MelJ1 (Pennsylvania)
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Our HOA in PA failed to notify the community of the annual meeting in which the budget was voted on and was approved. The only posting about the meeting was done in the newsletter, which is not mailed to all lot owners, it is emailed to most lot owners. The problem is that the Bylaws state it must be postage mailed or hand delivered. Also the meeting date was not posted online. Apparently it was forgotten to be posted. Our by law reads as follow:
§5. Meetings
(a). Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the Association shall be held each year during the last three (3) months of the calendar year. The meeting shall be held at a time and place designated by the Executive Board. Any officer of the Executive Board shall cause written notice to be hand-delivered or sent postage prepaid by United States mail, of the annual meeting to the mailing address of each Lot or to any other mailing address designated in writing by the Lot Owner. Said notice shall not be fewer than ten (10) days or greater than sixty (60) days in advance of the annual meeting. The notice of any annual meeting must state the time and place of the meeting and the items on the agenda, including the general nature of any proposed amendments to the Declaration or Bylaws, if any.
(b). Special Meetings. A special meeting of the Association for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by any officer of the Executive Board and shall be called by any officer of the Executive Board if so directed by resolution of the Executive Board or upon petition signed by forty (40%) percent of the votes of the Lot Owners and presented to the Secretary. Such petition shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. No business shall be transacted at the special meeting except as stated in the notice. Notice of the special meeting, to include the content of the meeting, shall be the same as required for an annual meeting.
I have already contacted the HOA Board and politely approached the issue with them, and they do not want to cooperate.
What are my options here?
§5. Meetings
(a). Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the Association shall be held each year during the last three (3) months of the calendar year. The meeting shall be held at a time and place designated by the Executive Board. Any officer of the Executive Board shall cause written notice to be hand-delivered or sent postage prepaid by United States mail, of the annual meeting to the mailing address of each Lot or to any other mailing address designated in writing by the Lot Owner. Said notice shall not be fewer than ten (10) days or greater than sixty (60) days in advance of the annual meeting. The notice of any annual meeting must state the time and place of the meeting and the items on the agenda, including the general nature of any proposed amendments to the Declaration or Bylaws, if any.
(b). Special Meetings. A special meeting of the Association for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by any officer of the Executive Board and shall be called by any officer of the Executive Board if so directed by resolution of the Executive Board or upon petition signed by forty (40%) percent of the votes of the Lot Owners and presented to the Secretary. Such petition shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting. No business shall be transacted at the special meeting except as stated in the notice. Notice of the special meeting, to include the content of the meeting, shall be the same as required for an annual meeting.
I have already contacted the HOA Board and politely approached the issue with them, and they do not want to cooperate.
What are my options here?