New Procedures / Software Update Required / Regional Meeting

New Procedures:

Wanted to advise you that new procedures are being posted on the blog this week:

• The Move-Out procedure has been revised
• A new procedure has been developed to address Abandonment of a Unit / Death of Sole Household Member

Both procedures will be noted with a revision date. 

Please note that the tables in the security deposit disposition letters are not retaining formatting when updated in Google Drive, so those are not on the blog; they are attached in the email you received regarding the new procedures.   I will let you know when they are live on the blog.  I have included both “doc” and “docx” versions of the documents; those of you with older versions of Word (pre-2007) will want to use the “doc” versions.

These procedures will be reviewed at the July 31^st Regional Meeting.  Location and agenda will be confirmed this week via email; be sure to check your inbox regularly.

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Software Update Required:

Please note that as we move all our procedures and forms to Google Drive, you should think about upgrading your software.  Currently, most documents are in “doc” format to allow those of you with older versions of Word to read them.  However, some functions are only available in current versions of Word / Excel.  Therefore, if you are currently using an old version of Word (which makes “doc” documents), you will need to upgrade to a newer version (Word 2007 or newer).  


Newer versions of Microsoft Office save documents as “docx” for Word or “xlsx” for Excel documents.  If you are upgrading software, be sure to look for a newer version of Microsoft Office.  Those of you with older versions of Word can download a converter so that you can see those documents (go here), but you will need to upgrade your software as soon as your budget allows.