23 Apr 2012 8:02 PM:

reply to Karenson:

 

Nice to have a comment but I am not really interested in any reply which states 'I don't really know the answer to your question'.  Either it is the law that all objections to minutes must  be in Spanish or it isn't.   If it isn't,   then we can all complain in the language we understand if things are not correct,  and it means that the Spanish Administrator has an ulterior motive for saying this. 

Having submitted my objections within the specified time (ie, one month from receipt)  I intend to bring the matter up at the next AGM which is imminent,  under 'approval of previous minutes'.   What has been omitted is important and I am going to request that it is included as an amendment.    I would like to be able to say that the reason they have rejected the objection is specious,  (ie., there is no such law)    but I need to be sure of my position,   which is that no such law exists (to have objections submitted in Spanish).  If I can  be assured that no such law exists,  then I shall move that the minutes are not accepted (if they continue to ignore my request for inclusion). 

The question of translation into Spanish by some external source is irrelevant:  Nobody wants to have  this amount of trouble to put their points forward;  they simply won't be bothered.   

This is a black and white situation.

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23 Apr 2012 4:49 PM:

We live in a community which is eighty percent British but when we objected to the AGM minutes (in English) about the omission of a whole important section of the meeting,  an agenda item in fact,   which had been discussed in detail at the meeting but not referred to in any way in the minutes,  we were told that we had to put this objection in  Spanish,  because that was the law.     We were asked if we wanted to pay for the objection to be translated into Spanish even though the administrator was appointed on the basis that he spoke English and would do translations.

The implications of this are important because it means that almost no one can object to the minutes now because they are not able to speak or write Spanish.  This restriction also affects the Swedish,  Italian,  French and German owners here. 

Are you able to comment on whether this law exists and that the requirement is valid.  Also whether  the law,  if it exists,  can be set aside by general agreement,  at the next AGM.  One would have hoped that the new committee would have wanted the minutes to be as representative and as true and accurate a record as possible,  of what was said in the meeting,  instead of trying to stifle further discussion of an issue which provoked an irate reaction.

 

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