The Channel Club board president

Is this a paid position? Do the bylaws require he provide personal service to people in the building?

Buildings as large as the Channel Club probably require that all inquiries be directed to the management company. As a coop board member in two buildings we generally will not have direct meaningful conversations with share holders as they relate to issues in the building. That's what management if for. Those issues are related to the board and then discussed as a board. Direct conversations with shareholders and individual board members are really never a good idea. If there was no issue, there would be no need for a conversation. Just follow the proper channels (no pun intended) and resolve the issue. These positions are not paid, they can be time consuming and thankless. If you're looking for some kind of accommodation posting here is a bad plan. Generally, coop boards want to accommodate everyone while always coloring inside the lines without exception.

It may also be a bad idea to post negative stuff about your own co-op if you're still a shareholder ... just saying since these forums do get indexed by search engines.

Perhaps it's time to read this (http://www.hauseit.com/selling-a-coop-without-a-broker-in-nyc/) before it's too late. Good luck selling it and hopefully buyers don't notice your forum here!

As a former board president of a condo, the proper channels was to send all correspondence to the managing agent. Your lawyer had to contact the board's lawyer through the managing agent. In a large building, the board members do not have the time to discuss issues with residents one on one. We had open meetings periodically for resident/board dialogues.

Thank you everyone for your comments and insights. The issue had to do with a fire hazard via a "renting tenant" that that was throwing flammable items (lit and still flaming) on the Channel Club roof and my property and my window sill. That's a subject that in my opinion needed to be discussed and in my opinion was being ignored. When I called the FORMER Channel Club Board president about it, he met with us for an hour at our new condominium, a wonderful sensitive and impressively smart man. I could tell he was not well that day but in no way would let us know how he was feeling during the meeting. He was incensed with what he heard and he was going to address the issue about the renter throwing his lit cigarettes on the Channel Club roof, but the former unfortunately president passed away; a great man.
We have a new managing agent and new president I told you of before.. The managing agent just sent me a letter I received yesterday, representing the Channel Club Board that said: " the Board has addressed the issue of discarded cigarette butts from the above balconies to its fullest capacity." So it appears that if the renter wants to continue to not use an ashtray, but instead our roof, the Channel Club Board has made it clear where they stand.. I have to wonder how the other owners at The Channel Club would feel about this if they knew.
Thank you again for your opinions.