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31 Jan 2009 12:04 PM:

I was elected as the President of this Entity on December 22^nd 2008. I knew full well that the road ahead was likely to be a rocky one and it has, at times, been so. Fortunately, I believe that the end of the process is now very close.

However, whilst I have always been prepared to accept any criticism and mud that has been thrown at both me personally and the committee in general, I have to advise you that, whilst attempting to resolve an issue on Wednesday afternoon, I was faced with both verbal and, sadly, physical abuse from a resident. In view of this, I am not prepared to put my health, nor that of my wife, on the line, and I hereby tender my immediate resignation both as President of the Entity and from the committee. Until a new President is elected, the current Vice President Paul will fulfil the President’s duties.

In closing, I would like to thank all of the residents, home owners, and the committee for the support they have given me during the past 5 weeks.

Keith Jones

Community thread: Meeting 22/12/2008

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22 Jan 2009 12:31 PM:

At a meeting held in the builder's office this morning, it was confirmed to us that all the necessary paperwork regarding the Entity has been signed by Murcia Town Hall. The next stage in th eprocess is for Raphael, on behalf of the builder, to go to the Notary and sign over the deeds, following which we can obtain our S.L. number and begin the process of opening a Bank Account, contracting water and electricity etc.etc. It is likely that the visit to the Notary will take place by next Wednesday.

We were also given information regarding Habitation Licences. Apparantly these are all going through the system now and will be issued next week (probably Thursday or Friday). It is unlikely that they will ALL be sent at the same time, but they will be sent to the builder who will then call the individual residents/homeowners. The licences are being issued for ALL 3 phases. I will have, by next week, a telephone contact number for both Iberdrola and Aguas de Murcia which you will be able to ring and start your own direct supply contracts in English. I will also be able to tell you the information that they will ask you for so that, when you make th ecall, there shouldn't be any problems. We were also told that new meters would be installed at the commencement of the contract.

Please rest assured that we are now in the final stages of taking over the Urbanisation and we ask for your continued support and patience. Before the final handover takes place, we will have to hold another general residents meeting to approve budgets etc. We will try to give as much notice as possible regarding the date time and venue.

Keith Jones

Community thread: Meeting 22/12/2008

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20 Jan 2009 2:57 PM:

Just a very quick update as to where we are with the takeover of the Urbanisation.

As you know, we held 2 meetings last week with lawyers and administrators, as well as a committee meeting last Wednesday evening. The feeling is that things aren't moving as quickly as we would like them to - but this is a foreign country and we must exercise a combination of patience and urgency in order to achieve our goals.

You will have had a message from Paul, the committee secretary, regarding the legal options for those in the unfortunate situation of not having Escrituras. This avenue, whilst not a part of the overall remit of the Entity, we feel we must try and progress for the benefit of residents in this situation.

The Entity itself poses a different situation. The Mayor HAS signed off the adoption of the Urbanisation, and many of you will have seen vans from both Aguas de Murcia and the Generalissimo de Urbanismo on the site late last week. These are positive signs of progress. Unfortunately, the builder cancelled last Thursday's meeting at a very late hour - reason unknown, as he cannot stop the handover (as mentioned before),. We are now trying to by-pass the builder and go direct to the Council for this handover of authority. Sadly, we are now at the mercy of the bureaucrats - and we all know how they work in the UK so you can guess what it will be like here.We are in twice daily contact with the administrator to get this arranged and move the whole issue forward.

Keith Jones

Community thread: Meeting 22/12/2008

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13 Jan 2009 6:06 PM:

Good evening everyone

I will start this message with a comment about the rubbish that was thrown over Antonio's wall this afternoon. Despite my plea in yesterday's email message, someone decided to throw their rubbish into his garden. Quite what they thought they were going to achieve is beyond comprehension. All it did was antagonise and inflame an already delicate situation.

I had a brief meeting with Antonio this evening and apologised to him for this (assumed) one person's action. He accepted this apology. Please please do NOT do this again, nor to Raphael or Ronnie.

Now for some hopefully good news.

In view of the number of residents who have paid their 200 euros over the last 24 hours, Antonio has started the repair on the water system. He expects this work to be completed by tomorrow and we will then all get our water back.

I will mail again when the committee have discussed the meeting that we had in Cartagena this morning.

My thanks to you all for the support that you have given both to me personally and to the committee in general.

Keith Jones

Community thread: Meeting 22/12/2008

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13 Jan 2009 3:53 PM:

Hi Andy

Ref your message regarding real names.

I have asked Eye on Spain to change mine but they haven't done anything about it.

I'll post this here - I am Dogberry on this site so that you all know who I am.

Regards

Keith Jones

Community thread: water on site

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