In this edition we discuss:

• The master key approach to security

• Obstacles to requesting a special general meeting

• Financial benchmark data

• Evaluating property manager performance

Here are a few recently published articles of interest:

• Petition advocating for financial support for condominium corporations moves forward

• What is reasonable in the context of condominium living?

• Canada Revenue Agency reporting requirements

• Guidance for condo corporations that rely on artificial intelligence

Please email us if you have an article or news story that might interest CCI Manitoba and our members.

More than 110 attended CCI Manitoba’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 24, in the Norwood Hotel to support CCI and network with condo owners, directors and industry professionals.

In this edition, we discuss:

• Condo director term limits
• Whether boards should proactively publish meeting minutes
• Fees for condo docs
   

So you attended your Annual General Meeting and were “voluntold” to join the board. 

Here are a few recently published articles of interest:

• Short-term rental regulation enforcement update
• Residential electric vehicle charging considerations
• Waste management in condos

Here are a few suggestions for improvement, pertaining to:

• Annual financial statements and auditors’ reports
• Performance audits
   

In this edition, we have four topics of interest:

• Urgent requests to CCI
• Carbon tax rebates
• Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
• Mortgagees and condominium corporation records

This article is a result of some questions posed by a member at our Annual General Meeting in September 2024 and our continuing efforts to identify all of Manitoba’s condominium corporations so we can better serve them. The member asked how many condominium corporations there are in the province and how many of them are members. The member suggested they should all be members; CCI Manitoba strongly agrees. After responding to the initial questions, the member asked why we hadn’t contacted all of the corporations with no prior CCI history and asked them to join.

How is your condominium corporation’s budget looking for the current fiscal year? Were you prepared for the tax and rate increases passed by your municipal council?

An often-asked question is: What does a condo board director have to know? Here is a pathway to enlightenment for both condo directors and unit owners.

Articles of interest recently published on our website news feed include the following subjects:

• Numerous articles about March being fraud awareness month 

• Updates on Winnipeg sewer, water and waste fees and their impacts on condo corporations

• Trending articles from across the country

Here is the current list of CCI Manitoba's individual members and condo corporation members.

In this edition, we have five topics of interest:

• Presidents's Forum review
• Condo trash
• The need for a reserve fund
• Property appraisals
• Municipal agreements

What does fiduciary responsibility really mean anyway?