Help!! with a capital H

hi my names Trisha and i am in need of some serious help. i have not understood much of how the associations work because ours is so messed up it's not funny. i live in an 18 unit townhouse association. not once has a meeting been held correctly or a board that was in understandings of what there job was. we also have had to deal with our board members changing over 15 times in 5 years because of resigning etc. we have had two owners from the units doing the jobs of all board staff for the past two years and they are now turning the board over again. we had a meeting and there was no quorum but they voted a new board anyways. i was wondering if someone could help me with this, i have come to my last ends of information i can look up. i know the HOA is in so many violations but cannot find out information on what to do or who to call about board violations.

if anyone can help i would be ever so grateful.
Me ^i^

thank you Jim, it has helped some but i am so confused about what it all means.
the CC&Rs do not say anything about a quorum and the by-laws states that the presence at the meeting of members entitled to cast shall be 1/10 of the votes of each class of votes. but they later changed this to only one class and they say nothing about achieving a quorum.

the only thing i have found on quorums was under
artical IV
covenant for maintenance assessments.
this section says they need 60% of all votes to constitute a quorum and if not present another meeting is held and only 1/2 of the required quorum is then needed

it's all so confusing because we do not have a board of directors as it states in the CC&Rs and we do not have a proper Hoa Board.
the Hoa Board is the same people every year just different possitions because there is only 18 untis, they have lived in these townhouses since they first were build and they do not want new people coming in and upsetting the balance of their little group and the way tings are done. i just feel like i am loosing an uphill battle with them, the townhouses that do not have much participation with the Hoa other then paying dues is because it's new buyers and they do not want to get into the middle of the petty harrassements from the board. they keep saying things will get done but nothing has been done in five years i've been here. they go after people that don't pay there dues when they themselves are in so many violations.
they cannot even find a landscaper who will do the landscaping because of Board Members.
i want to try and change the balance in my association to deal with assessments of all units even the board and do it by respecting each owner and not by favortizm as it has been in the past. i just do not know if i am on the right track or if i should just give up and move.

Thank you very much Samuel, i think your advice really helps. it now gives me the hope i was looking for in this fight. i think everyone should have a voice and should have the right to live happily whatever that may be.

i have read the CC&Rs and Roberts Rules of Order Revised from cover to cover a billion times. i am getting the understandings of how these are supposed to be done but what i don't understand is How do i get my board to understand they are in violation of these things, when they already see me as the bad guy and want me out.
i'm not trying to take control of anything by no means but i do like things a little more organized in my life and if they expect me to pay dues then i expect them to start making some changes as well.

i guess my next step would be to get information from my neighbors and see if any of them feel as i do.

thanks again Samuel, you gave me a lot to think about.

Me ^i^