“Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which makes the difference between the leaders...
and the laggards who put in just enough to get by.”
- Johann Friedrich Schiller

♥ Aloha ♥

  

Johann Friedrich Schiller

♥ ♥ ♥ As we begin our 8^th year under the direction of the current Board the community can look back with pride on the State of the Association. When my husband and I moved here in 1988 (20 years ago) the Realtor told us that The Regency Tower was at the bottom as to maintenance fees (good), but also as to improvements and desirability (poor). Over the years we discovered the reasons were varied: The infrastructure was deteriorating while being held together in a patch-work fashion, infighting within the various Boards, (in fact, almost every summer while we were north, there would be a coup d’etat with removals of officers and/or employees.

We were elected in March 2001. The very first thing we did within one week was to start a newsletter for the community to foster open communication. We established high standards, specific goals and selected the optimal team to implement the goals. This Board then spent several years rebuilding the infra-structure while maintaining a group which works in harmony versus discord. With the guidance of Rafael Alleguez, Chair of the 5-year Planning Committee, a Round Table and 12 other Committees, we accomplished all the items outlined in the Strategic Plan of 2001 in less than 4 years. These included completing the balcony doors, new hurricane windows, new elevators, a Fitness Center, Remodeled Meeting Room, Rendezvous Room, Restrooms on lower level and 1^st floors, new front entrance door and 20 floors of Exterior Fire Exit doors, restoration of Pool, Driveway/Parking/Garage; new drainage well and Landscaping. Additional items accomplished after completion of the 5-Year Plan were new A/C piping on all floors, a Billiards/Poker Room, Key Fob System and Security Camera Monitor System. Lastly, we renovated/redecorated all Hallways.

2001 – 2008 have been 8 busy years. We can all be proud to live in a building with one of the lowest maintenance cost per square foot, and is the only building able to get private Insurance, and most importantly with a Board able to get along well together while maintaining our fiduciary responsibilities.