Steering Committee vs. hoa board

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TinaS9 (Florida)
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So can anybody give me a bit of insight on this one. What happens when a board ceases and a "steering committee" is put in place because of lack of participation?

LarryB13 (Arizona)
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Posted By TinaS9 on 06/09/2014 2:57 PM
So can anybody give me a bit of insight on this one. What happens when a board ceases and a "steering committee" is put in place because of lack of participation?

Too often a "steering committee" is formed so that the majority of the board can meet and act without the interference or input of minority board members, effectively disenfranchising the members who voted in the minority board members.

CarolR11 (Colorado)
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If your governing documents require a Board of Directors, some groups calling is elf a "steering committee" cannot substitute for a board. just what would this steering committee do? Would homeowners be able to attend its meetings? If people are willing to serve on the S.C., why wouldn't those same people serve on a board????

So far, i'm agreeing with Larry that it sound like a sleazy way to circumvent your own document and state laws.

DouglasK1 (Florida)
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Your governing documents (bylaws, CCRs, etc.) should define the duties and responsibilities of the BOD. Do they say anything about a steering committee? Are you saying there is no BOD now? Unless your documents say otherwise, it would seem to me that in the absence of a BOD, any "steering committee" would have no authority, and is just a group of people getting together.

Escaped former treasurer and director of a self managed association.

TinaS9 (Florida)
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TY for the input. I've been on "steering committee's in a former life...they were usually for special projects with very limited and focused duties not the running of something like a board that is required to act according to legal by-laws and such.

I would think if the by-laws calls for a board with specific positions this might not be exactly appropriate.

TimB4 (Tennessee)
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Posted By TinaS9 on 06/09/2014 3:41 PM
I would think if the by-laws calls for a board with specific positions this might not be exactly appropriate.

Not only your Bylaws but, if your Association is incorporated (most are), applicable corporate laws typically require a Board of Directors and specific Officers.

You may want to bring this fact up to the Steering committee and then volunteer to serve on the Board.

JohnC46 (South Carolina)
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Is this a semantics issue? Like calling it an Architectural Steering Committee instead of an
Architectural Control Board. Like I was involuntarily downsized instead of fired.

CarolR11 (Colorado)
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Unless someone shows me otherwise, I'm still agreeing with Larry.

TimB4 (Tennessee)
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Posted By JohnC46 on 06/09/2014 4:35 PM

Is this a semantics issue?

I think that that would depend on how people serve on the Committee (appointed vs. elected), what is reported on annual corporate report to the State, language in the governing documents and applicable law, etc.

However, the main one, in my opinion, would be how individuals come to serve on the committee and how they can be removed.

JoK2 (California)
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Is it possible that they are referring to themselves in this way because there is no official board and they have to put the proposal together to ask the county or state to run their HOA? No authority, but someone has to aid in the receivership.

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