MARCH 2022

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:59 Written by Paul Tassell Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:59

The weather carried on being changeable throughout the month but seems to have settled down now and it is a lot warmer.

Coronavirus regulations have been eased more now and although Tenerife is now in tier 2 a lot of the restrictions have gone.   We are still wearing masks inside commercial buildings like shopping centres, shops and restaurants etc.   There will be more easing of restrictions on 20 April, when mask wearing will be at the discretion of the individual business premises,  however they will still be mandatory on public transport and in airports and hospitals for example.     The restrictions around the pool have also been eased.    We have now unlocked and cleaned all sunbeds around the pool area for use by residents and there are also a number of parasols around the pool area.  Please use them,  but when you are finished with them please lower parasols and put your sunbed back on the pile, this will reduce the possibility of damage to parasols and keep our pool area tidy and make it easier for the cleaners to carry  out their work.

We will be holding our AGM later in May as we are now allowed to meet in greater numbers. Notifications are being sent out to all owners by email very soon, the notification will include the accounts for the past 2 years as we were not allowed to hold a meeting.  The accounts are in good order.   We have not had an increase in community fees for 13 years now and we are still working within our budget and also have a very healthy bank balance so once again we are not asking for a rise in community fees this year.

I have been mulling over my personal position as President and was seriously considering not standing this year, throughout  the pandemic we have been under a lot of pressure to maintain all the extra laws that have been imposed on all residential communities.   It was all for the good of the owners and the community.   The authorities had the power to impose massive fines for not conforming to covid laws, (which they did in some cases). Unfortunately some owners just did not take this on board and were blaming myself and the committee for their holiday being ‘ruined’    I would explain that the law was there to protect the majority of people and I would not risk the community being fined just for a few who had no intentions of sticking to the law.       This got very frustrating and I was ready to stand down this time but recently when I explained to owners why I would not stand again I was encouraged by  the amount of owners from all nationalities who asked me to carry on as President, it really has been good to know that such a large number of people are still behind us as a committee,  so I have taken the decision to stand again at this AGM in May.

Please make sure your fees are up to date and if you could please return your proxy forms ASAP thank you.

I wish to thank all the owners who support us and a big thank you to our staff who carried on working through the pandemic.

Regards  Paul