Board Meeings & Email communications

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DonnaS (Tennessee)
Posts: 5,671

Posted:

I know this is Florida cases but it makes good reading on.... Are email communications considered records of an association. The site is from one of Florida's largest HOA law firms that deal with these type of cases every day.

http://www.floridacondohoalawblog.com/tags/email/

JanetB2 (Colorado)
Posts: 4,219

Posted:

Thank you Donna!!! This is great information that all of us in HOA's should review.

AnnaD2 (Florida)
Posts: 960

Posted:

This IS good reading!!! It makes perfect sense....to me anyway. I'm glad I've read this in case anyone ever questions our e-mailing each other.

TimB4 (Tennessee)
Posts: 21,059

Posted:

Very interesting reading. Very good information. Very complicated matter in actually keeping those records where a management company isn't involved (like just an independent contractor doing bookkeeping services).

LawrenceC1 (Georgia)
Posts: 480

Posted:

Donna,

The link that you posted presented the opinion that most e-mails among board members are not official communication and do not need to be made available to the court. There is an opposing opinion in the article at http://condomagazines.com/articles/50/1/Fast-Convenient-and-Possibly-Dangerous/Page1.html

While either opinion may be true, it is probably prudent for board members to be careful what they put in an e-mail.

KellyM3 (North Carolina)
Posts: 2,239

Posted:

Well, being careful about the content of your emails to other board members doesn't worry me from a court order perspective, it's about what you say to fellow board members, period. Some people are on the board out of sheer boredom and "spine tingling" emails are just the fuel for their gossipy souls.

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