Closed for Thanksgiving - Why now?

CAMS must very thankful about the renewal of the Summit's HOA contract. They quickly announced the holiday hours for the Thanksgiving week-end.

On October 23 the office sent out this message:

"The Association office will close at 3:00pm on Wednesday, November 22nd and will be closed on Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, November 24th in observance of the holiday."

Are they so "P.C." now they cannot even mention Thanksgiving? Will somebody object to the mention of "Thanksgiving"? You know, the Pilgrims and the Indians and all those dead turkeys.

While CAMS might want to give its own employees the Friday off after a holiday, why should the HOA agree and then do without coverage in the office? And why close at 3:00PM on Wednesday?

The HOA office is already closed on Saturdays until summer 2024 so this means, if you have business with the HOA, you'd better get it done by early on Wednesday, November 22, or you'll wait until the following Monday. Don't wait until the last minute on that Wednesday. You'll probably reach voicemail.

The big question is, why did they send out this notice 30 days ahead of time? Why not send it out on the Monday before Thanksgiving?

Q. How many times did the refreshingly-short message show the HOA's name as "Summit Community Association, Inc. (The)"?

A. Five (5).

And why doesn't it include the telephone number of the local HOA office? Or contact information for reporting emergencies related to common properties?

That's because the HOA is "Professionally Managed by .CAMS". Check the punctuation in the message, while you are at it. The message should have been sent from NoReply@camsmgt.com. Better yet, it should come from the Summit's HOA, not from CAMS. Why is the sender's name shown as ".CAMS"? Professional managers would do a better job at crafting messages.

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