If your community is a seasonal one that tends to thin out over the summer months, what rules or policies do you have in place to ensure that your association continues to operate smoothly and transparently over the summer months? The less crowded summer months in some communities provide an […]
It’s likely that at some point during your community’s lifespan, new construction will occur nearby and the impact on your residents will vary both short and long-term depending on the steps your Board takes early in the process. Sometimes new construction is welcomed enthusiastically by the members of an established […]
If you are new to your community’s board of directors, thank you for agreeing to serve in this capacity. You will learn that the “job” can be both thankless and fulfilling at different times and for different reasons. The first thing you will need to do is to ensure that […]
Whether we call them mistakes, oversights, slip-ups or boo boos, we all make them including volunteer board members who are often hamstrung by both operational and time constraints. The new year provides an optimal opportunity to correct items from 2017 or even earlier. The law allows a corporation which has […]
Every year, I attend many of my clients’ annual meetings and elections and it is always disappointing when some members’ election ballots must be discarded due to avoidable errors. For Florida condominiums and HOAs who have adopted a “condominium style” election process, the election protocol that was implemented to discourage […]
