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Category Archives: Board of Directors

Who Do They Think They Are?

Members of your community association board have a big responsibility, and they have the legal authority to carry out their roles. Where do they get this authority?

First, most states have statutes—such as a condominium act (NCGS 47C) or homeowner association act (NCGS 47F)—that legally empower elected volunteer community association boards to act on...

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Due Diligence

How should your association board make business decisions?  In a word: Diligently.

                Diligence is the key to business decisions of community association boards.  If your association winds up in court because an owner disagrees with a repair project, or a decision not to repair, you’ll want protection under the “business judgment rule” – the process the board should have used to make its decision.

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OOPS!

If your board wants to avoid embarrassing and costly missteps, check out this list of common mistakes.

No one is perfect, obviously.  Everyone makes mistakes.  If this is true of the human race in general, why would it be different for community association board members?

Of  course, boards make errors.  Mistakes occur in the legal relm, as well as in management, planning and human relations.  Some can cost associations hundereds of thousands of dollars or open a community to litigation.  Others are minor.  Still others are amusing.

It’s a good idea to avoid errors when possible, especially the most serious ones.  Knowing what a mistake looks like may help.  To this end, we present the top 10 errors made by associations.

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