All members who own a home in the Association should have the opportunity to attend Board meetings. The Board has the responsibility to be wise with the Associations funds and act in the best interest of the community as a whole. They must uphold this while simultaneously being transparent about decisions made in the process. You are not the only HOA with a historical challenge of reaching quorum at annual meetings or meetings in general in order to have an official election. The only method ive seen reached to combat this is through a strategic communication effort to inform homeowners about community involvement. Its easy to be passive, and its takes work to "wake up" the community. You give your neighbors enough to chew on, and you may gain some much needed momentum.

Christ almighty it’s not the United Nations we’re trying to run here

Hi TK, many HOA's choose to not allow renters at Board meetings, because renters are technically not "members" of the Association, only mortgage paying individuals on title are. Regardless, I would urge you to ask the Board ahead of the meeting if a renter in attendance is appropriate. Hope this helps!

NOOOO

@@jamesjames5715 why not

@@TK-xp1xu because renters do not own has no saying !!

@@jamesjames5715 but they live in the community i think the board should allow renters to join open form. By not allowing participation could possibly exclude ideas that could greatly improve communities.

Great question! Thats sounds high, but many factors impact an HOA's maintenance budget. If maintenance has not been a priority in the past, is the Association "catching up"? Does the size of your HOA justify such a high monthly amount?

Office supplies is typically any mailings that go out to community members, checks written out to vendors etc. I cant be sure, but that is typically what that expense covers.

Hi Juan, yes, typically a Board member has the authority to issue a violation to a homeowner for not following the Associations Declarations! We will be creating a "violation" video within the coming months about this! Stay tuned!

@@HOAAssist you have to have a review with the board before they can just fine you.

Hi. Can we register as board members?

Thanks for watching Ralph

Give me a break. A bunch of wanna-a-bes.

​@@HOAAssist😂😂😂

Tough.

Hi John, yes Board meetings should be open to all homeowners with proper notification as outlined in your Associations governing documents. Your documents may spell out that an agenda should be included in this notification, but not all documents spell this out. Often Boards will elect to include an agenda if that is common practice within the community. Meeting minutes should also be available to all homeowners, as its the legal record of decisions made amongst the Board. All HOA members should have the right to see these. Ideally, there would be a portal set up for the HOA that displays these minutes for quick access. A portal is available to all HOA Assist clients for example. Please note, that a Board can block out time (typically after the meeting) for an "executive session" where sensitive info is shared amongst the Board only (legal matters, collections, onsite staff issues etc). Homeowners are not allowed to participate in this portion of a meeting for this reason. Hope this is helpful John, and thank you for watching our videos!

@@HOAAssist Thanks for your detailed reply! The Board assessed me a $1500 charge for repairs due to a leak in our unit. However, i wasn't informed of the meeting at which this was decided. I wasn't given an opportunity to obtain an alternate quote. Also, the management company instructed me to conduct future communications with them, the management company, instead of communicating directly with Board members. Have my rights been violated? Should i just pay the charge "under protest", and seek resolution later?

​@@johnaweiss Hi John, I'm sorry this leak occurred. Its difficult to know all the details of what transpired. Typically a management company can step in for a leak due to the urgency of the situation and damage that can occur, especially if the leak was at risk of affecting other units as well. If you have a full management company in place, its common for them to be the point of contact for the purposes of efficiency. Given that Board members are volunteer and live within the community, utilizing a management company for communication can help avoid burn amongst the Board out as well. I wouldn't assume this was a violation of your rights necessarily, but I would hope that your management company contact would be able to outline the details to you to better understand how this decision was reached.

@@HOAAssist Thx! The CCRs state that members are to be informed of meetings, either directly or by public notice. I'm not aware of any such notice.

I have a HOA community owner who wants to talk after each topic of the agenda. Can I announce that owners need to wait until the open forum section of the meeting or do I need to allow her to talk after each topic? I have set a 3 min rule to talk but if we have 10 topics it gets very long. Thank you.