Month: June 2014

We always talk about apathy in community associations.  Nobody wants to run for the Board.  Nobody wants to serve on a committee.  Nobody wants to even vote in the annual election. Usually, apathy is more prevalent in communities where the populace believes all is OK.  If the place generally looks good, the assessments are stable…

Many of you have seen outgoing board members sign long term contracts with a vendor just before getting off the Board.  Often times, these contracts were executed by a single board member without any vote of the board whatsoever.  The question is……is the contract still an obligation of the association even though it was signed…

It’s officially hurricane season here in Florida.  Pretty soon, the media will be trying to scare the bejesus out of us the minute  a single cloud rolls off of Africa’s west coast.  We all know how lucky we’ve been for close to a decade now, but one day our luck will again run out.  Imagine…

As many of you already know, just because your next election is far off into the future, this doesn’t mean that in the interim, the current board members can’t be removed from office.  The “recall” process is a procedure that can be used in both condominiums and HOAs.  In simple terms, a majority of the…