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Governance/Board Duties

 

Fiduciary duty includes a duty of loyalty to the association, which means that board members should never use their position to take advantage of the association. They should never make decisions for the association that benefit themselves at the expense of the association and its members.

Fiduciary duty also includes the duty to exercise ordinary care. This means board members must perform their duties in good faith and in a manner they believe to be in the best interest of the association, with such care as an ordinary prudent person in a similar position under similar circumstances would use.

In short, boards must act in the best interests of the association and act reasonably.

Board members fulfill their fiduciary duty by:

  • Developing and using a formal budgeting process
  • Establishing and adhering to budgetary guidelines
  • Making sure the budgeting process reflects the wishes of the association members
  • Promoting understanding and acceptance of the reserve accounts among the members
  • Collecting sufficient fees to adequately operate the association
  • Soliciting bids and negotiating appropriate contracts
  • Funding the Associations Reserves