Mayfair TOwers
Board Election Concerns
We are a group of shareholders who care deeply about Mayfair Towers and are offering an alternate slate of candidates for the Board of Directors.
Our goal is simple: to restore transparency, improve communication, and ensure that building leadership reflects the range of perspectives and talents in our community. We believe a building functions best when shareholder input is welcomed and when decisions are made with openness and fairness.
This website was created to ensure all shareholders are informed, to clarify how the current election process works, and to explain why — after attempting to work within the system — we’ve taken the unusual step to promote additional candidates.
GOOD GOVERNANCE
The Board has established an election process designed to maintain itself in power through a Nominating Committee. Over 10 additional shareholders applied to join the Nominating Committee, but none were interviewed or selected. This year, the nominators appointed by the Board, who chose the current Board, were the same as in previous years.
As shareholders, we believe we should all have the opportunity to participate in the governance of our home. A process that excludes new voices and ideas isn’t just frustrating; it undermines trust.
We respect the time and energy Board members have committed over the years, but Mayfair Towers deserves a governance process that welcomes new voices and encourages participation.
Our candidates bring fresh ideas and professional expertise — but most importantly, a commitment to openness, fairness, and service.
Transparency
Many shareholders have become increasingly concerned by how decisions that affect our quality of life are being made.
A major turning point was the Board’s decision to proceed with spending over $1 million on a children’s playroom and community room without adequately informing the building’s shareholders and transparently explaining the project.
While this kind of investment may have merit, the lack of transparency between the Mayfair Towers Board and Shareholders behind the decision to begin allocating the space and money is concerning.
The Board has also demonstrated a pattern of failing to communicate with Shareholders, offering few opportunities to weigh in.
Before launching this website, we made every effort to communicate constructively. There was no response to our multiple requests for meetings and information regarding major decisions. This is a pattern that many shareholder emails have been left unanswered.
These outcomes are disappointing because the same individuals currently on the Board or Advisory Board were reappointed, and the process seemed designed to prevent others from getting involved.