As a Common Interest Development, your association is a legal entity, most often a corporation. It is comprised of and controlled by its members through the election of a board of directors on an annual or semi-annual basis. It is this board of directors, voted in by the homeowners, who control all aspects of the administration of the association. The board of directors are responsible for hiring vendors to service the association, such as a pool vendor to clean pool, and a landscaper to maintain the common area landscaping, an insurance carrier to provide a master insurance policy…and a management company to implement the decisions of the board of directors. FirstService Residential is the professional management company that has been hired by your board of directors to implement the decisions and policies.