Difference between Open meetings & Closed meetings?

typically, closed meetings are properly defined as Executive Sessions, and are usually only allowed to occur to cover certain issues: discipline, pending legal issues, etc.. You cannot do "normal" board business in those sessions, only business related to the listed items (see your state laws, or by-laws). Typically, they still have announcement requirements, require minutes, agendas, etc..

without knowing more, I can't guess if these sessions are proper or not, but experience indicates they may not be.

Thanks to both of you for your information. I did look it up in our Covenants and By-Laws and the NC Planned Community Act along with the NC Nonprofit Corp Act.

Carol - Our By-Laws under Board of Directors states "Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such regular intervals, without notice, at such place and hour as may be determined from time to time by resolutions of the Board of Directors. Should said meeting fall upon a legal holiday, then that meeting shall be held at the same time on the next day which is not a legal holiday.". However, from day one when the HOA was turned over to the homeowners the BOD has had a monthly meeting and it was open to the homeowners. Then the BOD started putting a sign out every month stating when the meeting was being held and to contact the Secretary if attending. Then this month no sign, so one of the homeowners (not me) called the secretary and was told they held a closed meeting and next month it will also be a closed meeting. (My guess is next month they are probably preparing for the annual meeting in August)(No notice given or posted to the community). I was a board member and the homeowner called me and asked me if this procedure was proper. I was curious as to what the difference in the 2 types of meetings. My inquiry was answered. The information was passed on to the homeowner that contacted me and now we both know. This subject is now closed. Thank you for your input.