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What Does CCIOA Require for Association Meetings that Your Community is Not Doing?

Filed Under Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted March 1, 2017

It is not uncommon for board members or managers of common interest communities to find themselves so focused on the current matters facing their communities that the bigger picture issues fall by the wayside. As most of our readers are keenly aware, the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) is the primary governing statutory schemeGo to Resource

By David Firmin

Reflections from an HOA Meeting

Filed Under Meetings / Action Without Meetings

Posted February 1, 2017

When I arrived home after a 4.5-hour annual meeting of the owners this week, I sat and reflected over the last ten years and how these meetings have changed. On average, I attend 1.5 meetings a week—or about 75 meetings a year. Some are meetings of the owners, and some are meetings of the board. Go to Resource

By Elina Gilbert

Maintenance v. Insurance – Does Anybody Know the Difference?

Filed Under Maintenance & Insurance

Posted February 1, 2017

Perhaps one of the more confusing concepts when it comes to HOAs is the difference between having an insurance obligation and having a maintenance obligation. In what particular circumstances do you apply each? It is precisely this confusion that often lands associations in hot water for either failing to submit insurance claims or requiring ownersGo to Resource

By Melissa Garcia

Understanding Negligence

Filed Under Misc

Posted January 3, 2017

What is negligence? In simplest terms, to be negligent is to act in some careless way that causes harm to another. For example, someone is not paying attention while backing out of his driveway and ends up hitting his neighbor’s mailbox. The driver’s negligence (i.e., careless driving) caused damage to the neighbor’s mailbox, resulting inGo to Resource

By Maris Davies

Attorney-Client Privilege and What It Means in the Context of Associations

Filed Under FAQs

Posted January 3, 2017

No matter where your community is located, how big your community is, or what type of community you live in (condominium, townhome, single family, etc.), legal issues, and the need for legal advice, arise. Consequently, the board of directors should be aware of the attorney-client privilege and the protection it provides to associations regarding nondisclosureGo to Resource

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