Prior Events are shown below:

2024 Events

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Structural Inspections, Permits, SIRS & Financing

Structural Integrity Inspections
– Richard Vivenzio, Thornton Tomasetti
Phase 2 Building Permits Support
 Raul Perez, City of Marco Island
SIRS & Reserve Budgeting
– Matt Kuisle, Reserve Advisors
Financing Building Projects
– Sean Friend, Cogent Bank 

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Place: Joey D’s Restaurant, Marco Island

MAC Mar 26 Networking Social
Topic: Clean Marco Waters, LLC 
Speakers:
     Dave Rasmussen, Co-manager
     Bob Roth, Co-manager

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Condo Best Practices

Problem Solving & RCA for Condos
– Bernie Deubel, MAC President
Self Management: Pitfalls and Advantages
– Tim McKenna, MAC Vice President
Bidding & Contracts
– Rich Meadows, MAC Secretary & Treasurer
Sea Turtle Lighting Enforcement
– Ira Warder, Code Enforcement.
– Kathryn Grigsby, Environmental Planner

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Board Education
             & Certification

Presenter/Instructor: 
– Ashley Lupo, B.C.S.,
  Board Certified Condominium & Planned Development Law,
  Roetzel & Andress

Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Navigating Community Association Insurance: Trends, Challenges, Solutions

Presenters: 
– Jon White, Client Advisor, Acrisure
– Greg Havemeier, EVP, Managing Partner, Acrisure

2023 Events

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Place: Joey D’s Restaurant, Marco Island

MAC Special Meeting and Networking Social II

Topics: Preview of MAC 2024 Programs and Events, Community Update, Q&A 

Speakers:
     Bernie Deubel, MAC President
     Mike McNees, Marco Island City Manager

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics: Building Structural Integrity Requirements Update

Legal Update (SB-154, etc.)- Ashley Lupo, Roetzel & Andress

Engineering Milestone Inspections – Richard Vivenzio, Thornton Tomasetti

Structural Integrity Reserve Study (SIRS) – Anthony Emma, Element Financial Solutions

Building Permit Process Raul Perez,  City of Marco Island

Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Place: Joey D’s Restaurant, Marco Island

MAC Special Meeting and Networking Social

Topic: Proposed regulations regarding electric vehicle charging stations, EV cars, E-bikes, battery safety, Emergency Responder Communications -ERRCS

Speakers: 

Jennifer Pierce, Fire Marshal

Matt Marshall, Deputy Fire Chief 

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics:

Council Update – Erik Brechnitz, Marco City Council

Condominium Budgeting – Anthony Emma, CEO/Managing Partner, Element Financial Solutions

Financing Major Projects – Craig Sherman, Commercial Relationship Manager, Cogent Bank

Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics: Vendor/Contractor Assessment & Contract Review

Bernie Deubel, MAC – Contract Review Process

Jon Davidson, DBPR – Vendor/Contractor Assessment

John Keller, Gulfshore – Contract Risk Management

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics: Navigating Your Association’s Insurance after the Storm

Greg Havemeier, Gulfshore Insurance – State of Insurance Marketplace

Jeff Queen, Administrative Strategies -Residential Condominium Building Association Policy (RCBAP) Details

Miguel Perez, Assurant Claims – Claims & claim delays

2022 Events

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics:

Reserves –  Identifying and Managing your Capital Assets – Rich Meadows & Bernie Deubel, MAC

Marco City Council Update – Erik Brechnitz, Marco City Council

Community Association Managers of Marco Island (CAMMI) – Al Diaz, CAMMI

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics: Board Best Practices and the Law

Best Practices in handling the Association operations, including meeting procedures, parliamentary rules, financial safeguards and rule-making authority as well as a quick update on certain impactful 2022 legislation will be provided – Ashley Lupo, Roetzel & Andress

Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics: PROTECTING YOUR ASSOCIATION- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • State of the Insurance Marketplace, Water Leaks in Units-Who Pays?  – Gregory Havemeier, Gulfshore Insurance

  • How to Navigate Your Association’s Flood Program – Kelli DeFedericis, City of Marco Island

  • Association vs Unit Owners Responsibilities, Board Errors & Omissions Protection, How to Make Your Association a Better Insurance Risk – Jon White, Client Advisor, Gulfshore Insuranc

Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Place: Great Room, Marco Lutheran Church

Topics: Building Structural Integrity

  • Building Structural Integrity – Bruce Miller, Delta Engineering

  • Securing Timely Building Permits – Raul Perez, City of Marco Island

  • Financing Major Capital Project- Anne Middleton, First Foundation Bank

2021 Events

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no events held in 2021.

2020 Events

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020
Place: Rose History Auditorium – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • Chief Tracy Frazzano, Marco Island Police Department – Chief Frazzano will speak about current services, programs and issues with the department. Good News. Once again Marco Island has been rated among the safest cities in the U.S.

  • Open Member Forum – Insurance Increases, Subjects for Upcoming Meetings, Member Survey

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020
Place: Rose Hall – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • Electronic Voting – Early Experience.  Bernie Deubel from the Royal Seafarer Condominium will share the condo’s experience with selecting, implementing and testing electronic voting for board elections and member voting issues.                                     

  • Condo Law Update – 2019 – 2020- Ashley Lupo, Esq. from Roetzel and Andress with provide an update on Statute 718 and any other changes to Florida Condominium Law. She will cover changes to Board Elections, fire sprinklers and other pertinent information affecting all condo associations.

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020
Place: Rose Hall – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • Town Hall Discussion / Q & A

  • Michael McNees – Marco Island City Manager – As the new City Manager, Mr. McNees will discuss his visions for Marco Island, as well as his observations and expectations based upon h

2019 Events

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019
Place: Rose Hall Auditorium – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • Townhall open forum session. Turtle Season Lighting Restrictions

  • Your “own” contract vs. vendors’ one-sided contracts?

  • Mandatory technical reserves studies

  • Does Hurricane Protection increase your property values?

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2019
Place: Rose Hall Auditorium – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • Condominium Banking Services Update – Tom Wagor,  First Florida Integrity Bank  

  • Hurricane Irma –  18 Months Later

  • Association Insurance Issues  –  Greg Havemeier,  Gulfshore Insurance

    • Unit Owner HO-6 Policy Issues                  

    • Insurance Settlements                                    

  • Building Permits, Inspections, Delays  –   Raul Perez, Chief Building Official, Marco

  • Pre-Storm Preparedness / Best Practices 

  • Post-Storm Recovery Plans / How to Avoid Price Gouging

Date: Thursday, February 14th 2019
Place: Rose Hall Auditorium – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • Notable Changes to Statute 718 in Years 2017 and 2018

  • Guest Speaker: Ashley Lupo, Esq – Roetzel & Andress

  • Open Forum: Member Q&A

Date: Thursday, January, 17th 2019
Place: Rose Hall Auditorium – (Marco Island Historical Society)
Agenda:

  • New City Council Chairman – Erik Brechnitz

  • Acting City Manager – David Harden