Several people have brought the following to my attention. It is the Massachusetts law governing the mailing list, or list of owners of a timeshare. It looks to me like we have a legal right to it.
I would ask anyone visiting Sandcastle this summer to go to the office and request the list of owners, and cite the law, section, and paragraph. In fact, print it out and hand over a copy. This is one reason I created this blog.
The list obviously exists because we have been sent bills and meeting minutes. I will ask for the list in writing since I may not be going back to P'town this summer. If it is not provided the AG should know about that.
Here is the link for the Mass law table of contents governing timeshares: http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/gl-183b-toc.htm
Here is the link for the law section pertaining to owner address lists: http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/183b-32.htm
And here is the specific paragraph:
(b) The managing entity shall keep reasonably available for inspection and copying by any time-share owner all addresses, known to it or to the developer, of all the time-share owners with the principal permanent residence address of each indicated if known. The managing entity shall revise continually the list of addresses in the light of any information it obtains, and the developer shall keep the managing entity advised of any information he has or obtains.
People have been told that the list is withheld for privacy reasons. That may be someone's policy, but it is not the LAW!
Please root around and look at various sections of the law. You will see info about allocation of votes, and many other pertinent things such as this excerpt:
"At the time the time-share owners are notified of the amount of the assessment for the current year, the time-share owners shall be provided with a copy of the budget prepared in accordance with the provisions of clause (6) of subsection (a) of section thirty-eight and an accounting of income and expenses for the preceding year."
Has anyone received such documents?
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I am so grateful for the information posted by Frank on Tom's Blog. Thank you for taking the time to post this info about Sandcastle. I do not like how we, the owners, are being treated. I, myself, was hounded by the Sale person and Cliff came personally to warn me not to speak to anyone about the point system. It is an illegal gag order. Thanks, again, Laney Rosenzweig
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