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Welcome to CHARM Maryland! We need volunteers and supporters of all kinds.

We believe in strength in numbers. Let’s make HOA and condo living better for everyone and amplify our voices with our state and local officials!

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First name

Last name

Email

Phone

Please enter in this format: XXX-XXX-XXXX

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Interest in newsletter

Yes

No

Best description of you

Your Volunteer Skills, if willing to help

Your Lived Experience as an HOA Homeowner

Civil Rights Violations

Denial of voting rights without hearing

Excluding board candidates by frivolous violations or fines

Banning of flyers

Other

Financial Harms

Obfuscation of pipe leak causes

Locked out of payment system

No local bank for deposit

Forced order of applied payments to debts

Reserve funds improperly spent on capital or maintenance

Board members paying themselves

Vote taken outside regular board meeting for non-permitted purpose or without properly closing a session

Other

Disclosure Violations

Incomplete disclosure of full insurance policy

Notices not sent in trackable way

Rules not cited in violation letters

Rules issued without notice of state law 11-111(d)

Failure to provide notice in advance of a closed session

Failure to report purpose of or actions taken in closed sessions

Other

Tort / Breach of Bylaws

Inventive interpretations of rules

Retaliation for filing complaints

Frivolous lawsuits

Filibuster abuse to prevent actual votes

Not disclosing homeowner email addresses requested under state law 11-116 and 11-111.3

No dedicated ballots with voter identifier

Elections not following bylaws

Other

Annual Budget of Association (optional)

Central Power at Annual Meetings (optional)

Board of directors

Council of unit owners

Ability to achieve quorum at annual meetings (optional)

Mostly achieved

Mostly not

Interest in class action lawsuit

Yes

No

Depends / not sure

To get a legal ruling that may or may not apply to all boards; resolve ambiguous questions of law.

Street Address (optional)

Address line 2 (optional)

City/town

County

County Code (optional)

This is a two digit code used to identify the county when you pay your state taxes.

District (optional)

Found on the property tax page for your home address at https://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/RealProperty/Pages/default.aspx

Account identifier (optional)

Found on the property tax page for your home address at https://sdat.dat.maryland.gov/RealProperty/Pages/default.aspx

District/account homeowner type

*Why do we ask for this? District and account identifiers are how we prove you are an actual owner and not just a manager or developer with competing interests. This info is required to get the highest level of newsletter and organizing access, especially for condominium owners.