Following on from my article 'I
think 6 years as 'El 'Presidente'' is enough' we held our
Community AGM on the 3rd July. When it came to the agenda
item of the election of officers of the community I confirmed,
that having been the voluntary incumbent of the position of
'Presidente' (Chairman) for the last 6 years, that now is the time
for someone else to assume the responsibility and it was not my
intention to allow my name to be put forward for consideration of a
further term.
There being no
immediate nominations put forward a discussion of the two alternative
methods of selection under paragraph 13.2 of the 'Law of Horizontal
Property' took place. “The Law of
Horizontal Property states that a Community of Owners has to have a
President. Should there fail to be any nominations for the election,
then in accordance with paragraph 13.2 of the said law, the selection
of the President shall be appointed
from among the owners by rotation of property numbers or random
draw”.
Those present did
not wish to adopt either of those options for several reasons with
two being more important; the first being that the 'Presidente'
should be resident in Spain, although not a legal requirement; the
second being that a random selection could result in an owner being
selected that could not cope with the responsibilities; that could
affect the community detrimentally.
During the
discussion I felt that, although the owners appreciated my point of
view that 6 years, the last without the support of a
'Vicepresidente', in the position was enough, there was pressure for
me to retract my decision and continue in the role of chairman. I was
not prepared to do this.
In order to reach an
amicable solution I agreed not to cut my ties completely from the
management team. The result being that two owners volunteered to
allowed their names to go forward as 'Presidente' and
'Vicepresidente' providing I would accept nomination as a new
position of 'Tesorero'. With some reluctance I agreed.
Our community now
has a committee of three including myself, quite an increase from
when it was just me on my own. Not
the complete result I wanted but I take it as a complement to my past
performance. My next task is to
train a treasurer to take over from me for future years.
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