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New course in Home Owners' Association Management After many student requests, Paddocks now offers the 3-month part-time Home Owners’ Association Management Certificate Course – the only specialised course of its kind in South Africa. This exciting new course will be presented via internet-based distance learning and will begin in February 2010. Click here for more information on this brand new course.
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Deborah gets married! Congratulations from all at Paddocks to Deborah (who is part of the Paddocks Marketing Team) and Dwaine Carrao. We wish you all the best for your new adventure as husband and wife.
Above: Deborah and Dwaine during their marriage ceremony.
STARR Software STARR is an affordable, simple, easy-to-use software product that makes searching and referencing of the Sectional Titles Act, Rules and Regulations a pleasure. Click here for more information on this excellent product.
Paddocks Course Calendar for 2010 Click here to find out the dates for the upcoming Paddocks Courses in early 2010.
Photos from the Sectional Title Bookkeeping Course We held two-day workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The interactive workshop was thoroughly enjoyed by the students and staff and we look forward to presenting the course again in 2010.
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October 2009 (Volume 3, Issue 10)
Dear Subscriber
The 9th presentation of our popular UCT (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management Certificate course begins on the 30th of November 2009. We have introduced video lectures to make our content more engaging. You will notice that the format of this publication has changed. Paddocks Press will now be delivered to your inbox in this format. If you have trouble viewing this e-mail, please click on the link at the top of this message to see it online. All these articles are available for viewing on our www.paddocks.co.za website. On behalf of all at Paddocks and Getsmarter, I thank you for reading Paddocks Press. In this October issue: We'd like to thank Quirk eMarketing for the use of their e-mail template. Regards, 
Should the CSOS regulate Managing Agents?
In this article Graham examines the existing position and the suggestion made by Dr. Gerhard Jooste, a leading managing agent, that it would be most suitable for the Community Scheme Ombud Service (“CSOS” and “the Service”) to take over the regulation of managing agency from the Estate Agency Affairs Board. (reading time: ±4 mins)
Sectional Title Insurance
Trustees are elected by the members of the body corporate to deal with matters of the body corporate i.e. control, manage and administer the affairs of the body corporate. Trustees need to be aware of the statutory functions of a body corporate in respect of the insurance:
UCT (Law@Work) STSM Students
We have asked three of our past UCT (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management Students to answer a few questions about their experience on this benchmark course. Read what an attorney, a portfolio manager and an auditor have to say about this course and how it can help you in your profession. (reading time: ±2 mins)
Levy stabalization funds in sectional title schemes
Levy stabilization funds are common in sectional title schemes designed for retired persons. The rationale behind them is that retired persons generally live off a fixed income and cannot afford to pay large increases in their ordinary levies each year. These funds allow bodies corporate to either set the ordinary levies of their owners at a fixed rate or to keep increases at or below the rate of inflation. Typically a levy stabilization fund is funded by once-off payments payable by owners when they alienate their units. (reading time: ± 3 mins)
Paint Shmaint
Have you ever really noticed the specific factors that make a building look unkempt? We have recently purchased a beautiful Victorian building built way back in 1902 when pride and care was put into the building process. The quality of the craftsmanship and building work is just superb even a century later. Why then does the property look so neglected? (reading time: ±3 mins)
Q&A with Jennifer
This month we cover the following topics in our Q&A section:
Upcoming Training CoursesUpcoming training courses for the remainder of 2009: UCT (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management Certificate Home Owners’ Association Management Certificate Course | ||||||||||||
