Bernard A. Stein - Ad Hoc Committee of Bldg. Your article on the Social Center was quite comprehensive. I am sure you will correct the error in the percentages quoted on page 12. There are too many controversial issues involved in this whole scheme. Regardless, that same law firm is retained by several associations, including mine.
All contracts require an adversarial relationship, backed by consideration, usually money.
This relationship is the basis for arbitration and eventual agreement. Board members have a fiduciary responsibility towards owners to obtain a legal opinion to enable them to vote properly on any issues. It could assess owners for any number of reasons. For example, it could decide in the future to surround a concourse with waterfalls, and assess all unitowners. Then there is the money issue.