HOAleader.com - Tip of the Week - August 17, 2012
Published: Fri, 08/17/12
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Does the Size of Your HOA Board of Directors Matter?
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An HOAleader.com reader in a four-unit association wants to know
how many board members his HOA should have. In this week's tip,
we start the discussion of determining just how big your board
should be.
Some states give HOAs a head start in determining how many board
members they should have. "In Florida, the minimum legal
requirement is three no matter what size the association,"
explains Ben Solomon, an attorney and founder of the Association
Law Group in Miami Beach, Fla., who advises more than 500
associations and also represents developers through his second
law firm, Solomon & Furshman LLP. "From there, the decision
varies usually on the size of the property and how much desire
there is for the board to expand and have more participation
than less. But a standard clause in many bylaws I draft is that
there should be no less than three but no more than nine."
Solomon says he's seen boards with more than nine members, but
they're the exception. "The average board size in Florida is
three to five members," he says. "Usually bylaws allow for
expansion of the board, and that's usually done by the board,
not by member vote."
Whatever number the board opts to have, says Lisa A. Magill, a
shareholder and association attorney at Becker & Poliakoff PA
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., it should be an odd number to prevent
a stalemate.
There are other issues to consider. "You also want to think
about participation when it comes to the practicality of meeting
your quorum," says Solomon. "A bigger board may be OK, but if
you have a nine-person board, you'll always need five people
there at every meeting to meet your quorum. Are you going to be
able to get that?"
So what's a four-unit association to do when it comes to setting
the number of board members? Read our experts' differing
opinions in our new article:
http://www.hoaleader.com/members/750.cfm
Best regards,
Matt Humphrey
President
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How Many Board Members Should Your HOA Have?
An HOAleader.com reader in a four-unit association wants to know how many
board members his HOA should have. (See the post in our discussion forum.
Click here to read full article:
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How to Respond to Owners Publicly Trashing Your HOA
In this week's tip, we discuss your HOA's remedy if an owner has begun
distributing a newsletter to owners, created a website, or started
blogging about your HOA without authorization from the board.
Click here to read full article:
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Underground HOA Websites, Newsletters and Blogs: Can You Reel Them In?
Has an owner begun distributing a newsletter to owners, created a website,
or started blogging about your HOA--of course, without authorization from
you? Whether the content is benign or controversial, should you care? And
what's the HOA's remedy when owners exercise their free speech rights about
their homeowner association? Here are some answers.
Click here to read full article:
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Valued Board Members at the End of Their Rope? Try These Fixes
In a new article we show you 10 tips to turn frowns upside down when it comes to
board members who've done yeoman's work but who are ready to exit stage
right. In this week's tip we offer 3 of those 10 ways to prevent HOA board
member burnout.
Click here to read full article:
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10 Ways to Prevent and Cure HOA Board Member Burnout
All too often, the 80-20 percent rule applies at HOAs: 80 percent of the work
is done by 20 percent of the people. So if one of your valued board members is
showing signs of burnout or saying it's time to step back, it may not be easy to
replace that gem. Here, we offer 10 ways to prevent burnout and recharge
burned-out board members' batteries.
Click here to read full article:
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