CAM Matters with Betsy Barbieux is a show focusing on life in condominium, cooperative, and homeowners associations, from the perspective of community association managers, board members and homeowners. Since 1998, Betsy has educated thousands of condo, coop, and HOA CAM managers, staff members, and board members in handling the day-to-day operations of their communities while dealing with different communication styles, difficult personalities, and conflict. Topics covered here include, but aren’t limited to, Florida CAM licensing, Condo Boards, Condo Meetings, Reserves, Financials, Pets, Flags, HOA Meetings, Fines, Embezzlement, Elections, Boardmanship, Collections, and more.
Betsy, will you offer Board Meeting Minutes in a deeper context for CAMs or Board Members that need more training on that ? Would be great if you can help with that 🙏🏼👌🏼
CAM Education and Cont. Ed, excellent talk and marketing. Got licensed since 2022, as well as CMCA, yet I am still hunting for a job. It seems it isn't what you know, but who you know.
Personally - I always take the continuing education. Yes, I received the letter exempting me but I took the continuing education course. people think education is expensive, but ignorance is even more expensive. Thank you for posting this - am in the west end of Broward County and am currently available if someone can use an English/Spanish speaking LCAM.
I think your channel is great. I do have a question about the board seating. How is an owner supposed to video the meeting if some board members have their back to the attending members? Maybe a U shape arrangement would be better?
The majority of management companies I deal with have all or by far a majority of properties who do NOT fine due to problems and liabilities There must be reason these management companies discourage fining Why? What would be valid considerations to NOT fine?
Our board intentionally chose 3 fining members who would blindly rubber stamp everything the board does There is still a bully board and a bully committee
Our owners never know that fining them is up for discussion at the board meeting. Betsy is saying that’s an opportunity for the owner to speak. Our owners are denied that opportunity.
Our CAM and Board are completely totalitarian. At the fining hearing, no one is allowed to speak according to our CAM. The owner who’s been fined can tell their side of the story but ask NO questions. The 3 members of the fining committee cannot ask questions or speak to the owner. What are your comments?
The best source for Florida CAM quick nuggets of information! Thanks for what you do ❤ You’re correct to say there’s lack of education and not knowing who to ask questions to. I’ve only been in the industry of associations 4 years, but before that I was a realtor. However, what I ido most for my clients is educate educate educate and I don’t make any money from that! Even with my own peers, I think everyone just manages in the way that best suits them. The industry seems to be ran more by preferences rather than required responsibilities.
At time mark 2:34, Betsy suggests that the content of the rest of this video is related only to Condo and Cooperative associations ("...HOA we're going to have to put y'all on pause"). I could have avoided listening to the rest of the video since she never "pushed the play button" for HOAs! It would have been helpful, then, if the video had been titled as such, i.e. "Preparing your Condo or Co-op Association for Annual Meeting & Election". I also thought the "coffee klatch" manner of presenting made the presentation of this serious information less professional.
Always a pleasure to see you both. What we have been experiencing on our property is that, the real estate agents are not educating their buyers on the state statues when buying a condo. There’s always so much confusion when new owners move in and that causes a lot of anger. I understand that the potential buyer should educate themselves before moving into condo or any HOA. Thank you
Hi Betsy, My family just bought a CAM company and in researching for information I came to your RU-vid channel . I have since watch what I feel is all your very informative videos. We are trying to grow our business and was wondering if you have a video that I havent come to where you give information . on how to get more business..any trade shows etc or any information that you can share would be appreciated thanks
Always great content Betsy! Just so difficult to get the education to the average owner. Looking forward to your presentation at The January R.O.C. meeting.
Thank you both for showing up and helping to educate old board members and the new board members. I personally have learned so much from these shows and attending the certification class for board members. Hope you both have a very Merry Christmas, or whatever you choose to celebrate!
I have a question concerning the 14-day requirement for annual meeting notice. Does the “not less than 14 days” time period begin when the notice is mailed or delivered to owners?
There is some debate about "mailed" vs "delivered". My thought is that if you have out of state/out of country owners and you know it takes a week or more for them to get their mail, you may avoid criticism by mailing the meeting package several days earlier. The idea is that all owners receive their notices, etc., at about the same time.
I do not know what a TVI is. Nevertheless, there is no cause that needs to be stated for a condo, co-op, or HOA recall. According to the Division of Condominiums, a Recall should be by written ballot rather than at a membership meeting.
Total voting intrest* ....I wanted to thank you for making these videos it was a nice audio review for me as I was studying for my CAM exam which I passed recently! Thank you again
If you mean the community rules and regulations, yes , usually by the BOD. Certain rules changes require a 14-day written notice to owners instead of the 48 hour posted notice. Coops with non-shareholders may have other special requirements.
The statute states that an owner may record/video tape a board meeting? How would that be possible at a round or square table of board members where the audience of owners is observing the meeting? A meeting in panel style makes this much easier to do. Also the annual membership meeting is not a board meeting, a round table of board members would not work.
In my complex no one 10:00 wants to be a HOA board member. The biggest reason is that the HOA services provider company has chased off any one who even thinks about it. The criminal management company in my community is a full service criminal. Money laundering, racketeering, embezzlement, real estate fraud and etc. The sheep mentality seems to be a major problem. The Davis-Sterling act of 2014 is a very clear set of guidelines to prevent this evil and is federal law. My question is where do I go to get change. The property owners have been so beaten down that they are afraid 😔
