To help you learn more about your responsibilities, Krolak urges all new board members to read the condo documents and the previous board meeting minutes before attending the first meeting. “I know that they aren’t the most exciting documents, but they describe how your organization functions a...
“Beyond these minimal requirements, however, the amount of detail to include in board meeting minutes is a matter entirely within the board’s discretion. And there are certainly reasonable policy reasons for keeping meeting minutes as bare-boned as possible. It is generally considered good practic...
3. Message Board Our Message Board feature allows residents and board members to communicate with each other about important topics directly on the condominium website. Residents can ask questions, provide feedback and offer suggestions on anything from improving security to landscape projects. Message...
Boards often rely upon the collection of proxies to fulfill the quorum requirement at the annual shareholders meeting or any special meetings, but may not use them at board meetings. Under statutory law and virtually every set of association by-laws, no official business (including board elections...
member who has these concerns and the other board members are all in on it, the one board members reaction is to resign from the board and that is probably the worst course of action. The best thing is to bring up the issue at a board meeting and bring in professionals to investigate....
“All persons participating in the meeting…[are able to] hear each other at the same time.”Dual Official Capacity and Committees of the Board:In the past, the BCL also prohibited the same person from serving as both the President and Secretary of their co-op. Now, such dual service ...
convene in someone’s apartment, and decide to, say, fire the property manager, and only announce the action after the fact. The rules call for 10 days’ advance notice of board meetings along with the provision of meeting agendas and copies of additional materials that the board will be us...