Gerry, I imagine that management and the board would deny a request to supply owners any access to this forum upon check-in. What I have taken upon myself a couple of times is to place such a notice in each owners mailbox by their front door when I've been down. I use the "owners in residence" list that we get when we check in to target people who are using their units during my stay. At least it reaches a few people that way. Maybe if more of us would do that during their stay it would reach nearly every owner in time. I just printed a few information sheets before I left home to take with me.

Surely we are putting the cart before the horse here. All I have been talking about is passwording this forum so that our discussions are kept private from the general public. What we do about notifying other owners about this site is another issue.

We have been critisised for sometimes putting negative views on this forum, and thereby possibly putting off potential renters from the public. We all agree that we need to have a forum for two way discussion on issues - whether they be negative or positive, but we need to keep the discussions amongst ourselves. Therefore, passwording is the only solution, and the sooner we do it the better.

Furthermore, does the 'Board' own this forum?

Just a little info to keep a level platform

I bought the web site (as a board member)in order
to establish better communications amongst ownersw,
thinking it would be a natural.

However we have had a series of boards always with 7 members that never could see beyond the board meeting room and were encouraged to slow down communications.

We could not get a forum and were obstructed in preventing the takeover by a second management party, now the lucky owners of all our amenities because Mariner needed a fast deal that would not allow us owners to tie Casa Ybel together but created a split with advantage to our Hilton Management group.

The board refused ownership of the web site, but I kept it anyway to prevent large future surprises.

We have come a long way, and our 500,000 click to our web was passed recently.

If you go to Google Timeshare Sanibel we are on top of the list,but we are still kept as a secret by the workings of the board,there must be a reason.

Thanks for clicking on to us!

One last thought. We would not need an owners' list IF our board, or a board member who supports all owners, would write a short article for the SandScript acknowledging the OWNERS website, and giving a brief history, its good and bad points. Owners could then judge for themselves if the site has merit. I think it would be of interest to all owners to know who on our boards would oppose doing this. Also, who has veto power over what gets printed in the SanScript??

I just listed our week 19 for rental on the owners site. If it rents, great. If not, we'll give it to a relative or friend to use, or use it ourselves. Very flexible. We hate to board and leave behind our aging Peke for that week. It is unfortunate (and aggravating) that our ad reaches only a very small percentage of owners.