06 Oct 2010 1:34 AM:

"The president has absolute power, but all major decicions have to be passed at the AGM. "

 

This kind of ignorance is the problem with Communities in Spain. The President DOES NOT have absolute power.

Unfortunately, they just tend to act like they do.

The Owners are in charge. The owners make ALL decisions by majority rule.

The President has a voting power determined by his own quota......This could be less than 1% in a large Community.

The major point of electing a President is that they act as legal signatory for the Community.

I know it very often does not work at all like this, but that is just generally down to weak/ignorant/absent owners.

 

 

Thread: Problem President :(

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10 Aug 2009 11:47 PM:

We queued at Goldcar Malaga Airport on Friday night 31st July/Saturday morning 1st August to collect our rental car, watching several customers arguing with the Goldcar staff at the desk in front of us.

When it was our turn, we were told we had to accept to pay the "optional" insurance, as we were English, or we could not have the keys.

Bearing in mind there are no free cars at Malaga, we had no choice at 12.30am having queued for one and a half hours.

I sent several e-mails to complain during our holiday, but got no response.

On return to the airport last night, I left plenty of time and on arrival asked for the Complaints book.

The staff at the drop off point told us certain employees were known to make the optional insurance not negotiable. We have therefore filed our complaint, and await our refund.

Please BEWARE. If you order through Goldcar/Amigo's etc, the drop off point staff told us to argue the point and not to accept the optional insurance if you don't want it.

Next month when I visit again, as I already have an early prebooking at a decent price, I shall ask for the Complaints book immediately if I get the same attitude at the collection desk.

I can only assume staff are on commission for insurance sales.

 

 

This message was last edited by albodd on 10/08/2009.
Thread: Car rental

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14 May 2009 10:02 AM:

Not wanting to get into an argument albodd but legally there does have to be a President  and at the end of the day the President is also an owner.

The Administrator works and is paid for by the Community of Owners and it is  the President who makes sure that their wishes are carried out which at times is a thankless task but one that has to be done by someone.

 

I did not say there didn't need to be a President and I didn't say the President didn't need to be an owner. I therefore don't understand your comments about not wanting to get into an argument over this.

As previously stated, the President is merely the Community's legal representative. You may wish to refer to Article 13 of the LPH.

As I suggested, what happens in practice is often something else because a Community may have its own unique statutes, or in many, many, cases the Owners (can be due to apathy or can be due to being in a different location etc etc) let the "President" take over who does exactly what they want.......the "Dictatorship" previously referred to.

I do also agree you will find many, many, Presidents work selflessly and tirelessly without due pats on the back/financial compensation.

 

Thread: Dictatorship or what??

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14 May 2009 9:46 AM:

if the presidenta decides that she does not need to keep the community informed of what is going on then we have no option but to get rid of her! - quite right, and that is your right too. At the forthcoming agm, you can vote for a replacement. Normally the president serves for one year at a time, but if 25% or more of the owners can get together they can force an egm to be convened, and request that the president is replaced. This, of course, is assuming there's someone else willing to do it.

 

As above, 25% of you can call an EGM if you want to pass a formal resolution to replace an Administrator you think is unhelpful.

The above was perfect advice.

Thread: Dictatorship or what??

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13 May 2009 11:56 PM:

"Not a dictatorship, no, but someone has to be ultimately in charge, and legally, that is the president."

 

This is not exactly true, even if unfortunately this is what ends up happening in practice.

The OWNERS are in charge.

They make all the decisions at the AGM by majority vote based upon the quotas.

 

The person appointed President is merely the Community's legal representative. (if one is needed)

The administrator implements the OWNERS decisions.

 

Don't allow anyone else (especially a person designated President) tell you otherwise.

 

Thread: Dictatorship or what??

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