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October 27, 2011 @ 09:36 AM

Hello every one.

Bruce's term will be up and there will be one opening for the Board and so far we have one candidate, Leroy Tapia. His resume can be found here.

I am hoping that Mr. Bruce Turner will run again or if there are any other owners interested you need to send in your information ASAP please.

We have been working on our 2012 budget and if we implement everything that Mr Leroy Tapia and Dolphin rental company is asking, this would be your estimated HOA DUES for next year:

                            2011                 2012
1/1.5 bedrooms     $189.00           $221.00
2 bedrooms           $230.00           $268.00
villas                     $640.00           $745.00

If we work on our budget as we have been working on the past 2 years we should be very close to this years numbers and be able to keep our HOA dues very close as we have been paying this year.

As a owner your vote will count and we hope you will come to our HOA meeting Jan 21, 2012.

As you all know Bruce and I do not rent our units but on the other hand Dan has two rental Units at Las Palmas.

I do believe that we, the Current Board have been representing our Community as a whole and with out any special interest to the rental Company or the owners only. Every decision we have made has all ways been in the best interest of the Community as a whole.

Pass this along and as an owner make your voice heard. Do you want to go with the higher budget or keep it close as possible to the budget we have had this year?

IF YOU LIKE YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD YOU MUST VOTE and if you can not make it to the meeting send in your Proxy and you can find that on our web site or wait until you get meeting agenda information from Lynda.

Sincerely,

Jaana Ponzio

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Dear Leroy Since Francisco and Osvaldo is working on our Budget I asked them to Include the heating of the swimming pool and cooling of the Club house as you asked for. I agree with you that the Owners at Las Palmas must be involved in this decision. So why not give them two budgets to choose from. Yes the Solar heat is great we like to have it and the panels must be some where that it will not an eye sore in our community specially if your unit is higher up in the condo Complexes. The View is very important asset to our units. Also the solar panels must be able to with stand salt water from the air, Dust storms etc. there is numerous factors you must look at before we can install it and yes I do agree with you solar would be fabulous choice. All the owners got your letter that you where running for the board since it is posted on our web site also my letter was posted and I also included your resume with my letter so the owners can contact you in person. I do believe that the owners must have a choice in every matter in our community. Renter /owner operator, Choice of Rental Company's, Choice of Real Estate Agencies, Choice of a budget. I gave the owners numbers what it would cost the owners if the like to have the pool heated and Club house cooled that is the reality of our Community. Also we must give the owners a choice after we find out what it would cost us to get solar heat if they like to have it added on to our budget or do we use existing Reserve funds or should we use Assessment for it. I do believe these are all important decision that the owners must decide. I agree it must be choice of the majority of the owners when it comes to our Community. The Board most represent the Community as a whole. So if the renter owners like to have every thing implemented as you say they will vote for the higher Budget. We must look at our Budget Realistically and Francisco and Osvaldo know our cost factors in Mexico. If we run short of our Operational fund during the year because we did not budget realistically we need to do Assesments for the owners and I do not think that would go to well with the owners. Sincerely Jaana Ponzio

Ms. Ponzio, I really can’t believe that as a sitting board member you just slammed someone running for the open Position without ANY real information. First I didn’t realize one member could have so much power. And exactly what is it that you think I am going to do to make our HOA dues go up so dramatically? How did you come up with those rate increases? I currently have been working on my own to see how we can install a solar hot water heater to heat The pool to dramatically reduce the cost of heating the pools with propane. I didn’t need to spend Thousands of dollars for some study. Our community has more renters than non-renters and I believe that our board should represent That and currently it does not. However, with that said I will represent the good of all owners, condos and homes. My running for the board position seems to have struck a nerve and it makes me wonder why and I Think it should make others wonder why as well. For whatever reason I am not able to post this email on the website and I would appreciate it if you posted it so that all those that read your email can also have the opportunity to read my response. In my opinion your post was not very ethical and I am hoping in the future that you at least contact me To discuss any issues or concerns you may have before you go spouting off and making inaccurate Accusations. Respectfully, Leroy Tapia 602-558-4343 leroytapia@talusdevelopment.com