hooray! recycle bin almost full :)

glad to inform our beloved Vista Residents that the 2 recycle bin we have placed at blk J & K ground floor are almost full, in fact the one at blk j has reached the top but we plan to shake it a bit & sure it can keep some more recyclable items before we call the recycle vendor to collect them, and count money :):):)

we want to thank the kind cooperation of Vista Residents on this recycle project, for it has two fold purposes, one is to generate more revenue for Vista building maintenance fund, for this we hope can gather perhaps RM100 to RM200 per month for the beginning, and eventually hit RM300 per month once the momentum is built, another purpose is to do our part for the environment, especially now it has become a common awareness on how hard the plastic material can harm the environment if it's not disposed properly, for our beloved residents' information, even a small plastic bag will take forever to be dissolved, leave alone those plastic container.

so can you pls help to pass the words around to other residents to encourage them to bring to the recycle bin their old newspapers, plastic bags/containers, aluminium can, bottles, papers, cards, etc to help to make this Vista Recycle Project a success, thanks :)

AGM on 14/6 & building repainting matter

last night some of us went to attend a ceramah in Han Chiang school, a resident who tumpang our car told us during the sembang sembang that some residents have started lobbying should (or should not) support the proposal of absorbing 20% of repainting cost in AGM, he said some even went as far as the kopitiam nearby to try to convince another resident to agree their point, wah....!!! we really feel the heat now :)

but we wish to make it clear that this is a proposal (or option) which now open to residents to consider, and MC is not doing the hard selling on the idea, we thought as the state gov't is now willing to consider (and even approve if criteria is right) to channel fund for repainting for private project like us, then we should get our residents informed & let them decide on the proposal, so pls don't talk as we are pushing our residents to contribute the additional few hundred Ringgit for the project & start to have hostile feeling toward us :(

of course at MC level we thought this is good deal from state gov't, from financial point of view, by giving RM200 or RM300 each unit and to see all the unit property value go up by 50K is almost too good to be true.

but anyway, as mentioned earlier, residents should decided on this, and we believe our residents make a right decision on this.

so far we have received few quotations, all still sealed in the envelopes & none of us know how much the vendors quoted, but we check around with those friends who have experience on building repainting, the estimation from them is it should cost somewhere around 350K, and if their estimation is right then 20% should be 70K, or each unit will be abt RM250, or even lower if by then the management fund saving in bank is enough to absorb some of the cost.

but one thing we are a bit concern is can we form enough quorum on 14/6 to effect the AGM, because we need at least half of the total unit to turn up in order to start the meeting, for this case need 138 unit owner to come by 8.30pm, but if not then got to adjourn it to the following Saturday 8pm, and on 21/6 night whoever come for the meeting will automatically form the quorum and start the AGM.

but for those who make an effort to come on 14/6, shall AGM can't be held, we still want you enjoy some nice food & have some discussion with us in the foyer, of course our wish is the AGM can be held successfully on 14/6, but just in case....

thanks.

AGM will be held on 14/6 (saturday)

after long delay due to the lift upgrade project, we decided not wait for the full completion of the project but to go ahead with the AGM which will be held on 14/6 (Saturday), 8pm at our swimming pool foyer.

few important decision will be passed on that night, new management committee will be elected (max number is 14), house rules concerning foreigner hostel may be changed, but what interest us most is the approval from residents concerning the building repainting.

as we have shared earlier, now state gov't is open for the private project to apply fund for building repainting, but the condition is these private project must be low cost or low medium cost apartment, and for Vista Condo, we managed to find some very early document (with the help of MC member who stays at blk k first floor) to prove that we are the low medium cost apartment, so this qualify us to apply the said financial aid, shall it approved then our residents will need to bear 20% of the cost.

