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		<title>Fidelity insurance</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=50</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protect yourself against theft of funds.    Fidelity insurance is highly recommended, especially for small associations.]]></description>
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		<title>Well, the elections are here, what about political signs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader of this blog asks: &#8220;Joe &#8211; We are currently doing a rules revision at [our condominium]. The question came up: Can the board restrict the usage of political signs posted in windows in such a way that they are visible from the common areas? Can you tell me what Maine and/or Federal law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke free policies – a misleading claim from Smokefreeforme.org</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I received a large number of identical letters from the Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine, each sent to me as the registered agent of a condominium association I represent.  Apparently the Coalition obtained a list of condominium association clerks from the Secretary of State’s office.   Each letter contained a flyer about making Maine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How about email notice?</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=35</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a client developer told me that he spend an enormous amount of time and money mailing out notices of the annual meeting of unit owners, especially since the documents said that these notices had to be sent &#8220;certified mail&#8221;.  This caused me to wonder whether there was an easier way. It turns out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tit for Tat</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=33</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question from a board member: If a condo owner is not paying his/her condo fee, can the Board &#8220;hold off&#8221; on cutting the lawn around his/her condo and refuse to trim the shrubs and not do &#8220;winter clean up&#8221; in the Spring, for example, until they resume paying. What can the Board do in such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Condo Forum in Portland attracts 70</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Community Associations Institute hosted its third annual forum for condominium association directors on September 12, 2009, at the Clarion Hotel in Portland.   The forum featured programs on conduct of meetings of the board of directors, with actual condominium directors role playing a meeting of the board.  The forum then heard from James O&#8217;Donnell of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powers of the Board</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=23</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it accurate to say that the Board of Directors is authorized by the Maine Condominium Act to manage the condo association effectively and efficiently? Yes, the Board actually has almost exclusive power to manage the condominium association &#8211; some say too much power.  It is easier to list the things that only the unit owners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number of Directors</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=22</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Factoids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a rule or regulation regarding the number of Board of Directors a Condominium Association must have to remain a non profit entity? If the condominium was formed after January 1, 1983, then the condominium association is required to be a Maine Nonprofit Corporation.  The Maine Nonprofit Corporation Act requires all Maine nonprofit corporations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judiciary Committee turns down Condo lien bill</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=21</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Judiciary Committee of the Maine Legislature turned down the proposed bill giving associations six months of condo fees in case of bank foreclosures.  The Committee did approve language which authorized condominium associations to require a six month escrow of condominium fees by associations.  The Maine Legislative Action Committee of the Community Associations Institute, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work on Condo lien bill postponed till later</title>
		<link>http://mainecondo.com/blog/?p=20</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 15 the Judiciary Committee discussed the condo lien bill in what is called &#8220;work session&#8221;.  I was there, along with other members of the Maine legislative Action Committee of CAI.  It was evident that the committee was badly split on the bill.  We discussed the bill with individual legislators on the committee and [...]]]></description>
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