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January Newsletters 2008 (weeks 1 to 4)
PelicanNews - Weeks 1 & 2 - Date sent January 17, 2008
Be sure to check the web site for rentals and sales @ www.pelicannews.net
email judy@navnet.net
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**** IMPORTANT*** Be sure to put pelicansxm@yahoogroups.com
into your safe list to receive the newsletter.
Visited the Resort web site - Pelicanresort.com
In the owners section:
1st 2nd and 3rd Quarter minutes 2007
Monthly financial information
Register on line for your next stay at Pelican www.pelicanresort.com
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Subject: CSF Payments on Internet
Date sent: Tue, 15 Jan 2008
Dear Board Members,
As of last Friday all the members of PRC can make the payments of the AMF on via
internet on the web page of Pelican. More that US$180,000.00 (258 transactions)
were
processed as of yesterday.
We are in the process of making some changes in the web page such as a pop-up
screen
with that information for all people visiting PRC web site. In addition, we will
post this information at the 2 Front Desks as well as in the next publication of
Pelican News.
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PelicanNews - Weeks 1 & 2 - Date sent January 17, 2008
Be sure to check the web site for rentals and sales @ www.pelicannews.net
email judy@navnet.net
***************************
**** IMPORTANT*** Be sure to put pelicansxm@yahoogroups.com
into your safe list to receive the newsletter.
Visited the Resort web site - Pelicanresort.com
In the owners section:
1st 2nd and 3rd Quarter minutes 2007
Monthly financial information
Register on line for your next stay at Pelican www.pelicanresort.com
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Subject: CSF Payments on Internet
Date sent: Tue, 15 Jan 2008
Dear Board Members,
As of last Friday all the members of PRC can make the payments of the AMF on via
internet on the web page of Pelican. More that US$180,000.00 (258 transactions)
were
processed as of yesterday.
We are in the process of making some changes in the web page such as a pop-up
screen
with that information for all people visiting PRC web site. In addition, we will
post this information at the 2 Front Desks as well as in the next publication of
Pelican News.
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Date sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008
From: Betty Slabysz
Subject: Mailings
Hi Judy and a Happy New Yr.
I too, agree with Elaine Lefebrve posted 12/29/07 of the second mailing of
maint. fees due. Owners know, if they don't pay they can't occupy and I
don't think a second mailing makes a difference to those who have no
intention of paying. I think it best to mail out the first notice and
then a second notice could be sent via email. We need every penny we can
save. We all know there can be glitches with email from time to time. Also,
would like to know who is paying for the lovely glossy brochures
we constantly receive promoting the Marina Res. from Royal Resorts?
Does it come out of the maint. fee we pay? Betty Slabysz
Judy's Comment: The sales department is responsible for advertishing
and promoting the Marina Residence.
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From: elaine lefebvre
Subject: Note from Elaine Lefebvre
Date sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008
Hi Judy, Regarding your comment about possibly sending bills to owners
electronically.....I'm all in favor of saving the $$ on postage, etc, and it
could
work IF folks will remember to let Interval Servicing know when they have new
e-mail
addresses. With regular mail, it is forwarded for a year. My husband is on our
condo board and recently had to send out an announcement to everyone in our
building. He used the e-mail addresses listed in our owner directory, which is
updated once a year and there were quite a few that were returned with an
incorrect
address. I do think there should be further discussion on this, as anything that
saves us money is worth investigating! Elaine
Judy's Comment: ISCO does get a lot of returned mail each year as well.
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Date sent: Thu, 03 Jan 2008
From: Jeff Berger
I would much rather receive it electronically. Much easier to keep
track of everything that way. I've been billing clients like that for
five years. You can use "PayPal" to enable people to pay by credit
cards or check, online...
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Date sent: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:18:35 -0500
From: "Dee McC"
Subject: emailing bills
I do not like it -- Hopefully, this shall be a passing fancy.
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Date sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008
From: "joe dutra" <jbd271@gmail.com>
Subject: airconditioning B building units
I read in the 3rd quarter minutes about the testing of 9 units in the B Building
with central air conditioning. As an owner in B building I know how badly we
need
these upgrades. The cost is only $2,500 per unit. I know that I would be willing
to
pay to have this work done soon. How can we suggest that the owners make a one
time
$50 payment to cover the cost of this badly needed upgrade. (50 weeks x $50 +
$2,500)
I own B572 and B574...Is there a way for Pelican or ISCO or somebody to send an
email to all owners of these units and ask if we can each participate in raising
the
money needed to put in the central air. If only half agreed to put in $100 each
we
could get this done. To have central air is worth a whole lot more than $50. I
can't remember a time in the last 15 years where we have traveled to other
resorts
and not had air conditioning other than Pelican. Any suggestions would help. Joe
Dutra
Judy's Comment: What do the rest of you think?
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From: Ken and Rebecca Warner
Date Sent: January 7th, 2008
Subject: "Negative Statements" made about the Pelican Resort Club
Dear Judy,
My wife and I just recently bought a timeshare week (#3, B268) at the Pelican
Resort
Club on the recommendation of our son (a seven year owner already) and our
previous
visits to the resort two years ago as well as November 2007. As new owners maybe
we
bring a fresh perspective to the happenings at the Pelican Resort Club.
As business owners ourselves for 23 years we can understand the ups and downs of
business, however if we knew before we purchased this timeshare what we know now
we
may have hesitated with the purchase. It would have not been for the apparent
reasons brought up by Jeff Berger (Do you really want to buy into this kind of
mess?), the problematic conditions sited by numerous Pelican owners or the
defense
made by members of the board over these objections. We would have hesitated
because
of the extreme comments made by both sides in an effort to prove their point.
