ABOUT OUR ASSOCIATION
Associations in Four Hills Village (FHV) or What's in a Name?
In FHV, there are two City-recognized Neighborhood Associations (NAs): the Four Hills Village Neighborhood Association (FHVNA) and the Four Hills Village Homeowners’ Association (FHVHA). Both of these are NAs; there is no real Homeowners' Association (HOA) in Four Hills Village.
The characteristics of an NA are that membership is voluntary, residents consent to join and residents are not required to follow the mandates of the association Board. The Board of an NA does not have the power to require residents to pay assessments and the Board has no authority to enforce anything beyond the authority of individual residents.
The characteristics of a real HOA, on the other hand, are that residents must join upon purchasing property and that members must pay dues and assessments set by the association. The HOA Board sets the dues and assessments, and makes or enforces rules such as those contained in covenants; a real HOA board can impose fines and even foreclose on a property for residents failing to pay dues or assessments or follow the rules.
In summary, NAs are voluntary organizations, whereas HOAs are mandatory organizations in which membership is required for home ownership. In FHV there is not a real HOA.
An association can include the word “Homeowners” in its name, such as the FHVHA, but that does not make it a real HOA, and that association has no inherent authority beyond that of individual residents just because it uses the word “Homeowners” in its name.
What makes the FHVNA different?
- The Four Hills Village Neighborhood Association will strive to accurately represent the desires of its members by polling them to see how they feel on important issues. Our web-based surveys have had an impact on City actions.
- Our association and its publications will benefit Four Hills Village Village by publicizing important issues, accurately representing issues and events, and striving to publish both sides of an issue.
- The FHVNA will work closely with elected government representatives to make Four Hills Village a better place to live.
Welcome
It's easy to participate in the Four Hills Village Neighborhood Association, just complete our short information form.
Dues are currently optional, but are very much appreciated to defray the cost of mailing newsletters. You can mail voluntary dues to:
FHVNA; P.O. Box 51358; Albuquerque, NM 87181-1358.
2009 Leadership Team
Ed Barsis, President, ebarsis@bmv.com
Rebecca Loring, VP and Webmaster, rebeccaloring@gmail.com
Charlene Baldwin, Secretary, VCPhoto@comcast.net
Jim Church, Treasurer, jim.church@comcast.net
Marilou Cochran, mrcochran@comcast.net
David Fincher, mdfincher@comcast.net
Glenn Hohnstreiter, gfhohns@comcast.net
Cathy Loveday, mathewloveday@msn.com
Mary Paull, MienYang@comcast.net
Herb Wright, herbwright@peoplepc.com
Keeping our Members Informed
We communicate with our members using our website, along with print and email newsletters, then have meetings only as needed or required.
Because we conduct so much of our business via the Internet, we've had very few association meetings this year (read the minutes here).
Meetings are announced via the website and/or the newsletter. Our policy is to have a public survey open to all residents for major issues
affecting our neighborhood and reporting the voting results to the interested parties such as the City and our Councilor. (read the minutes
here: 2/16/08 (PDF), 02/05/08 (PDF)). Meetings are announced via the website and/or the newsletter. Our policy is to have a public survey open
to all residents for major issues affecting our neighborhood and reporting the voting results to interested parties such as the City and our
Councilor.
Issues
A distinctive attribute of our association is that we identify issues and concerns of the members and residents, provide them with information
and get their feedback. For example, your input clearly said that you didn't want traffic islands in FHV; this was conveyed to Councilor Harris
and islands were not installed. While most of this information sharing can be done through email and print mail, volunteers are needed to
coordinate, facilitate and formalize the process. If you are willing to help identify and explain issues, please email info@fhvna.org.
Four Hills Village Neighborhood Association Bylaws
Four Hills Village Neighborhood Association Standing Rules
Questions?
contact info@fhvna.org