Newsletter Articles

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES ON IMPORTANT, LASTING SUBJECTS (AUG.2016)

Where there are two articles referred to for one subject, both should be read.

General subject, Title

Committees

Committees and all that …
Dichotomy between Committees
Committees – Incorporated Associations
Committees – Body Corporate Committees
Does your Village have a Residents’ Committee?
Establishment of a Residents’ Committee
Voting to elect Residents’ Committee
Residents’ Committees and their Responsibilities
Residents’ Committees
Support Desk
Committees – Social Committees
Liquor Licences

Disputes

Dispute Resolution - procedures

Exiting Village

Act Amendments … pro rata calculations
Check-List … Departing Freehold Villages
Check-List … Leasehold and Loan/Licence Villages
Costs of Sale – specific to unit
Costs of Sale s.68 – need for receipts
Lease change when a partner is deceased
Reinstatement
Resale of the right to reside in both freehold and leasehold villages
Responsibility: Reinst. Costs: Leasehld, Loan/Licence
Rights of former residents
Vacating your unit

Finance

Annual Financial Statements, Annual Meeting
Classification of Expenditure Guidelines
Classification of Facilities
Financial Documentation – access to

Finance, Budgets

Budget Comparators & GSC Increases above CPI (includes total of general services charges and budget to budget, not budget to actual)
RV Act Section106 … budget to budget
Budget Time: Is yours Compliant with the RV Act?
Budget time – does yours comply…
Carry-forward of Budget Surpluses and Deficits
Legal Expenses
MRF – Why the CPI Cap?
Serviced Apartments – included in GS Budget

General Services Charges

Electronic payment of GS fees
Direct Debit
Emergency Services Levy Increase
GS Fees Survey Result
Local Council Pensioner Rates Subsidy

Insurance

Check your policy
Insurance – sub-committee
Insurance Subrogation
Solar Installations – a can of worms!
Double Insurance
Retirement village insurance

Personal

My Aged Care
Probate - an article of interest to your family
Making a Bequest to the ARQRV

Residence Contract

Committees – Type of Tenure
Fair Trading applying to Retirement Villages
Let us Walk you through your PID
Solar Panels – Insurance, Warranties, Cleaning
Village By-Laws
Your residence contract— why you should read it

Residents’ Constitutions

Village Residents’ Constitutions

Residents’ Meetings

Voting – abstaining voters
Guidelines for Special Resolution Meetings

Village Life

Bullying and Intimidation
Electricity Survey Report
Mail Boxes/Letter-Box Drops; Junk Mail
No pets policy
Smoking
Security in Your Home
Use of Village Facilities – by Operator
Capital Improvements Requested by Residents

 

Issue No, date, page(s)

89, February 2014, pp.2-4
89, February 2014, p.3
89, February 2014, p.3
89, February 2014, p.4
86, May 2013, p.3
86, May 2013, p.3
94, “May” 2015, p.4
86, May 2013, p.4
88, November 2013, p.6
eConnect February 2020 and 114, May 2021 p.4
89, February 2014, p.4
87, August 2013, p.4

 

85, February 2013, p.3

 

82, March 2012, p.4
86, May 2013, p.7
85, February 2013, p.7
81, Dec. 2011, p.2 and 85, Feb. 2013, p.7
82, March 2012, p.5
107, March 2019, p.6
82, March 2012, p.3
106, November 2018, p. 8
91, August 2014
113, February 2021, p.5
112, October 2020, p.5

 

90, May 2014, p.6
83, August 2012, p.3
93, February 2015, p.6
90, May 2014, p.5

 

81, Dec.2011, p.5
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82, March 2012, p.2
86, May 2013, p.4
94, “May” 2015, p.8
87, August 2013, p.2
81, December 2011, p.1
81, December 2011, p.5
83, August 2012, p.10

 

85, Feb.2013, p.4 and 86, May 2013, p.6
87, August 2013, p.6
95, August 2015, p.2
95, August 2015, p.7
97, Feb. ’16, p.3

 

83, February 2015, p.3
90, May 2014, p.4
95, August 2015, p.2
94, “May” 2015, p.3
97, February 2016, p.3
113, February 2021, p.6

 

107, March 2019, p.8
eConnect April 2020
97, February 2016, p.5

 

89, February 2014, p.2
eConnect Jan 2019
89, February 2014, p.5
86, May 2013, p.2 and 85, Feb. 2015, p.4
86, May 2013, p.6
110, June 2020, p.2

 

89, Feb. 2014, p.8 and 90, May 2014, p.8

 

81, December 2011, p.2
87, August 2013, p.3

 

92, November 2014, p.3
110, June 2020, p.6
87, Aug. 2013, p.6 and 94, “May” 2015, p.6
100, April 2017, p.2
95, August 2015, p.4
eConnect April 2020
85, February 2013, p.2
97, February 2016, p.3