TimeSharing Today Page 18 May / Jun, 2018
Living room, dining area, and kitchen.
lot and upgrade the drainage.
Maintenance fees—$ 519 for onebedroom unit-weeks and $ 590 for twobedroom unit-weeks— haven’ t risen in 12 years.
A good board
Beckman says the board members“ have our best interests at heart. They look out for us.” Other owners praise the board’ s accessibility and wise decisions.
Continuity helps Magic Tree’ s board of directors function effectively. The seven members range in age from the 50s to the 80s, serve two-year terms, and have no term limits.
Paula DiPaola has been board president for 12 years, a board member for 18 years, and an owner for 35 years. Although she’ s a volunteer, she works full time— 40 to 60 hours a week.“ I do this for the love of Magic Tree,” she says.
Initially, she brought her mother, who was disabled.“ My door was always open,” DiPaola recounts.“ She sat in her wheelchair and talked with everybody who walked by.” DiPaola still keeps the door to her unit open most of the time, making her highly accessible to owners.
Every time her mother came to the resort, DiPaola purchased an additional week.“ Now each of my daughters has a week, my sister has three, and I have three— eight weeks altogether in our family,” she says.
Committee structure
Much of the board’ s work passes first through committees, which usually
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consist of one or two board members and two or three other owners.
Of current importance is the Sunset Clause Committee, preparing for voting to determine whether to continue or terminate the timeshare. Magic Tree has two deadlines, in 2022 for fixed weeks, and in 2023 for floating weeks.