why are Shareholder complaints and questions directed against the BOD and President?

A: Because we/Shareholders believe they are doing things that harm all Shareholders.

Most co-ops have a monthly financial report. It includes money coming in and going out, disbursements, bills, balances, etc. The BOD reviews the report each month to make sure the Co-op’s finances are OK. The report and any questions are included with the Minutes. Do Jill and the BOD do that? Do they know how? BOD members should know. Many Shareholders have these skills.

Q: Did you, the BOD, review our finances each month to insure that we are OK? Did you correct any ‘problems’? Do you know where our money is? 

Demand:  We want our long overdue financial reports. Excuses, blaming others and/or making more unauthorized expenditures is not acceptable! 

Repeat: Jill + BOD report they hired a new PM (Property Manager) (April?). VE (Vision Enterprises) quit. Despite repeated Shareholder questions, Jill (+BOD) refuse to give information. Her (BOD) response is, “None of your business”. Do you know your ‘allies’ repudiate your manners and words? Ask them!

Q: Do you really believe it is none of our business?  Do you realize how arrogant, disrespectful and hateful these words are? Are you doing this because it makes you ‘feel good’ or gives ‘pleasure’? Do you think we are sheep?

Do you believe we act and behave like sheep?  You may be right! Many Shareholders are placid sheep-like victims. “Evil succeeds when good people stand do nothing” Who said that?

Q: Why won’t you tell us about the new PM? What are you hiding?

Q: Who gave you the right to use Shareholder money for personal matters?

Q: If you don’t understand things and don’t know what to do, why not admit it?

Q: Why are you angry at and disrespectful to Shareholders?

Q: Who gave you the right to spend our money without our permission?

Q: Why not have a Beer and Pretzel Party for Shareholders who don’t like Whine and Cheese?

Q: How about Bhatsa maku and Yak milk for our Tibetan Shareholders?

Q: Why not have bowls of kibble for the dogs we see in the lobby?

Q: Why do you impose your personal relationships, feelings, etc?

Q: Do you think Shareholders are ignorant, totally under your control and bury our heads in the sand instead of learning what is happening?

And what about 5% Mondays?

*Click on pics for expanded view

5/30 More questions ....

Notice from BOD continued:  “Your Board of Directors will be available to answer any question …any issue …In the lobby …  June 2^nd & 3^rd  …. between 12:00 and 2:00 P.M.” 

Re: ASSESMENT for legal fees/expenses: Shareholders keep asking about the Assessment and for information about legal fees/expenses. Responses are none or incomplete, inadequate and insulting.  That includes, “It’s none of your business.” Estimated cost is $7,500 per month for an unknown period of time. That’s $90,000 (estimate) per year. We can’t be accurate because Jill and/or BOD refuse to answer questions.

  Shareholder money

Questions: Who authorized you to assess Shareholders for legal expenses for apparent personal or political matters?  Why didn’t O&D insurance pay? How and why did you select the lawyer you chose? Was there a vote? Did you do background and complaint checks? Where are the hard copy reports? How much has been paid and will be paid for legal expenses? (Why do you refuse give information after repeated Shareholder requests?) What is your lawyer paid for? Where are the bills and invoices? Who signs checks to the lawyer?

Jill repeatedly told me/us Adam Leitman Bailey is a ‘Super Lawyer’. Why repeatedly stress SUPER LAWYER? What is a ‘Super Lawyer’? Who advised you? Is there a link to Vision? You (Jill) mentioned the lawyer as well as police is ‘looking into threats’. Is the lawyer investigating, filing charges or taking any actions against Shareholders?  Are you ‘setting up’ the lawyer? More to come………….. For information and interest: 

Re: Adam Leitman Bailey    http://www.alblawfirm.com  

Re: Super Lawyers    http://www.superlawyers.com  

Re: Super Lawyers   http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2009/10/im-a-super-lawyer-now-what.html  

*Note. I never communicated in any way with Mr. Bailey or his firm. I have no idea what he/they did or didn’t do. Information came from Ms. Schachter and/or links above.

There are also ‘Super Accountants’, 'Super Mice,' 'Super Mouses', 'Super Mooses' and more.

We need ‘Super Shareholders’ and a ‘Super BOD’ with good judgment and common sense. 

Financial records (Long overdue)

Questions: When will we receive accurate Annual and other Financial Statements? Why are statements overdue? Who writes the checks? Do we have reviewed invoices and bills for every irregular disbursement? Where are VA’s financial records? Are the records copied, safeguarded and stored? What banks do we use? Account numbers? How much do we owe? More …  

Pool

Questions: Who is responsible the pool fiasco? When was it discovered work was needed? Why wasn’t it done in a timely manner? Who gave pool workers permission to start 7:30 AM on Holiday mornings? Who supervises work? Are there competitive bids? Who and how was the ‘fix’ company selected? Is there a bottom line for costs and time?  

