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As we all know, cooperatives must treat all shareholders equally. The tradition in our coop has been that all shareholders can offer their apartment for film/TV shoots and the coop has never indicated otherwise. We have a freight elevator that allows access to all floors with minimal inconvenience as it is usually idle. There is one large apt on the first floor that gets almost all filming deals. Recently an upstairs shareholder was contacted by a location scout and the Board President, out of the blue ,told the scout no upper floor apartment are permitted and gave them the 1st floor owners contact info.
It seems very unfair to allow one shareholders to benefit monetarily for such an arrangement and deny others this opportunity and potential added value. (When they sell their apt. this added opportunity will , no doubt, add vale.)
We were never notified of this sudden, arbitrary rule change.
Is it inequitable? Nearby cooperatives allow apts upstairs as well as first floor.
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I would initially contact the Board President and cc: other board members to confirm that the President did in fact recommended the lower unit to the scout versus the upper unit and if true, the rationale for doing so. If true, I would ask for the "tradition" of allowing shareholder to offer their unit for filming to be cast to a vote by all shareholders. If the board refuses to take to vote, then get the required number of shareholders to sign a petition requesting equitable treatment.
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