Alberta Condo Act Team
Hello everyone: It's 2018 and hard to believe I have been working as an unpaid, volunteer, Alberta condo owner advocate for about seven (7) years ... and doing all possible, with the support of other valued volunteers, to be authentically be heard by the NDP and the previous Government.
We have done everything we know how to do and all indications are the NDP will simply do what they want ... all at the expense of Alberta condo owners who will feel the negative effects in their property values, quality of life, and financial stability.
Our "Improvement Ideas" now number twenty-seven (27) and they specifically address shortcomings and loopholes in the current work-in-progress legislation the NDP wants to proclaim. You can find the list at www.albertacondominiums.ca in the DOCUMENTS tab, top right. Our ideas are best practices. They are reasonable, workable, and will lessen:
condo complex conflict; bullying/harassment and intimidation of condo owners who speak up; abuse of power; secrecy of information; broken relationships; plummeting property values; "out of the blue" cash calls ; proxy abuse and the emotional upheaval and devastation that comes from the above.
That appears not to matter to this Government but that does not mean we will stop pushing for the NDP to realize the catastrophic incompleteness and punishing nature of what they want to proclaim into law.
By way of introduction, here's some background on me and my condo work . Hopefully it results in you being comfortable with my intent and my appeal for donations to fund future meetings and condo owner related activities.
My name is June Donaldson and I live in a condo in Calgary. I am a condo landlady and past condo board member and president. As a near 40 year condo owner veteran I have been deeply troubled by Alberta condo legislation which I believe is incomplete and punishing against Alberta condo owners.
Over the past seven (7) years, I have spent thousands of unpaid, volunteer hours (and a great deal of money) creating information appealing to both past and present Governments to make condominium legislation more inclusive, fair and balanced to condo owners, those of us who:
pay all the condo complex bills and special assessments;
contribute to the pay, perks, and pensions of condo managers and other condo industry insiders;
are the economic engine behind condo industry successes
and represent the single largest stakeholder group of all condo related stakeholder groups in Alberta.
With the exception of one donation (for which I am very grateful and that I applied to my over $600.00 FOIP invoices), up until establishing this Go Fund Me site, I've personally paid all the bills: the domain name and website, email marketing programs, office supplies, FOIP document fees, couriers, phones, artwork, gas to travel to meetings, long distance and you know the rest.
Now, supporters support me establishing this page as we want to expand our presence not only in Alberta, but nation wide. That is why we released, on January 1, 2018, a petition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to establish a "Canadian Condominium Owner Bill of Rights". It's time ... it appears Provincial legislation looks after the condo industry insiders, and that includes condo boards, at the expense of the owners!
NO ONE on our volunteer team is paid - the only money spent is on direct out of pocket expenses. All our financial records are posted at www.albertacondominiums.ca in the DOCUMENTS tab so check it out ... you'll see openness and transparency on all expenses.
When we are successful with our "mission" any money left will be split 50/50 between the Veteran's Food Bank and the Alberta SPCA.
Our window of time to increase our visibility and voice is small. Condo legislation, once proclaimed, will be in place for years, if not decades. We MUST lessen the imbalance of power between the Government, condo boards, and other condo industry insiders against Alberta condo owners and we can't do it alone or without money.
PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU and donate $10., or more if you can swing it, at this site. If you don't want to donate on line, you may send your donation to J. Donaldson/Condos, #523 - 7620 Elbow Drive, SW., Calgary T2V1K2. I will ensure it is added to the Go Fund Me donations.
As well, join up with us at Alberta Condo Owner Site (Alberta Condo Act Team) to receive our newsletters, learn about our work, our YOUTUBE Alberta condo videos and our petitions to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Rachel Notley.
As an aside - I write thank you notes for all donations and they will be posted on my personal site of June Donaldson and/or June A. Donaldson. Apparently Go Fund Me only posts notes on personal, not organizational Facebook pages.
THANK YOU for your donation and for hearing me out. If you have questions, I can be reached through www.albertacondominiums.ca.
To be continued ...
June Donaldson (MBA, EdD, Mediator, Arbitrator, Business Consultant, Best-Selling Emotional Intelligence Author and Founder of the Alberta Condo Act Team (formerly the Alberta Condo Ownership Network).
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