Endless letters.

We constantly receive letters that many Shareholders don’t or partially read.Letters from Marc (and friends) and Maggie are ‘signed’. They also note they are responsible for contents and pay the costs.

Questions: Re: Jill and BOD’s letters re; personal election, personal philosophy, personal nonsense, etc. matters. Who writes the letters? Why aren’t they ‘signed’ for responsibility? Who pays for the postage, printing, etc? Are you using Shareholder money? 

Please write questions on paper for your records. Please take notes on responses, if any. It is important we have a record. More to come …(Why did Vision Eneterprises quit?) Also .....

Happy Decoration Day and BOD will finally answer questions (Maybe)

There is a notice posted (Under glass? To protect from evil-doers? ??? )

Notice To All Shareholders (No date)
“Your Board of Directors will be available to answer any question ….. any issue …. In the lobby between …on   June 2^nd & 3^rd  …. between 12:00 and 2:00 P.M.” 

At the bottom: Names of all Directors. 

This is a good thing! Important you go, ask questions and demand answers. It is important to have your questions on paper. The purpose is so that you don’t forget or get distracted by a barrage of talk, evasions, babble and gobbledygook. Also, if necessary, this can be part of the complaints filed with NYSAG, Queens DA, etc.

Suggested questions:

Re: New Management Company. Who is the new management company? How much are they getting paid? Are there any services not included or add-ins? What services will they provide? Where are the other written bids? Who recommended them? How often will they be on site, etc.? Did you visit and/or interview a minimum of three of the Co-ops they currently manage? Did you do credit checks? Did you do searches with the NYS Secretary of State and NYS AG?  Are there any complaints with Queens DA? Show us the ‘contract’ and terms. When did the BOD vote? We want to see the Minutes that recorded the vote. Why did the BOD refuse to tell Shareholders who they are? Why did you keep repeating “None of your business” to our questions? Are you hiding things? What are you hiding? 

Suggested questions:

Re: Threats. Have you (Jill and BOD) made any complaints with the 111^th Police Precinct regarding alleged threats? If so, please provide information. Have you filed or do you intend to file legal actions against Shareholders? If so, please provide information. Are there pending legal actions against Shareholders relating to you (BOD) and Vision? Are you receiving personal protection? If so, who pays for the protection and how much? Does anyone use Valerie Arms Security for ‘personal’ matters?

Suggested question:

Re: Be nice. Why don’t you and everybody ‘back-off’, stop doing ‘bad stuff’ and work for the benefit of all Shareholders? If you are nice, maybe people won't be so angry.

 We know Jill and the BOD read this blog. It will be good they know these questions. It will be good if they make available written answers.  

Once again, this blog is for ALL Shareholders. Jill and the BOD and friends can post their answers, make comments, etc. 

Action: If you have questions that should be asked or have not been answered, please post your questions in comments.

Repeat! Please post your questions and comments. 

Nice is nicer than not-nice. 

Also … Happy Decoration Day and go to watch the LN-Douglaston Parade on Northern Blvd.

More to come ...

5/24 More on Proxy

More on Proxy…
The proxy and solicitation we received from Jill/BOD is outrageous. To me/us it reflects total disrespect, disregard and hatred. It reminds me of the HATE cult. Why hate us?

More information about proxies: (Thanks Marc)

http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/new-york/ny-laws/ny_business_corporation_law_609 

http://realestateqa.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/can-the-president-of-a-co-op-reject-a-shareholders-proxy

Re: Blog + Free Speech + Threats. 

I keep repeating, I am not a lawyer. Go to the ACLU website.

http://www.aclu.org/affiliate/new-york

You will find information, etc. about our rights of free speech. To the best of my knowledge, you/we have the right to speak, write, post, picket, protest, etc. anything, anyway and anywhere you/we want, including posting a blog or comments on the Internet (with certain limits).  See and/or contact the ACLU for further guidelines and info. 

If any member of the BOD or Management or Employee threatens you with ‘legal’ or ‘police’ actions, carefully write and report the threats/comments. Have any of you been threatened in any way?

Our blog is a public forum. Comments share good ideas, bring new information, provide insights and focus our attention. Good for you! And thanks.

Repeat: Our blog is a public forum which means members of the current BOD and/or friends can contribute. It may be a way to offer new/different information and/or make more enemies. If you disagree or oppose what is posted, speak up and contribute. Be open!

Important! Please distribute this blog to every Shareholder. It is important we all know what is happening. Despite denials, we know Jill, the BOD and all involved see this blog.

Please answer. Who wrote the proxy from Jill/BOD?
We will ask the NYS AG to review.

For your information: Websites, e-mail access, Shareholder information, forms, Minutes, etc. is provided by Management Companies. We don’t know which company Jill/BOD picked. She/they refuse to tell us. Why? Why secrets? "None of your business!"

