Misc Resources

Smoking Bans in Associations: Health & Economic Concerns

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines, Governance, Litigation, Misc

Posted April 16, 2012

The battle between smokers and non-smokers may be reaching a tipping point in community associations. More boards are introducing declaration amendments prohibiting smoking completely – in individual units as well as in the common areas of their communities. And those amendments are attracting considerably more support and considerably less opposition than they have in theGo to Resource

CCIOA Corner—Director Conflicts of Interest

Filed Under Governance, Misc

Posted April 2, 2012

You’ve, no doubt, heard the term “conflict of interest” flung around quite a bit in the HOA industry. But what does this term really mean? Did you know that CCIOA, with the help of the Revised Nonprofit Corporations Act (“Nonprofit Act”), specifically defines this term and provides guidance for associations with respect to this issue?PursuantGo to Resource

CCIOA Corner—Maintenance and Entry into Units

Filed Under Governance, Maintenance & Insurance, Misc

Posted March 1, 2012

Did you know that Section 307(1) of CCIOA requires post-CCIOA associations to maintain common elements (including general and limited common elements) and owners to maintain their units in absence of a statement to the contrary in the declaration? Did you also know that this same provision authorizes associations and their agents to enter units forGo to Resource

How the CCIOA Budget Process Works

Filed Under Governance, Misc

Posted February 1, 2012

As we are in the middle of annual meeting season for many communities, it may be helpful to review the budgeting process that you are required to follow. Budgeting is the process of reviewing your association’s anticipated income and establishing planned expenditures for the upcoming year. The process results in the preparation of a proposedGo to Resource

Generative Thinking By Boards

Filed Under Governance, Misc

Posted January 3, 2012

You’ve often heard us talk about the three facets of a community: But there are also three modes of governance for your association board. Governance as Leadership; (Chait, Ryan & Taylor, 2005). In the fiduciary mode, boards are concerned with being the steward of the association’s physical assets. In the strategic mode the boardGo to Resource

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