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Want to ensure your next election goes smoothly? Just follow these 11 steps.
The annual meeting was one that homeowners in the Long Beach, Calif., community wouldn’t soon forget – and not for good reasons. Registration alone took more than an hour. Homeowner’s didn’t know where to sign in. Ballots were distributed to residents who had already voted by mail. Out of frustration, some people began screaming at the board.
Few association budgets can accommodate the huge sums of money required to pursue or defend a lawsuit, and no one is happy to see an association’s money spent on lawyers.
Beyond the expense, a lawsuit can put you and your neighbors through the emotional wringer and create irreparable damage to personal relationships as well as obstacles to effective governing.
The best way to spare your community such trauma is by studying your community’s governing documents, understanding your legal responsibilities and staying alert for these common legal predicaments.
1. Your primary role should be to protect and enhance the value of your community.
2. As directors and officers of a non-profit corporation, you have a legal fiduciary duty. Your actions and liability as a board member are generally protected by governing documents or state statutes governing non-profit corporations based on duty of...
1. Know the Rules – Understand and comply with the restrictive covenants, by-laws, and other rules and regulations.
2. Know that you must pay your assessments on time.