OTARD? What’s an “OTARD”?? Sounds like a fighting word—but actually it isn’t. OTARD stands for Over-the-Air-Reception Devices rule adopted by the FCC in 1996. The overall intent of OTARD is to protect Americans’ rights to receive information from over the air reception devices. OTARD essentially prohibits restrictions that impair the installation, maintenance or useGo to Resource
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The most recent legislative changes to the CCIOA budget process have many people extremely confused, especially with respect to applicability of the budget process to pre-CCIOA communities. Instead of trying to explain the process in words—which seems to confuse people even more—we hope the below flowchart will take the confusion out of the process.Go to Resource
Bankruptcy is one of those mystical creatures that we’ve all heard about but hope we never encounter it. If your association hasn’t yet dealt with an owner who filed or is in an active bankruptcy, there’s a very good chance that you will! In fact, bankruptcies are frequently used by owners toGo to Resource
Have you ever been to an annual meeting where owners question decisions of the board and complain they were not consulted or allowed to vote on such decisions? How about board meetings where owners attend and demand they be allowed to vote on certain decisions? Unfortunately, this happens fairly often and isGo to Resource
The attorney-client privilege is the oldest privilege pertaining to confidential communications going back hundreds of years; the purpose of this privilege is to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients thereby allowing attorneys to be fully informed and provide the best legal representations they can. Communications falling under thisGo to Resource