Meetings / Action Without Meetings Resources

Meeting Moment – Specific Notice

Filed Under Governance, Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted July 2, 2012

It is not unusual for owners at an annual homeowners meeting to make motions about issues that aren’t listed on the agenda. For example, a motion to amend the bylaws. Or, at a special meeting called to amend the bylaws, an owner might make a motion to recall the board. Let’s assume in both scenariosGo to Resource

If You Were Stranded on a Desert Island Would You Be Better Off On Your Own or With Someone?

Filed Under Building Community, Governance, Meetings / Action Without Meetings, Misc

Posted July 2, 2012

Earlier this year I attended a class called Synergistic Decision Making. We learned how groups that work effectively together make better decisions than even the most qualified individual. We also learned how different views, when combined, lead to better solutions. And we learned all of this by performing a single exercise. It was fascinating. ThereGo to Resource

Meeting Moment – Handling Amendments

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Posted June 1, 2012

Among the more complex issues a meeting chair may be required to handle at an owner’s meeting is the dreaded amendment to a motion. Consider the following fact scenario: an owner makes a motion that the association should beautify the common area around the community sign. Immediately someone seconds the motion. The chair then properlyGo to Resource

To Proxy or Not to Proxy, that is the Question

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Posted May 1, 2012

With the winter season behind us, many associations are now turning their attention to the summer season and annual member meetings. However, as usual, many of the owners have headed for the flatlands and are no where to be seen. The question for the board is how to best permit absentee owners to participate inGo to Resource

Meeting Moment – What is a quorum and what can you do without one?

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Posted March 1, 2012

It’s your annual meeting. You’ve called the meeting to order, officer reports have been given, and now you’re about to hold the election. All of a sudden a homeowner stands up and says, “I don’t think we have a quorum.” As the meeting chair, what should you do now? Parliamentary Tip: A quorum is theGo to Resource

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