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To The Residents Of Boca Pointe:

This letter is to cover some issues that have arisen as of Children don’t necessarily tell their parents everything Many parents don’t want to admit if their child has
late. There are some innocent appearing games that your and it’s important that you explore issues with your children, ADD or Anxiety or even Depression. Please if you have
children can download and play on their computers or such as the stress they are under at school and home. Children any feelings that maybe your child or children maybe
cellphones, they are “Mo-Mo” and “The Blue Whale”. These are what is called “Egocentric”, it means that they feel experiencing any added stressors of any kind don’t hesitate
games are DANGEROUS! They start out by being a simple everything is their fault, whether it is or not. This is why you to explore and get help. These types of issues build and
game and slowly work their way into telling the child playing need to have discussions with your children and help them become overwhelming to children and adults. Don’t be
them to do things “bad things” or something will happen to to feel that they can open up to you about anything without afraid of labeling, seek help if needed or if just suspected
their family. As responsible parents it’s necessary for you negative consequences from you. Children have a tendency of a possible problem.
to be aware of what your children are playing and watching to feel afraid to tell their parents about a lot of things. For In today’s society it’s easy to put your children into a lot
on their computers and cellphones. If you look these up you example: recently your children had to take a three day test of programs thinking that it’s best for them, when it may
will find that there have been numerous incidents caused by called the FSA and this was very stressful for them. They not be what they want or need, it can be very overwhelming
these games. were afraid if they didn’t do well that their parents would be to them. Talk to your children and listen to them, and ask
upset with them. Bullying and who your children hangout them how they feel – they may have a lot more to say than
Update Regarding with are also important issues to be explored with your you would think. Please share these things with your friends
children. Listen to their teachers and request updates on
and family outside of our community.
Dennis Rockwell,
your children’s progress. My recommendation is that you
Condominium explore issues such as these with your children and this will Rev, PhD, LCSW, PA
help them and you feel closer to each other.
Lic. SW0004553 
Term Limits

As you may recall, the Florida legislature, in 2018,
adopted several new changes to the law, including
imposing term limits on directors for condominium
associations. Effective July 1, 2018, the law prohibits
condominium board members from serving more than
eight (8) consecutive terms. There are exceptions to this
term limitation. First, if there are not enough candidates
running for the vacancies available such that no election
would be necessary, then directors are allowed to continue
serving even past eight (8) terms. Further, if any candidate
receives two thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast in an
election, he or she remains entitled to continue serving
past the eight (8) term limitation.
Although most practitioners agreed that laws should
only apply prospectively, shortly after the passage of
this law, the Department of Business and Professional
Regulations (DBPR) issued a Declaratory Statement
indicating that the law would be applied retroactively
to prohibit directors from continuing to serve if they
had already served eight (8) terms. However, the
DBPR has recently reversed course and has now
issued a determination that the law will only be applied
prospectively. This means that the first term counted in
the eight (8) term limitation would be the first term that a
director is elected to after the July 1, 2018 effective date
of the law.
For homeowners’ associations, there is no comparable
provision in Chapter 720 regarding term limits. Therefore,
directors may continue to serve as many terms as they are
elected to in a homeowner’s association.
Of course, there are limited qualifications on director
eligibility in both Chapter 718 and Chapter 720. For
both condominiums and homeowner associations, if a
candidate is delinquent in the payment of any assessment
or other monetary obligation owed to the association on
the last day on which he or she could nominate himself
or herself to serve on the board, such candidate will be
prohibited from being included on the ballot. Further, to
the extent that any candidate is a convicted felon who has
not had his or her civil rights restored for the previous five
(5) years, such person shall also be prohibited from being
listed on the ballot. Otherwise, under both condominium
and homeowner’s association law, all other members of
the association are eligible to be listed on the ballot.
It is very important for associations to consult with
legal counsel when preparing for annual meetings and
elections to determine candidate eligibility for placement Jeffrey S. Fromowitz, M.D., F.A.A.D.
on the ballot.
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