Of course it's been a problem for a long while and it should have been dealt with previously, without going on for such a long time.  I think it was probably, and this is just my opinion, of course, that previous boards should have taken care of it and put it to bed.  I may be mistaken on this, but I think they were given bad advice a couple of boards back.  Anyway, Ted, this board is stuck with the problem of dealing with it because of where they sit presently.  That being said, I believe the monies should come from the reserves and not a special assessment.  I don't believe you should have to come up with the special fee because you've paid your assessments, I'm pretty sure about that, and as I have as well, our money is part of the reserves.  There are quite a lot of homes that have arrears and that won't change.  You don't think those homes/lots/members are going to pay a special assessment when their arrearages are still in place do you?    They won't pay the special assessment either. 

Linda