Improving Co-owner Apathy in Meeting Attendance

Often times we are asked as Community Association lawyers how to encourage co-owners to attend annual meetings. Sometimes I facetiously indicate that the best way to get co-owners to an annual meeting is to levy an additional or special assessment. Perhaps another way to get them is to have it at an “open bar in a restaurant,” but a less expensive idea is to offer refreshments such as pizza, etc. and/or to have a grab bag or lottery where someone wins a prize who registers at the meeting, assuming that the State law does not prohibit it. Your attorney should be able to provide you with some suggestions which may help you in dealing with apathy and stressing the importance of community involvement.

 

Campaign Finance Issues Affecting Supreme Court Judges

If seventy-five percent of the spending on the Michigan Supreme Court campaign during their current election is being done outside of Michigan’s finance disclosure system according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, how are we assured that parties are being given a fair opportunity before the Court given the nature of the Justices knowing that political bent has expended money for their reelection.

Law Schools

I just read in the Michigan Alumni Circular that Times Higher Education has ranked U-M as the world’s 20th top institution. The annual list ranks the top 400 universities and is based on 13 performance indicators separated into five categories. Earlier this year, Thomson Reuters ranked U-M as 12th in the organization’s annual reputation rankings. This, of course, does not include the football or basketball teams.

Election of Judges

If you are interested in whom I am voting for Michigan Supreme Court, and for Oakland County Circuit Judge, kindly send me a request and I will let you know my thoughts, either in writing or verbally. I think this is an extremely important election for our Supreme Court which has been widely criticized around the country for its partisanship. Those who claim that they are not motivated by special interests may, in some cases, be the pot calling the kettle black.