2. to make, levy, collect and enforce Special Assessments and Annual Assessments against Owners and to provide funds to pay for the expenses of the Association and the maintenance, operation and management of the Condominium in the manner provided in the Declaration, these Articles, the By-Laws and the Condominium Act and to use and expend the proceeds of such Assessments in the exercise of the powers and duties of the Association;
3. to maintain, repair, replace and operate the Condominium in accordance with the Declaration, these Articles, the By-Laws and the Act;
4. to reconstruct improvements of the Condominium in the event of casualty or other loss in accordance with the Declaration;
5. to enforce by legal means the provisions of the Declaration, these Articles, the By-Laws and the Act; and,
6. to employ personnel, retain independent contractors and professional personnel and enter into service contracts to provide for the maintenance, operation and management of the Condominium and to enter into such other agreements that are consistent with the purpose of the Association.
Article IVMEMBERS
The qualification of Members, the manner of their admission to membership in the Association, the manner of the termination of such membership and voting by Members shall be as follows:
A Until such time as the recordation of the Declaration, the Members of this Association shall be comprised solely of the Subscribers ("Subscriber Members") to these Articles; and in the event of the resignation or termination of any Subscriber Member, the remaining Subscriber Members may nominate and designate a successor Subscriber Member. Each of the Subscriber Members shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote on all matters requiring a vote of the Members.
B Upon the recordation of the Declaration, the Subscriber Members' rights and interests shall be automatically terminated and the Owners, which in the first instance means Developer as the owner of the Units, shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights and privileges of Members.
C Membership in the Association shall be established by the acquisition of ownership of a Condominium Unit in the property as evidenced by the recording of an instrument of conveyance amongst the Public Records of Dade County, Florida, whereupon, the membership in the Association of the prior Owner thereof, if any, shall terminate. New Members shall deliver a true copy of the recorded deed or other instrument of acquisition of title to the Association.
D No Member may assign, hypothecate or transfer in any manner his membership in the Association or his share in the funds and assets of the Association except as an appurtenance to his Condominium Unit.
E With respect to voting, the Members as a whole shall vote. Each Condominium Unit with respect to all matters upon which Owners (other than the Developer) are permitted or required to vote as set forth in the Declaration, these Articles or By-Laws shall be entitled to one vote for each Unit owned (unless altered pursuant to Article XXVI of the Declaration) which vote shall be exercised [continues on next page]