We feel that if anyone really looked at the Pelican Resort Club, or any other
timeshare purchase, with the idea that it was an "investment" they would be
making a
large mistake. This is really a "vacation week purchase" not an investment. I'm
sure
that owners who dumped large amounts into purchases at the Pelican Resort Club
would
object to this point of view. Timeshare re-sales are showing, in most cases,
that
they don't hold their value and therefore should not be made as an investment.
It is
a Vacation!
The Pelican Resort Club offers an unique opportunity to it's owners to be
involved
with the future of their timeshare. The owners also include the Royal Resorts
who,
as we have read, are loaning large amounts of cash to keep the Pelican Resort
Club
moving forward. We would stress that as owners of our own company, no
corporation
like the Royal Resorts would be foolish enough to invest in a failing timeshare
without having a large control in that investment. That's common business sense.
Instead of complaining about that fact, why don't the private owners rejoice
that
they have the Royal Resorts support. It isn't the Royal Resorts fault that most
owners treat their timeshare purchase as it was intended...a vacation, not a
business that they need to vote in every year.
The negativity expounded by both sides of the issues relating with the Pelican
Resort Club, we feel, is the real problem. This could ultimately result in
future
owners, or current owners at the Pelican Resort Club who may consider purchasing
additional weeks, and possibly the Royal Resorts Company itself to become fed up
with the childish bickering that continues, and leave this type of headache
behind.
Yes, there are lots of things to improve on like long lines at the check-in
desk,
toilets that sometimes take on a mind or their own, outdated drapes and
bedspreads,
and being placed in a room that you weren't suppose to be in. Look at the
improvements that we have witnessed in the last two years. A consistent effort
on
behalf of the Pelican Resort to improve their rooms, grounds, facilities, most
of
all recover form the financial mess that the original owners put this resort in.
On
top of all that the elected members of the board work for free (something no
members
of the board would do in other business' today) .
The owners, and that means all of them, need to unite towards workable solutions
and
remove the cloud of pessimism that hangs over the Pelican Resort. This resort
should
be the thing it was intended to be...a great vacation spot, not a battleground
for
opposite sides to fight over.
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From: Charles Ticho
Date sent: Sun, 13 Jan 2008
Subject: Visit to St. MArtin
Dear Judy --
My family has just concluded our annual visit to the Pelican and St. Martin that
included a five week stay for my wife and myself. Altogether the visit was a
most
pleasant one. It was easy to see that an effort is being exerted to improve the
appearance of the resort. New fences and railings have been added and the trees
and
shrubbery are very well taken care of. Comments I've heard seem to indicate that
the
new residence building is not as much of a nuisance as was feared. The repaving
of
the exterior hallways in the B buildings with tiles has tremendously added to
the
appearance of the buildings. The preregistration worked very well and the
arrival
and departure procedures seemed to be quite efficient. During the last week we
also
witnessed the opening of a very nice new restaurant within the borders of the
resort. The bars on the beach and pools are in good hands. And, of course for
many
of us, the greatest improvement is the development of the resort-wide internet
access service.
Now, let me drop the other shoe. While the exterior of the resort seems to get a
lot
of attention, the interior of the units often need help. We found that, in all
three
apartments that we were using, items were missing and we had to call for
replacements. Maids apparently do not take a careful inventory between visitors.
Some things need replacement badly like the cabana chairs in the A building that
must be at least 20 years old. The security system continues the most annoying
practice of changing the door lock code on weekends for guest who are remaining
in
the same apartment for several weeks. Each week we had to wander up and down the
hill after discovering that the keys suddenly did not work.
The two greatest problems, both on the island and at the resort, are mosquitos
and
traffic. Repeatedly guests commented in my presence that they "are being eaten
alive" by the voracious little beasts. Dinners at the Boathouse and at the
Saratoga
Restaurant were ruined due to the many bites. In 24 years of visiting Pelican
the
problem has never been so severe. The other apparently insolvable problem is
traffic. Particularly during the holiday weeks it was simply chaotic. During one
afternoon traffic was at a dead standstill from the bridge area all the way up
and
down the backside of the hill to Phillipsburg. (Fortunately we were going the
other
way). One poker table partner said: "I am never coming back here again. I don't
go
on vacation to sit in traffic for almost an hour to travel two miles." With so
many
new developments coming on line, conditions can only become worse and there
seems to
be no effort to change the situation. There hasn't been a mile of road added to
the
island in the quarter century we have visited St. Martin.
So that is the good and the bad. We love coming to St. Martin and to the
Pelican,
but we hope and pray that some of the problems will get the attention that is
required.
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From: Gariepy, Barbara
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:15 AM
To: 'judy@navnet.net'
Subject:
Dear Judy,I got an email today from some kid in Ghana,Africa who app got my
contact
info from the Pelican News network.He wanted to be my "friend".I find this
somewhat
disturbing.Has this happened to anyone else?thanks,Barbara Gariepy
Judy's Comment: Unfortunately the Internet is public property and less than
honest people know how to get information. There are those who collect email
addresses when they shouldn't. I just delete anything I don't know who it is
from.
I got one of those too but it is the first time it has happened. It is the same
as
the unsolicited 800 calls. I did learn that if you only say hello once the
caller
doesn't get the ring back to their phone.
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