Governance Resources

Proxies in a Nutshell

Filed Under Governance, Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted February 1, 2013

The term “proxy” is a standard term in the HOA industry used by board members, owners, and managers alike, but there is rarely discussion concerning the legal requirements for proxies and how they should be utilized. The purpose of this article is to focus on these rarely-discussed issues and provide readers with a better understandingGo to Resource

Should Delinquent Owners be Allowed to Vote?

Filed Under Collections, Governance, Litigation, Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted February 1, 2013

Does your community have an upcoming homeowner meeting that includes voting on issues such as director elections, special assessments, or document amendments? Assuming your community also has owners that are delinquent in the payment of assessments, do you allow such owners to participate in the vote? Since the number of delinquencies and violations in associationsGo to Resource

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

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