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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Going Co-op]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1777/1/QampA-Going-Co-op/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I live in a building in New York City that is currently operated as a rental. It&#8217;s in terrible shape. Many of my fellow tenants and I have considered the co-op
 route. How does one go about this?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Michelle Freudenberger, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:55:16 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Cooperative Plumbing?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1776/1/QampA-Cooperative-Plumbing/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[As a board member of an Upper West Side Building, we have grappled with the
 notion of washing machines in apartments. Those that have them may keep them
 and update them. Those that do not already have washing machines cannot install
 them. This decision is based solely on the idea that our pipes cannot handle
 the waste (soap suds) that these machines create. Can you tell me if washing
 machines generate as much suds as dishwashers? Is there much of a difference in
 how either one affects the existing drains of a co-op?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Philip Kraus)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:53:37 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Too Many Documents?]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1775/1/QampA-Too-Many-Documents/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[I live in a condo with indoor parking facilities. The board recently sent a
 notice informing residents with current parking that the identity of each
 vehicle would be kept in order to ensure that owners do now allow unauthorized
 use of their assigned space. There has been one or two such occurrences in the
 past 17 years I have lived in the building. Currently, each space is clearly
 numbered and the management office has the resident&#8217;s name, vehicle make and model, license plate number and space number.
 Evidently, the board determined it necessary to demand that each resident
 parking in the garage provide a copy of their vehicle registration document as
 well.  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Tara Snow, Esq.)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:51:58 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Move-in Fees]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1774/1/QampA-Move-in-Fees/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Our board is thinking of instituting move-in fees. What is a fair move-in fee?
 How could we implement this policy without a shareholder vote? What could we do
 with the money we collect? Could it go into the reserve fund or would it have
 to be returned if they moved out, similar to a deposit?  ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Eric M. Goidel)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:50:10 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Radiator Leak]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1773/1/QampA-Radiator-Leak/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[ I am a shareholder at a co-op. A radiator (which is located in my wall) was
 leaking water to the apartment below. I was not aware of it. The super came and
 fixed a valve and replaced the radiator (which had a hole in it) with a new
 one. The co-op wants me to pay for the new radiator and the repair of the
 valve. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (John LaGumina)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:48:50 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Missing Meetings]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1772/1/QampA-Missing-Meetings/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;What happens if board members consistently miss meetings, or don&rsquo;t attend, messing up the voting process for a board? What recourse do we have?&nbsp; ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Steven Troup)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:47:40 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Conservation Tips]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1494/1/Conservation-Tips/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The buzz about green buildings and energy conservation is so loud you just can't shut your ears to it. And why should you? We are being inundated with information on how to make our buildings and our lives greener. Even if your building can't afford an entire 'green' makeover, there are easy, cost-effective strategies that both boards and residents can implement to save money and energy. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:48:05 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Associations Can &quot;Reasonably&quot; Restrict Rights]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1506/1/Associations-Can-quotReasonablyquot-Restrict-Rights/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Are homeowner association's governmental or quasi-governmental entities? Until last year, most attorneys who practice community association law would have said the answer was clearly, and appropriately, no. But a New Jersey appeals court called that long-standing assumption into question when it decided that a community association, in fact, plays the role of a municipal government, and its rules and regulations must, therefore, pass constitutional muster. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Karyn Kennedy Branco and Stephen M. Marcus)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:24:39 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Solar Powering Your Building]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1505/1/Solar-Powering-Your-Building/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Sobering studies published last month by the International Energy Association and the National Petroleum Center suggest that the supply of traditional energy sources may not meet demand by 2015, strong evidence yet again that electric costs will continue to climb. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (George Engelbrecht)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:19:35 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[...And What Energy Competition Means to You]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/1503/1/And-What-Energy-Competition-Means-to-You/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Prior to 1999, New Yorkers had to buy their electric and natural gas from the public utility company that serviced their area. Operating as regulated monopolies, the utilities weren't able to offer customers competitive pricing or customized pricing and services options. But all that has changed.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Dana Saucier)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:00:22 EDT</pubDate>
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