Eugenia Volcheck likes the Aquarius Board of Directors

Eugenia asked to publish this letter:

Dear Aquarius unit owners,

This year, as opposed to prior year when the Board of Directors (BOD) was re-elected
without an election, we have five additional candidates who wish to run side by side with
the current Board members. Now we, as voting owners, have a serious task to elect five
Board members from 10 running candidates.

The current Board has been elected in year 2022 and for the last four years have
demonstrated successful management of serious work on time, managed our funds
without getting additional loans or credit lines, and kept the assessment for 50-years
work and roof project to a minimum compared to the assessments in prior years. The
largest project of replacing roofs of two buildings was completed with minimal change
orders. The current BOD consists of young highly educated dedicated professionals
who know the business, can select proper contractors, know finances and can save
money.

For example, we are very fortunate to have Elizabeth Khalevich as our Treasurer. She is
a Licensed CPA (New York), FINRA Series 27 Register Principal and has 20 years of
experience at TD Bank where she is a finance executive.

These days, a lot of time and effort are required from the BOD to prepare our
condominium for 50-years recertification. The current functional contracting company
tries to properly redo the ineffective structural work done by previous Board (balconies
repair, garage columns fixing, building’s walls repair, etc.). We are pleased to see that
our Board works as a dedicated team, in unison, without any conflicts and problems.
Please read Nathan Weinstein’s letter where he, as a member of Engineering and
Grievance Committee who worked closely with our BOD, professionally described the
serious, time-consuming, intelligent work performed by the current Board.
I would like in this letter to give a little overview of the new running candidates.

Leon Behar has served on this Board previously. Leon sometimes did not conduct
himself as a team member by having conflicts with other Board members and arguing
with owners when they spoke up at Board meetings. He tried to run again in prior years
but was not elected. For the 2025 election, he chose not to run because he knew that
the 50-year certification would be a large project. But now with the 50-year project winding down he sees the opportunity to have an easier job as a Board member and decided to run. Leon, as an elderly person with some health problems, spends a lot of time with his family off Florida. Besides that, his medical experience would not be applicable in constant construction work in restoration and renovation of our condominium

Philippe J. Cooper, MD, a recently retired Medical Doctor and Anesthesiologist, also
runs for the Board again. He replaced a resigned Board member in July of year 2022. In
July of 2023, when he decided to move to another state, he resigned and moved
without any second thought and any dedication and desire to complete the BOD
service. Now in his resume he listed some safety & security, maintenance,
management, and transparency issues which needed improvement. I am just wondering
how he would handle these issues, having only medical background, being six months
in another state, and possibly resign from the Board whenever he wants.

Howard Benson, a retired prosthodontist, who spends eight months in Virginia, is also
a new candidate. He would like to address unreliable elevators, pool heaters, and
hallway climate control. All these issues we have inherited from bad repairs done by the
previous Board. Mr. Benson obviously does not understand that these problems cannot
be properly fixed without equipment replacement with additional serious financing. On
the other hand, considering his short time being here and his absence of engineering
background will he be able to supervise these projects?

Nedzad  -Ned- Taljic is a new running candidate previously being an Accountant and
an Auditor, sounds like good financial help for the Board. He listed in his resume some
issues with financial practices and the 2026 Budget. If he is genuinely concerned about
these issues, why did he not bring them to our Treasurer Elizabeth Khalevich and
resolve them prior to the annual budget meeting. Please remember that the Board
conducted a budget review meeting well in advance of mailing out the budget packet,
which would have given him ample time to raise any concerns. Ned was also invited by
Board to join Finance committee, but he refused to join showing no interest in serving
community. He has owned his unit for 11 years already, so he has been through enormous money overspending by the previous Board when the original assessment of 15 million became 22 million. Why, having the experience described by Accountant and Auditor, did he not ask funds spending questions, check the budget, and instead paid silently all the huge expenses we had to pay at that time of the 40-year certification?

Mark Zeltser is also a new running candidate with only minimum sufficient information
about himself. We only know that he has lived in Aquarius for about 10 years, has a
business degree and has started his own companies. We also know that he has four
kids. I don’t think his resume without his picture and any detail personal information
about his profession, education, and experience sounds very convincing. But he
expressed a lot of ideas about improving and beatify our property for “entertaining his
guests”. I don’t think that we should seriously consider this candidate.

Being a Board member requires professional experience and proper education including
knowing Florida Condominium Statute, Aquarius Declaration of Condominium, Aquarius
Buy-Law, Aquarius Condominium Rules.

Therefore, it is preferable to elect for service on the BOD young professionals who learn
fast, live here permanently, have good health and a lot of energy. This is not an easy
job, and the current board dedicates many hours day in and day out to do this job.
Please consider these requirements when you place your vote.
Another thing to consider is " Don't change horses midstream". The meaning of CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM is to choose a different leader or policy during a time when serious problems are being dealt with. The current Board effectively prepares our condominium for 50-years inspection and recertification. Therefore, give them a chance to successfully accomplish this task.

Please vote for the following current Board candidates:
Kiet Ngo,
Elzbieta Jankowska Fishman,
Elizabeth Khalevich,
Rami Zureick,
Aleksandr Brodskiy.

Respectfully,
Eugenia Volchek, unit owner.

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