I confess to having done something similar, though I used a jiu-jitsu move rather than rational argument as Phil did. Within five or so years of moving in I became the President of the HOA (because no-one else wanted it) and, like Phil, after six or seven years of it (because still no-one else wanted it) I quit and wouldn't do it again for love or money either. However, during my tenure I pointed out at a meeting of the HOA that our covenants had an absolute no-external-antenna rule, yet about half of the garages in the association had two-foot diameter satellite TV dishes on the roof (this was the early 2000s.) Under the existing covenants, they would all have to go. Either that, or to protect them we could amend the covenants by just deleting the no-antenna rule entirely. The vote was unanimous.
Ted, KN1CBR -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:25:15 -0700 From: Phil Kane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HOA Crap Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed That's where I was when we moved into a brand-new condo in California in1988. At the time the "Board" was the developer, and I scored a meeting with their VP-engineering. Spoke to him engineer-to-engineer and got approval for several VHF/UHF antennas on the roof. When the Board was turned over to the owners I made sure that I was on the new Board and I drafted a Memorandum of Ratification that covered more antennas including a long wire with secured access to the roof. The other two Board members were too dumb to do anything but approve it. Even after I was off the Board in a power play the antennas stayed there until we moved in 1999. Note - I have no intention of serving on a Condo or HOA Board again even for a sack of gold..... 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
