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Productive and efficient meetings are not happenstance but are the result of committed and prepared volunteers, normally assisted by a great professional manager.
To help bri...
All the knowledge and experience from the working world (“day job”) can actually hinder a volunteer’s effectiveness in the world of HOA governance if the differences between t...
Before seeking a board seat, the best candidates should improve their readiness for service, and can:
Read the governing documents at least once
The governing documents are ...
A community association is no better than the board of directors which leads it, and excellent associations require excellent volunteer leaders. Truly exceptional volunteer go...
The late and legendary coach John Wooden said “The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.” Your ...
Kelly,
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Our board established an executive committee consisting of three board members, excluding the two remaining board members, under Corporations Code Section 7212. Later,
Dear Mr. Richardson,
I’m currently on my HOA board. The president is constantly rude, slandering other board members, and basically being disrespectful. I am wondering what
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
The president of our HOA was recently removed as president (with no explanation and at an unposted meeting) but she is still on the board, r
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Dear Kelly,
We successfully recalled our HOA board, yet the next day after the vote the recalled directors held a special meeting and enacted lots of business. We believe t
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
We cannot get people to volunteer to be on the board. I have been on the board and told the manager I didn’t want to run. She put my name on the ballot
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Mr. Richardson,
What recourse does a member have if the board refuses to abide by the governing documents or state law? Our president refuses to hold the annual election in
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If board service is not difficult enough, you can crank it up a notch by making board meetings much longer. If people aren’t dozing by meeting’s end and if you’re done after 9...
