Ernest Allen
One Week

Education: ED.D – Mathematics Education; M.A. – Mathematics; MBA – Business Administration; B.S. – Animal Husbandry; B.S. Business

Qualifying Experience: Retired and available. Former Dean, College of Science and Mathematics; Department Chair, Mathematics; Director of Assessment; Faculty Senate President (5 years); Professor teaching mathematics, statistics and business analysis courses; Received and Directed 5 grants ($250,000); Responsible for 50 faculty, 6 staff, 3 buildings and a 3 million dollar budget; Headed the remodeling (20 million) of the science buildings; School Board Director

Objectives as a Director: Maintain and improve quality of facilities; Develop replacement program for appliances/equipment; Employ efficient and personable employees that are held accountable; Scrutinize expenditures and budgets; Insure owners receive optimum value for their expenditures; Communicate often with owners; Where reasonable, offer promotions, opportunities, to owners to insure acceptable occupancy levels; Develop a mechanism (questionnaire?) to seek input from owners.

Ralph Owen
Unit 3106 Week 47

Qualifying Experience: Over 28 years with the same major insurance company building a successful insurance and financial planning business with over 2500 clients. Currently own and manage 2 quality apartment houses consisting of 19 units. Board member making the motion to remove the previous management company and voting in favor of VRI. Just completed first three years on the board.

Objective as a Director: Be instrumental in the process of bringing the resort back to the Caribbean theme and quality Cypress Pointe deserves. Keep the resort on its current course of returning to Gold Crown, while building our reserve funds. Getting collections over 90% so we can keep maintenance fees one of the lowest in the Orlando area. Continue the open communications with owners and always acting with the owners best interest in mind.

Dr. B.J. Smith
One week

Education: Bachelors Degree in Business Management from Northeastern University; J.D. and Ph. D. degree from LaSalle University.

Qualifying Experience: Owner and CEO of United Global Int’l in Boston, MA; Board member Unversity of Massachusetts; Board member Mission for the Homeless; Board member Gospel 1580 AM Radio Boston; and past President and Board member of the Roxbury-Dorchester Karate Club Association.

Objectives as a Director: Work to better assist “Timeshare” owners and initiate new and exciting reasons for buying timeshare weeks. I believe that I can greatly assist Cypress Pointe Resort to achieve its long range production and development goals in the timeshare vacation resort market.

Christopher Thimes
Unit 2201 Week 28

Education: BS – Biology, BA – Chemistry, Providence College; University of Maryland School of Medicine -
Certified Radiation Safety Officer, Certified Master Facilitator

Qualifying Experience: Member of the owner controlled Board of Directors since 1998. President of the Board 1998 – 2001, Co-Vice President 2001, Vice President 2002. Maintain a constant presence on the Yahoo Groups “Cypresspointe1” message board to communicate with owners. Have spent thousands of telephone minutes speaking with owners especially during the Special Assessment. Initiated the process that led to the implementation of the new management team at the resort. Provided extensive support and back history to the Association’s legal team during the developer lawsuit and transition to the new management team. Experienced in the management of large and small project and standard budgets

Professional Background: I am a seventeen-year experienced health and safety professional who has implemented environmental, health and safety programs throughout the country to reduce injury rates. Recognized by OSHA during the 2002 National VPPPA Conference and Exposition in Orlando, FL by John Henshaw for managing a facility that has been in the OSHA STAR program for nineteen-years. Environmental Health and Safety Manager for Amersham Biosciences in Piscataway, NJ.

Objectives as Director: As the resort transitions to a more fiscally solid base and takes its place as a mature resort of distinction in the Orlando area, the Board needs to focus on making a plan to properly renovate the resort within the fiscal responsibility we have as owners. My wife, Kim, and I bought our time at the resort as a first anniversary present to each other and Cypress Pointe has become part of our lives. The changes to the resort have been tremendous in the last 18 months. Renovations such as the pool, the clubhouse and the rooms have led to the rebound of the RCI scores. I believe that I have provided a significant contribution to the resort and its future.

I have devoted a tremendous amount of time to ensure that the resort is a place that all owners can take pride in. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to meet many owners and I have spoken to many more via the phone or email. I take great pride in the resort and average about 15 hours of my personal time weekly on issues relating to the resort. The numerous meetings at the resort and via phone have resulted in a resort to be proud of and I am confident that the best is yet to come. I ask that you vote to elect me to remain as a member of the Board of Directors.