Petty rules

We had just received a fine for a so called sub standard sign for the home we are building in the Eco Estate.

I hope that I am not the only person who has been fined for such a ridiculous thing, but I’m willing to bet that the chairman of the Architectural Committee a man who should know better, has not even got a sign but has painted his name and phone number on the wall. As often mentioned before on your blog there are rules for some and rules for others. This is not quite correct as there are realy rules for all except those on the board and others who are connected.

Not only has this commitees chairman no legal sign, his so called future castle looks like a derelict attempt of building a home. Most unusual about this structure is that nature is slowly taking a bit back and that his garages are built right up to the boundary of his property and have crossed the building line that all of us have had to follow. I have it on good authority that this may only be allowed in areas like Alberton North and Mayberry Park.

I bet that the estemed chairman of the Architectural Committee and board member of long standing will make good and set an example. Only then will I be more than willing to upgrade my sign. Hopefully he will also chop down that portion of his garage to a length that is within the 2m building line.

The board is comprised of a few gems in a bucket of waste rock.

I would publish this on the Estate web site as well as your blog but these board members will instruct Mr Botes to persecute us even more.

This year when the time comes for the AGM we will be at home watching something more believable like Cartoon Network where what you see is what you get.

Brian Boswell must be jealous as our board has more clowns than his circus.

Home Executive

Het julle ma’s julle nie maniere geleer nie?

Ek en my man het besluit dat dit tyd was om ons vriende kring uit te brei. Dus het ons laas jaar regdeur die jaar verskillende paartjies oorgenooi vir ete en ‘n lekker kuier.

Ons het nou tot die volgende slot som gekom –

Meeste van die paartjies wat ons genooi het, het die neiging om op dieselfde tyd te praat. Probreer dit gerus – om na twee mense te luister wat dieselfde tyd praat en dan nog in te neem wat elkeen te sê het. Jy weet naderhand nie wie om voor te kyk nie.

En nou vir die cherry op die koek – hulle vra jou ‘n vraag en so half pad deur jou antwoord praat hulle alweer. Hulle luister nie eers klaar nie, so hoekom dan ‘n vraag vra?

Ek dink by party van hulle is dit so ‘n gewoonte dat hulle dit nie eers agterkom nie. Doen my ‘n guns – die volgende keer as julle by iemand kuier en julle sien die gasheer en die gasvrou kyk heen en weer soos ape in ‘n hok dan moet julle asseblief ‘n bietjie oplet na julle gedrag.

Ag nee man ..... kom ons gaan weer terug na die maniere wat ons ouers ons geleer het.

Ek sê maar net ........

Daleen G

Years come and go

Years come and go,
but this year I specially wish 4 all of you
a double dose of health and happiness
topped with loads of good fortune.
Have a great year ahead!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!!!!!!!

Spiro

Each moment in a day has its own value

Each moment in a day has its own value.
Mornings bring HOPE,
Afternoons brings FAITH,
Evenings brings LOVE,
Nights brings REST,
Hope all you MNE home owners will have all of them everyday.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

Ciarra

Vlug 2011

Welkom by Vlug 2011 - vertrektyd - middernag - ons vlieënier - Jesus Christus

Sy bloed is ons veiligheidsgordel, die Bybel ons kompas

Gebede ons vlerke, Geloof en Hoop ons brandstof

Liefde vir ons mede-passasiers is verpligtend

Vrede, Geluk, Vertroue en Voorspoed ons bestemming

Aangename vlug met Jesus op Vlug 2011 die Nuwe Jaar in!!!

Denise

Merry Christmas to everybody!!

In this Christmas ....

In the daytime if sun shine so shall Ur expectations come true

At night when the moon comes out so shall U receive blesses

then if rain fall so shall it going to carry all your problem away from U!

Happy Merry Christmas to all!!

Regards

Ciarra

Our rights

We were unable to attend the last AGM but did sign over proxy voting rights.

I have only now been told how the election was conducted and my conclusion was ....... disgraceful and a farce!!!

The developer’s so called ‘voting rights’ are unreasonably and very unfair but let me leave that point until last.

How can it be that the developer is allow to appoint 6 mandatory directors (including himself) without even allowing objections from us, the home owners. Yet he can use his many votes (about 150 of them I believe – and as mentioned before this is about the maximum capacity of people the AGM hall can hold) and with the help of those votes from his 5 appointed directors they did significantly influence the outcome of the ‘democratic’ election of other directors that we, the home owners, put forward? I conclude that this resulted in an extremely undemocratic election result more suited to old Russia or China, but not South Africa. Some of the competent nominees never had a chance regardless of their ability or desire to assist in pulling the estate straight. Best to be one of ‘the maatjies’ you see.

Why did somebody there not question what business it was for the developer to attend the vote counting procedure at the last AGM. I suppose, like my friends that were there, that most home owners were totally unaware that this was what was happening behind the scenes. Was it perhaps so that he could see where he could use his many influential votes to his benefit? This may have been the reason that some said that the counting took an unreasonable time. He should have been ejected from the counting room with a swift K. You don’t need to be a member of the United Nations to understand that this was very undemocratic and illegal. We were not allowed to vote against his nominees, so what gives him and his nominees the right to vote in an influential way against the democratically put forward nominees? The accepted worldwide system of voting is universal suffrage – in other words “one man, one vote” and this was far from it. Think about it. How many democratically elected directors do we have? Easy, just ask the developer. I was told that at least one had so many votes that they could do nothing.

This brings me to another important issue. I, like many other home owners, have a copy of the Articles of Association. I gave my copy to an advocate pal of mine who advise us to take action against this in a court of law as it is unacceptably biased against the majority of us members. This advocate assured me, that this document will not, if contested, stand up in a court of law.

Ask our neighbours the home owners of Meyersdal View they chucked him out and won a court case against him.

Any owners who wish to join me to start this action please would you ask them, if you can forward their names on to me. Thanks you Ciarra. I’m sure that if asked and are made aware of this situation many will come forward to fight this injustice.

I am tired of having this developer pushing us the majority around.

THE TAIL IS WAGGING THE DOG – this shouldn’t happen and it is time for the tail to go.

Chow

Gringo