Sarasota County Administration Center
Commission Chamber, 1st Floor
1660 Ringling Boulevard
Sarasota, Florida 34236

Florida Resident Owned Communities, Inc. is proud to invite you to an
informative presentation by the DBPR.

Jan N Shekitka "Cooperative board’s responsibilities with respect to the operations of the association regarding Budgets and Reserves and Financial Reporting".

The event is free!

There is ample FREE parking.

 You’ll get valuable information for Directors, Officers and Shareholders of resident owned communities. You will get information directly from the DBPR representative presented from the perspective of the DBPR. There will be an opportunity to ask your questions, too.

 You’ll learn what you need to do to maintain and protect the status of your community as a “55+ Community” under Federal and State statutes.

You will hear about the statewide FLAROC organization and its success in “Building a Voice for Manufactured Home Communities in Florida”.

Don’t miss this opportunity!

The event is open to the public.

Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Place: Sarasota County Administration Center 

Commission Chamber, 1st Floor

1660 Ringling Boulevard

Sarasota, FL 34236

Program:

5:30 p.m Jan N Shekitka "Cooperative board’s responsibilities with respect to the operations of the association regarding Budgets and Reserves and Financial Reporting".

6:30 Mark Shaw “Building a Voice for Manufactured Home Communities in Florida”

7:00 Q and A with remarks By Jim Toth, President

Mark and LeeJay to assist with answers.

7:20 LeeJay Colling "55 and Over - Housing for Older persons"
What you need to do to maintain and protect the status of your community as a “55+ Community” under Federal and State statutes.

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For more information, questions, on any FLAROC events, meetings, membership, benefits, or to schedule a meeting in your community or area contact:

Jim Toth, President,   239 656-6994    jim@flaroc.com

Mark Shaw, Vice President,  352 508-5014   mark@flaroc.com 

or any of our  Board of Directors.

FLAROC "opened for business" in February 2011 with a series of meetings designed to encourage resident owned manufactured mobile home communities, such as yours, to become members of FLAROC. Forty three of you did and I'd like to thank you all and express our appreciation for your expression of confidence. With your membership we are able to take more aggressive steps in working to enact legislation of benefit to our member communities.

In the beginning of 2011 we held three Organizational meetings:

Urgent Organizational Meetings for Boards of Resident Owned Communities

Florida Resident Owned Communities, Inc., a not for profit corporation, invites your Board of Directors to attend this important meeting. The meeting will include brief presentations to provide a better understanding of FLAROC and the benefits of FLAROC membership.

Until now, resident owned mobile home communities have not matched the legislative lobbying efforts of other types of communities. Effectively we are an afterthought of the law making process.

An organization designed to gain recognition of our lifestyle in the legislature and to lobby for better legislation is Florida Resident Owned Communities, Inc., with an experienced lobbyist already in place.

FLAROC also provides for the exchange of information, education, and ideas through a periodic newsletter, a website, meetings, workshops, media and existing affiliated regional ROC organizations.

Meetings held

Thursday, Feb.17, 2011 Where: Clubhouse at Golden Gate Residents Assoc. 8201 40th Street North Pinellas Park Fl. 33781

Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 Where: Clubhouse at Molokai Co-op Inc. 1 Hawaiian Way Leesburg, FL 34788

Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 Where: Six Lakes Country Club Pelican Place Clubhouse 9151 Littleton Road North Fort Myers, FL 33903-2633

POPUP FLAROC display with information, literature, available to answer questions, and provide support at every Regional meeting, every month

COMPLETED MEETINGS ATTENDED with FLAROC board member/s present

November 11 2011 ROC Forum - well received

November 16 2011 SWFROC - good showing

November 18 2011 EPROC - was a nice display and good interest

November 29 2011 Mid FL ROC - super turnout - ROC from Vero Beach attended!

December 9 2011 ROC Forum - excellent opportunity, well worth it - Mark Shaw

December 9 2011 EPROC - Great response - Frank Deopere gave a great presentation!

December 21 2011 SWFROC - Mark traveled to Tamiami Village - good meeting

January 13, 2012 ROC Forum - Americana Cove - DBPR speaker - good presentation

January 13, 2012 EPROC - Frank Deopere visited Colonial Hills regional meeting

January 18 2012 SWFROC - Naples - Enchanting Shores hosted Risk Management presentation for ROC's

January 24 2012 Mid FL ROC - Leesburg - at Hawthorn ROC - Lee Jay presented information on ROC's need to do a legal audit every year, as well as a financial audit