(we must stress here that we are qualify to apply, but still the gov't decision for the approval)

so far we have received few proposal/quotation for the building, but haven't open yet, right now still waiting for few more then will open all of them few days before the AGM together with some senior & experience residents from Vista Condo, then will shortlist it to three & present them to residents during AGM for approval & agree to absorb the 20% of total cost shall the application approved by state gov't.

so how much is the 20% in Ringgit form? assume that the cost is RM400k then it amounting to RM80K, or if total is RM500 then 20% will be RM100k, so take these 2 figures for calculation, then we will have (RM80K shared by 275 units) RM290.00 or (RM100 divided 275) RM360.00 per unit.

we can foresee that not everyone will agree with this proposal, but also many residents are keen for it, so the best option here is to table it during the AGM for residents to decide...

just a note of caution, if on 14/6 night not enough residents turn up for meeting, or can't form the quorum (one half of total unit), then the meeting will be postponed to the 21/6 night, and on 21/6 night whatever number attended will automatic form the quorum, so for this we are planning some light refreshment on 14/6 night, for in case not enough peoples to form quorum, then those residents who present at the foyer still can enjoy some good food together & have good time of discussion...

thanks.

swimming pool magnetic lock?

(before write on the magnetic lock, we would like to inform our beloved residents that the lemongrass at the kids playground are glowing well, we notice that less mosquitoes now & hope that after all these plants have reach it's full grown then all the mosquitoes will migrate to other places :)

another thing like to update here is the recycle bin are placed at the ground floor of both blk j & k, so pls contribute your unwanted items like newspaper, metal, aluminium can, plastic, etc...thanks)


abt the swimming pool T&G system, we are now looking into the possible of installing the magnetic lock at the pool entrance, as this request from our residents has been heard more frequently recently, but as we are not able to install there a touch & go system as canggih as one at the guard house due to it's high cost, so we may want take the middle path ie to fix something which will prevent outsider & hardcore defaulter from entering the pool area, but block of the access will not be as easy as the one at the main entrance.

the best option now is to install a magnetic lock which will lock the grill door of the pool, the magnetic lock only can be open by scan the card at the scanner besides the door, but we will not be able to link this system to the T&G system at the guard house entrance due to it's cost involved & the complexity, which means if we go ahead with it then residents will have separate card for entering the pool area.

we have checked around for this kind of system (some of MC members are using it in their own office), the complete set should be in the range of RM1000 to RM2000, include the magnetic lock, door closer, cards, scanner, other accessories & wiring, the barring & unbarring of the cards will be done manually through the scanner but not the computer.

we are now checking with few vendors on the systems, comparing their prices, quality of the devices & after sales service, hopefully can get the system installed by end of month.

Thanks.

kids playground upgrade soon

we are looking forward to the better children playground soon, perhaps in 2 weeks' time.

2 days ago one of our regular contractor contacted us, saying a few set of very good condition children play set are available, free of charge, and asked us if interested to have a look, we told him since is free & good condition then we should not miss it.

then he sent them in Wednesday night, a set of see saw (metal one) & one animal shape swinging set, both are in quite good condition, we decided to accept these 2 & he was happily sponsored us by paying the previous owner a token of gift.

and now, few more sets still in the previous owner's place but as the size is bigger (include a kid's slide) then we are arranging a trip to view them ourselves & if decide to get it for our place, then we will need to pay a small sum of money to the owner & get a truck to bring them in, and for this we also check around for right person to fix all these at our kid's playground, we got to make sure these will be "planted" properly into the ground so that they are secured enough to be used.

we view this as good opportunity to upgrade the kids' playground as all this while we have been checking around for gov't fund for this project but couldn't see good progress, so now as the opportunity knock then we should just grab it, just spend a few hundred to get a complete kids' playground is just a very good deal!

another thing we will be soon doing is to get rid of those mosquitoes at the kids' playground, we have asked the same contractor (who is also our resident) to get many many lemongrass plants from his friend in Balik Pulau & then get his worker to plant them in the kids' playground, so that when Vista kids enjoying the play set, they won't be disturbed by these uninvited guests :)

will update further on this once things are ready.

thanks.