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We need volunteers! Please check the boxes about your skills, and add comments about how and when you can help!

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CONTACT FORM

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Your Volunteer Skills

Your Lived Experience as an HOA Homeowner

Civil Rights Violations

Denial of voting rights without hearing

Excluding board candidates by frivolous violations or fines

Banning of flyers

Other

Financial Harms

Obfuscation of pipe leak causes

Locked out of payment system

No local bank for deposit

Forced order of applied payments to debts

Reserve funds improperly spent on capital or maintenance

Board members paying themselves

Vote taken outside regular board meeting for non-permitted purpose or without properly closing a session

Other

Disclosure Violations

Incomplete disclosure of full insurance policy

Notices not sent in trackable way

Rules not cited in violation letters

Rules issued without notice of state law 11-111(d)

Failure to provide notice in advance of a closed session

Failure to report purpose of or actions taken in closed sessions

Other

Tort / Breach of Bylaws

Inventive interpretations of rules

Retaliation for filing complaints

Frivolous lawsuits

Filibuster abuse to prevent actual votes

Not disclosing homeowner email addresses requested under state law 11-116 and 11-111.3

No dedicated ballots with voter identifier

Elections not following bylaws

Other

Annual Budget of Association (optional)

We are looking for people who need help in a very small community.

Central Power at Annual Meetings (optional)

Board of directors

Council of unit owners

Ability to achieve quorum at annual meetings (optional)

Mostly achieved

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Interest in class action lawsuit

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Depends / not sure

To get a legal ruling that may or may not apply to all boards; resolve ambiguous questions of law.

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City/town

County Code (optional)

This is a two digit code used to identify the county when you pay your state taxes.

District/account homeowner type

*Why do we ask for this? District and account identifiers are how we prove you are an actual owner and not just a manager or developer with competing interests. This info is required to get the highest level of newsletter and organizing access, especially for condominium owners.

District (optional)

Found on the property tax page for your home address at https://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/RealProperty/Pages/default.aspx

Account identifier (optional)

Found on the property tax page for your home address at https://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/RealProperty/Pages/default.aspx

Comments

Have you attended a CHARM Maryland event in the past?

Yes, we met.

No, not yet.

Would you like someone to contact you if time and resources permit?

Yes, I would like to be introduced.

No, I will wait until an event announcement.