Governance Resources

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Making Sure Your Meeting Notices are Properly Done

Filed Under Governance, Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted February 1, 2013

Your association has an important and controversial issue to decide at its annual meeting. As a manager or board member, the last thing you want is to go through the effort of calling the meeting, gathering proxies, and holding the vote, only to have the decision challenged on some notice technicality. An ounce of preventionGo to Resource

CCIOA Corner-Interest on Delinquent Accounts

Filed Under Governance

Posted December 3, 2012

If your governing documents are silent concerning the rate of interest to be imposed on delinquent assessments, how do you set the rate? It may assist you to know that CCIOA sets a cap on the rate of interest that may be charged by post-CCIOA communities. Specifically, Section 315(2) of CCIOA caps interest on delinquentGo to Resource

Meeting Moment–Amending Minutes

Filed Under Governance, Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted December 3, 2012

The first action item on most owners’ meeting agendas is approving the minutes of the last owners’ meeting. Let’s say that — as usual — you have an ambitious agenda, with many action items and a limited time in which to get through them all. But when the secretary moves to approve last year’s minutes,Go to Resource

Is Your Association Prepared for Natural Disasters?

Filed Under Amending Your Governing Documents, Governance, Liabilities, Maintenance & Insurance

Posted December 3, 2012

Natural disasters come in many shapes and sizes. It could be a tornado, a flood, Superstorm Sandy, or a wildfire. Regardless of the type of disaster, the devastation and loss is often overwhelming. Nothing can fully prepare someone to handle the emotional impact of a natural disaster. However, with some thought and planning before aGo to Resource

Conflicts of Interest-What Exactly Are They?

Filed Under Amending Your Governing Documents, Governance, Misc

Posted December 3, 2012

Your board is considering whether to assume the maintenance of the perimeter fencing in the community, which is allowed by the governing documents. Two of the five board members’ lots border the perimeter fence, and if the maintenance is assumed by the Association, those board members will no longer have to maintain the fence borderingGo to Resource

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