Thank you to those who responded.

I cannot speak for others in our co-op but I myself have never seeked out a Board member to complain or address an issue. I would never think to go to there home or anything along those line. I hope that others did not think I was suggesting such a thing.

I do not communicate with our Board/Managment office all that much. Not too many issues arise that I've needed to do that. Though, on a few occassions I have emailed our managment office asking that my question or concern be forwarded to our Board and I get an instant reply with an answer. If I persist that I want my message forwarded managment can be a bit snippy.

An example would be expressing interest in an online blog/co-op website. My email will be replied to withing a few minutes with a no and why they are a bad idea. I would be fine with that if I knew it was my Board responding and perhaps it is a similar response they just gave another Shareholder and thus a reply has already been drafed of sorts but I can never gather that. It is hard to tell who is saying what since this far our Board only issues one Newletter a year. So outside of that Newsletter I only hear from the Board once a year at the Annual Meeting. Not having any other access to them and a managment company that likes to shot down all ideas or suggestions and it's just an odd place to be in.

I do think Board members do an extream amount of work. It seems to be a full time job ontop of a paying job. I appreciate the effort and work that Boards put into their co-op and that holds true for my co-op as well. This is my first time living in a co-op and perhaps everything our building is experiencing is normal. I don't know. However, hearing from my Board in writting once a year and in person once a year and no way to know that you are communicating with them when you reach out... one feels a bit lost and out of the loop. As I expressed in my previous post, many Shareholders are pushing for a website to assist with communication but our managment office has pushed hard against it and keeps insisting to our Board that it is a bad idea.

Thanks again!