Marriott Aruba Ocean Club Owners Being Ripped Off By Marriott - READ IF AN OWNER

[irish]

okay guys, please share what we should do here. I DON'T WANT A PUPPET..i want another ALLAN COHEN.. so PM me asap.
thanks

 

[marksue]

Proxy's

I got my Proxy as well. I am not going to tell anyone what to do but here is what I am going to do.

1) I am not checking Frank Knox I am putting in Allan Cohen's name in line 2 as he will be my proxy for all voting members.

2) I am not going to select any of those items so Allan can vote for the any candidate including proposing a new candidate. If you are following me DO NOT CHECK THE LAST ITEM AS IT PREVENTS ALLAN FROM VOTING FOR A CANDIDATE. The group of concerned owners will propose alternative candidates.

3) The same as #2, I will not be selecting any of the 3 choices

4) I will select vote allowing Allan to place all votes on my behalf.

With over 1000 concerned owners and more every day, we will have A big block of votes and hopefully make a difference in the election.

In the meantime the call for a special meeting will move forward. At this time there are a few days left for those wishing to opt out and then the request will go through. An email will be sent to all owners who have signed up.

 

[marksue]

If you read the notice of annual meeting make sure you review the minutes of the October owners meeting. Having attended the meeting the minutes do not accurately reflect what occurred in the meeting. First of all Allan Cohen kicked off the meeting and gave us an overview of what was to be presented. Steve Richards spoke later on for all of 5 minutes after Allan spoke for 30 mins. The financial report was first given by Allan and then Melissa. When Melissa was questioned she turned to Marriott to answer the questions. Also none of the communications between the owners, the board and Marriott is listed in the minutes. Once again the board is trying to hide the true facts.

 

[lovearuba]

Voting

Thanks Marksue, My husband and I just filled out our form with the same voting choices that you had. Lets hope we can see some glimmer of hope with this one.

 

[luvmypt]

Thanks Marksue, My husband and I just filled out our form with the same voting choices that you had. Lets hope we can see some glimmer of hope with this one.

We voted for Allan on both our proxys.

 

[vincenzi]

Voting Choices

Thanks Marksue, My husband and I just filled out our form with the same voting choices that you had. Lets hope we can see some glimmer of hope with this one.

My husband and I will do the same.

 

[Zac495]

Still confused about something - once we fill out the forms and send them in -when is the meeting for the election? When will we know? Then what happens? Can a new board change the maintenance fees? THANKS AGAIN, Mark, for all your hard work. I would LOVE to keep my timeshare - but not with those fees. I really hope Marriott stays with us - I don't want a huge fight - I just want fees I can afford. I hope they understand we're not trying to get 400 dollar fees or anything stupid - it's Marriott and Aruba - we all knew that. But the fees are outrageous.

 

[marksue]

Ellen,

Nothing can be done to change this years fees. Next year is another story. They should go down with the reduced cost of energy.

The annual owners meeting has been moved from October to May of this year. This also gets Allan off the board 6 months earlier than he was supposed to.(lets get rid of the owners voice). What we need from the board is financial prudence. We also need a board that will fight for the owners rights and not buckly over for Marriott. There are happy medians but so far we have not seen them. What we really need is transparency and a say on what happens to our property.

 

[qlaval]

I'm just back from a long vacation in Aruba and I didn't received anything...
When did you all received your letter?

 

[luvmypt]

I'm just back from a long vacation in Aruba and I didn't received anything...
When did you all received your letter?

If you're talking about the proxy letter, we received ours yesterday and mailed them out today.

 

[lovearuba]

yesterday

I'm just back from a long vacation in Aruba and I didn't received anything...
When did you all received your letter?

We also received ours yesterday and mailed today

 

[Sunbum]

Proxy

It will probably take another 10 days to get to Canada.

 

[marksue]

well only 8 days to go

 

[qlaval]

well only 8 days to go

Lol...Thanks

 

[Zac495]

When's it due?

 

[marksue]

April 27th

 

[marksue]

Marriott's stock holders meeting

Note upcoming annual meeting - May 1, 2009
I hope that some will want to attend.

Here is an opportunity to speak out about what has happened at the OCean CLub. All you need to do is own 1 share of the stock. If my business schedule permits I plan on attending. Be great to get others there as well to get up and speak about how they feel.


May 1, 2009
10:30 AM ET

Marriott International 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Additional Information
Marriott International 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
May 1, 2009 - 10:30 a.m.
JW Marriott Hotel
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

 

[Zac495]

I never got mine.

 

[marksue]

If you did not get your proxy I would contact Marriott and ask them where it is and ask them to send you another one. You could also send an email to Corey and ask him to get you one.

 

[Zac495]

If you did not get your proxy I would contact Marriott and ask them where it is and ask them to send you another one. You could also send an email to Corey and ask him to get you one.

I emailed Corey - haven't heard from him yet, but he's good about responding. I'll let you know!

 

[thinze3]

Note upcoming annual meeting - May 1, 2009
.... If my business schedule permits I plan on attending ....

I can't imagine that after all of this, there would even be a chance that you would miss this meeting. If you do miss it, your cause will probably be diminished somewhat. Good Luck.

 

[ecwinch]

I can't imagine that after all of this, there would even be a chance that you would miss this meeting. If you do miss it, your cause will probably be diminished somewhat. Good Luck.

Terry - this is the Marriott Corp stockholders annual meeting, not the Ocean Club annual meeting.

And large corp annual meetings do not always take questions from the floor. I have not been to a Marriott meeting, so I do not know if they do or not.

Not sure the cause is hurt by MarkSue's absence.

 

[thinze3]

Terry - this is the Marriott Corp stockholders annual meeting, not the Ocean Club annual meeting. ....

Not sure the cause is hurt by MarkSue's absence.

AH. Didn't realize that.

 

[tlwmkw]

How big is this corporate meeting? If you try to speak and they do not have time allotted for you then you may find yourself ejected by security. I have seen this happen before at a large corporate meeting- though it was related to environmental issues and the people who wished to speak were quite radical. Make sure you check to see if they allow for unscheduled speakers at the meeting. You may have to have your issue added to the agenda- and they may say that it doesn't fall under the larger Marriott umbrella and should be addressed by MVCI (even though it is within Marriott).

Good luck and let us all know what happens!

tlwmkw

 

[lll1929]

I voted the same as everyone else. Does anyone know if and when will will get billed for the assessment. I loss my job and I need to prioritize my bills!! Timeshare falls towards the bottom.