Best Practices Report #3 Strategic Planning (Published by Community Association Institute Research Foundation)

Strategic Planning Definition and Philosophy Strategic planning is more than ensuring your association will remain financially sound and be able to maintain its reserves—it’s projecting where your association expects to be in five, ten, or fifteen years—and how your association will get there. It is a systematic planning process involving a number of steps thatGo to Resource

Best Practices Report #2 Governance, Resident Involvement and Conflict Resolution (Published by Community Association Institute Research Foundation)

It is Community Associations Institute (CAI)’s purpose to foster vibrant, responsive, competent community associations that promote harmony, a sense of community and responsible leadership. Common characteristics of such community associations include good communication, trust in the management and board of directors, continuing education of board members and home-owners, and uniform, flexible and reasonable enforcement ofGo to Resource

Sample Code of Conduct for Board Members

Code of Ethics   Each Director and the Board as a whole shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics: I.  No Director shall use his/her position for private gain, including for the purpose of enhancement of his/her financial status through the use of certain contractors or suppliers.

If You Don’t Pay To Play . . . Beware

The Universal Music Group (UMG) was recently awarded a $53 million dollar judgment in its copyright infringement lawsuit against MP3.com, Inc. for the unlicensed use of published music.  In March of 2008, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) filed 29 separate infringement lawsuits against restaurants and nightclubs in 22 different states seekingGo to Resource

Inspection of Association Records

A member of your association comes to you requesting to see the minutes from the last twelve board meetings.  Another member asks for copies of all contracts the association has entered into, plus all checks written to those contractors.  Yet another asks for a copy of an opinion letter from the association’s attorney.  How shouldGo to Resource
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