Put the Roof Repair Request in Writing JAN HICKENBOTTOM, Hickenbottom is past president of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), a national nonprofit research and educational organization
Time-Shares Require Caution BENNY L. KASS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. Kass is a Washington, D.C., real estate lawyer who writes for The Times and The Washington Post
The Not-so-sweet Science Of Selling Oscar De La Hoya MICHAEL LEAHY, Santa Monica-based Michael Leahy is the author of "Hard Lessons: Senior Year at Beverly Hills High School." His article on the Colorado Rockies appeared last week in this magazine
Road to Bosnia : Left to Waterloo, Right at Munich Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition" (Houghton Mifflin). He is now working on a book about U.S. foreign policy for the Twentieth Century Fund
Huddled Masses : Neighborhoods Oppose Drive to Turn L.A. Into Manhattan GERALD A. SILVER and MYRNA L. SILVER, Gerald A. Silver and Myrna L. Silver are community activists who reside in Encino. Gerald Silver is president of Homeowners of Encino and a professor of business administration at Los Angeles City College. and