If you see or speak with them (Jill/BOD),

demand answers. 

More to come ..........

*Note - Previous posting from

outsideshareholderMay 23, 2012 3:49 PM

I am an outside shareholder I have a question for Maggie Warford,I recieved your letter that says that you will create and run a corporate website for the Valerie Arms. to my knowledge most Management companys create, manage and maintain these websites for their clients. What kind of Management Company did you hire? I know IT IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS but why won't you tell us who it is? I am starting to be afraid that you geniuses re-hired Vision Management. What is the matter with you people.

Proxy

Proxy      More ... to come 

We Shareholders received a letter signed by the VA Corp Secretary dated 5/18/2012

.Attached was a ‘Proxy’. It requested you sign. Signing commits you to …

“The undersigned does hereby specifically authorize the proxy to ratify and confirm the acts of the Officers and Directors of the Corporation since the last Annual Meeting of Shareholders.”               

                                                   ??????                 

I am not a lawyer. I don’t/can’t give legal advice. I will not sign. I believe their proxy is not a good thing for Shareholders. I believe it does us all a lot of harm. (Is the proxy legal?)

The BOD sent this proxy to all Shareholders. Was Shareholder money used? Bet?

The instructions want you to give your proxy to Jill Schachter or ….?    

This letter and proxy leads me to ask …

Question: Do they (Jill and the BOD) believe we are all morons? Idiots? Senile old people? Gullible fools? Sheep?

Answer: …….. yup!

I am not a moron or idiot or the other stuff (I hope). I will not sign. This is insulting!

They want us to give up our right to protect ourselves?

I believe this is part of a conspiracy to aid and abet and sanction past and ongoing ‘bad things’. The ‘bad’ things include defrauding, looting and harming Shareholders of Valerie Arms.
They enrich themselves, gain power or something at our expense.

As this is a product of the current BOD and goes to protect themselves and Vision Enterprises, I assume the conspiracy involves both parties.  

Qui bono? (look it up) My guess is the beneficiaries are Vision (Peter Mesos, Jill and the BOD). The losers are us, the Shareholders. 

The following links are from Shareholders, newspapers, etc. They believe we should know more about Vision, our sponsor and Peter Mesos. 

http://www.queenstribune.com/archives/featurearchive/feature99/11/index.html 

http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-02-06/local/18071933_1_co-op-homeowners-attorney

You can find a lot more on the internet or call the Queens newspapers, Newsday, etc. 

Don’t sign your proxy to Jill/Vision/Peter Mesos, etc.  

More to come ….. and ….    Happy Birthday.

Elections + conversation with Maggie

Elections are coming in Egypt, Greece, Valerie Arms, America, Senegal, Kazakhstan and other troubled places around the world. All have severe financial problems. America may survive. The citizens of VA (Valerie Arms), like Greece, Senegal and others, are at severe financial risk. We don’t know the severity of our problems because we can’t get information.

Vision is on the way out and according to those who know a lot more than I, Vision is a big part of the problem and cannot be trusted.

The current BOD (Jill) refuses to answer questions, supply information and says, “None of your business”. I suspect she/they doesn’t know.

Three candidates sent resumes. They claim some business sense, financial experience and knowledge. That’s good. We need people who know something and have some sense.

I know little about the members of the current BOD but have a lot of reason to believe they are making very bad decisions. 

We all received a letter from Maggie letter dated May 10. It was great! Among other remarkable things, she wrote, “I am currently a new target of the ‘negative blog’.” So much for nice.

Her letter included an invitation to call. I called, asked some questions, listened to a lot of stuff that included allegations about others. I asked her to provide documentation or proof of what she was saying. Nothing. She told me the Blog is ‘disgusting’, said in an e-mail ‘Do you wear a hearing aid?’, called me a ‘liar’, complained about Shareholders ‘micromanaging’ or other stuff.

She also kept talking about being 2^nd ‘runner-up’ winner and talking and talking and talking ...................................................................................

I wonder if Maggie knows George Wallace was also 2^nd ‘runner-up winner' in the 1968 election. If he wasn’t dead, could he be on the Board?

Union Rags was 6^th runner-up winner in this year’s Kentucky Derby. Caroline Cheptonui Kilel of Kenya was 4^th runner-up winner in the NYC Marathon for 2011.

My favorite stuffed rooster was 4^th runner-up winner in the 1919 Maryland State Fair. (see pic)

Maggie also threatened to ‘record’ our conversation if we speak again.

I doubt that I will call again. (I always take notes.)

(What is a "runner-up winner"?)

I do agree with Maggie’s ire at the sublet charges/fees. More about that to come.

I also understand what Maggie and Jill have in common.

Re: Maggie’s letter …  res ipsa loquitur