December 11, 2008
Shareholder Update on Thursday, January 8, 2009
Shareholders are invited to attend a presentation of the 2009 budget in the
Community Room by the board. (Not Colonel Mustard in the Library with the
Candlestick.)
The Lobby Committee has completed its design and budget proposal. The
board and members of the committee will present the proposal to interested
shareholders at the same meeting. We will discuss the design process, show
renderings of the refurbished space and furnishings, and discuss the budget and
timing of the proposed work.
December 11, 2008
Changing Of The Guard
As we announced earlier in the year, on January 1, 2009 Marc Donner will
assume the role of President of the board of directors for 205 West End Avenue.
Stu Sugarman will continue to serve on the board as a director. The Board
would like to express its deep gratitude to Stu Sugarman for his dedicated
service to our community.
December 5, 2008
Guest Dogs and Dog Walkers
Several shareholders have reported their experiences of encountering dog walkers with multiple dogs in the hallways of our building.
Needless to say, in a community as large and diverse as ours, some of these encounters have been less than pleasant and complaints have come to
the board about the practice.
The board has discussed the issue at length and decided to modify the
House Rules
to exclude dog walkers from bringing nonresident dogs into the building. The wording of the new provision (Section 11 paragraph L) is:
“A dog walker may not bring a dog that doesn’t live here into the building. A dog walker may, however, pick up multiple dogs from 205 West End Avenue.”
December 5, 2008
House Rules Availability
The most up-to-date version of the House Rules may always be found on
the 205 West End website
or may be secured on request from the Management Office. Please remember if selling your apartment to get the most up-to-date copy from the website or the office.
As always, please direct requests for building services to the management office at managingagent@205westend.com.
Questions, comments, or complaints about policy may be directed to the board directors@205westend.com.
October 3, 2008
Community Room
The Community Room has been part of our lives for almost fifteen years. Over that time it has
evolved as our shareholders and tenants have discovered it and come up with ways to take advantage
of it.
In order to make the Community Room as effective as possible in serving the entire 205 West End
community, the Board will be reconstituting the Community Room Committee, under the direction
of our newest Board member, Abigail Burns.
Abby is looking for shareholder volunteers to serve on this committee. We need people to look after
the interests of young children, older children, adults, and seniors. If you would like to volunteer,
please email directors@205westend.com with your contact information.
Also, as the weather turns unfriendly, the room will again get busy with children and caregivers. As
shareholders and residents, it is incumbent upon you to re-familiarize yourselves with the House
Rules surrounding the room’s use. Management will enforce
these rules in order to provide a pleasant experience for all who use the room.
September 22, 2008
Window Maintenance
Some of you have reported that your windows are drafty and
others have had problems with the effort required to raise and lower them.
Some of you have advocated that the coop undertake a project to replace the windows. The board
has looked into the question several times, most recently soliciting advice from our consulting
engineers and from experts at AKAM. Replacing the windows would be quite expensive, well in
excess of $2 million, and require that many apartment renovations, where built-ins were
implemented, be removed and reinstalled. More to the point, the windows are quite serviceable and,
with good maintenance, will meet our needs for years to come.
September 10, 2008
Digital TV is Coming ! Digital TV is Coming
By now you’ve all heard that Congress has decreed that on February 17 of 2009 analog TV
broadcasts will cease in the US. What does that mean for residents of 205 West End Avenue?
The answer depends on whether you subscribe to Cable TV service (RCN or Time Warner are
both available in our building) or use the master antenna signal.
September 10, 2008
Online Community for 205 West End
One cannot help noticing that the whole world is going digital. While we continue to live in a
very material apartment building, all sorts of things around us have been going online. Over the
past years several of you have engaged the board in discussions of opportunities to provide
services to the increasing number of online shareholders.
Several years ago we created the building’s own website, 205westend.com, a place to find all sorts
of documents and forms, as a convenience to shareholders and prospective shareholders. The site
has been effective and has been worth the effort to create and maintain it.
Lately we’ve been exploring some other ways to use modern digital communications to enhance
the quality of life for shareholders. While we haven’t yet made anything final, we’re looking at
adding capabilities to our website that will allow building management to communicate to
shareholders and will allow shareholders to communicate with one another safely in a variety of
ways.
July 29, 2008
Lobby Project - Status Update
This is the first status report from the Lobby Design Committee. We will make these reports to
shareholders periodically to help keep the community informed as to the process by which the
committee is addressing the lobby project and the progress that we are making. The committee has proposed to the board that we restore the terrazzo floor and reduce the size
of the four main columns to the actual size of the real columns. The board has approved this
concept and we are in the process of creating a more detailed plan.
July 28, 2008
Abigail Burns Joins Board
Abigail Burns has been appointed as the newest member of the Board of
Directors of 205 West End Avenue Owners
Corp.
July 7, 2008
Pets and Other Animals
Please remember that we are part of a community and that we share common
spaces in the building. Some of our neighbors don’t love your pet as much as you
do. In fact, some of your neighbors find your tiny lovable pet quite frightening. In
the interests of peace of mind for all residents, please remember these items from
section 11 of the 205 West End House Rules covering pets and other animals. The
full set of house rules may be found on the 205 West End website at this URL:
http://www.205westend.com/images/2006-11-10-HouseRules.pdf.
June 11, 2008
Officers Announcements
Stu Sugarman informed the board of his desire to step down after six years of service as President. We
agreed on a transition period through the end of calendar 2008. On January first of 2009 Marc Donner
will assume the role of President, and Stu will remain a member of the board.
June 3, 2008
Board Vacancy
After 8 years of dedicated service, Richard Burns has decided to step down from
his Board position. The Board thanks Richard for his tireless efforts as Board member and
Treasurer of 205 West End Owners Corporation. In accordance with our by laws the
board will make an interim appointment of a director to serve until the 2009 annual
meeting. We invite shareholders to submit their names for consideration.
May 14, 2008
Annual Meeting Results
At the Annual Meeting held on May 13th 2008, the following
shareholders were elected to the Board of Directors;
-
Jeffrey Allister
-
Eleanor Applewhaite
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Richard Burns
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Marc Donner
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Lee Huang
-
Art Lindenauer
-
Stuart Sugarman
March 13, 2008
Lobby Update
Thank you to the many shareholders who volunteered to serve on the
Lobby Committee. The following individuals have
been selected:
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Melvin Gitler
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Lisina Ceresa
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Roberta Semer
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Carolyn Frankel
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Anne Millman
-
Robert Moric
-
Ronnie Halper
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Sonya Tocheff
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Naomi Kleinhandler
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Linda Sumner Tomei
-
Stephen Margolies
Lisina Ceresa will serve as Chairperson. Art
Lindenauer and Jeffrey Allister will be the Board liaisons.
LAUNDRY ROOM
Once again, residents are asked to remind their employees that
laundry carts are not to be removed from the laundry room to
transport laundry or children.
GYM RULES
Gym membership requires adherence to the gym rules.
Lost your packet? You may find them on this website under
"Rules" or pick one up at the AKAM Office.
All members are expected to sign-in prior to the start of their
workouts.
