Program announced for 2009 Condo Conference
Program details have been announced for the 13th annual ACMO / CCI Condo Conference, to be held November 6-7, 2009 at Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham.
Save the date now and plan to attend. Topics include:
- The ABCs of Tarion
- Working with challenging people
- Insurance
- Board conduct and ethics
- Annual condo lawyers update panel ... Not to be missed
- ...and more!
I am looking forward to speaking at the “Aging in Place” session where a property manager, interior decorator and I will focus on why your condominium should accommodate aging residents and how to do that effectively.
Visit www.condoconference.ca for program, speaker, exhibitor and sponsor information and on-line registration.
Register by September 30 for early bird pricing and to buy four registrations and get one free.
It is unfortunate but these conferences (nor the condominium magazines or info sheets and blogs) never focus on the condominium owner. The individual owner(s) are the bad guys who need to be controlled.
More education and information needs to reach the condominium buyer/owner for it is they who must hold the industry and their elected boards to account. Emphasis needs to be placed on the need for mandatory education of those who take positions on boards and how to ensure they are accountable, many don't even know there is a Condominium Act. The property management industry needs a complete overhaul, the standards are so poor that it is frightening to know that one's largest financial investment is guided by these folks. Law firms act at the direction of (for the most part) unskilled boards when they should be acting on behalf of all condominium owners of the corporation. We need an Ombudsman's office where problem boards, property managers and management companies can be reported and addressed.
Mediation/arbitration is expensive and time consuming despite what the California blog info claims.