co-presidents

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AnnaD2 (Florida)
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Hi All. In FLORIDA---Would it be legal to elect a co-president from our current board members to serve along with our current president? Has anyone ever done that before? Our docs state that there will be a President, Vice President; etc. yet doesn't specifically mention the board of directors electing more than one person to the office of president. Thank you.

MelissaP1 (Alabama)
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What's wrong with vice-president spot? The vice-president really is there just to be the presidents backup if they aren't able to attend meetings. However, when I was vice-president, I did most of the presidents duties. He just took credit for my actions.
If you have two people interested in sharing the duties then I say go for it. Just make sure the one is a board member. The HOA is run by the members for the members so if the members are okay with the situation, then I say go for it but don't call it Co-president. You may need another person to sign checks and that's basically what the president's job breaks down into. Signing checks, holding meetings, and vetoing bad board decisions.

Former HOA President

RonaldW (South Carolina)
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Posted By AnnaD2 on 05/13/2007 9:58 AM
Hi All. In FLORIDA---Would it be legal to elect a co-president from our current board members to serve along with our current president? Has anyone ever done that before? Our docs state that there will be a President, Vice President; etc. yet doesn't specifically mention the board of directors electing more than one person to the office of president. Thank you.

You have to go along with the language in your association documents. As posted above, that doesn't mean that the president does all the work, the board members can split the work as desired.

Having "co-presidents" is a bad idea. What if they disagree on something and they have equal authority? How is a decision made? That's why we normally have an odd number of board members.

Ron
SC

RogerB (Colorado)
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Posted By AnnaD2 on 05/13/2007 9:58 AM
Would it be legal to elect a co-president from our current board members to serve along with our current president? Has anyone ever done that before? Our docs state that there will be a President, Vice President; etc.

No based on your docs. How many organizations do you know of that have had co-presidents? I don't know of any and think it is a bad idea.

BradD2 (Florida)
Posts: 418

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What "powers" of the President are you trying to grant to more than one person? What is the primary reason you are considering this?

In our Association the only "power" is the ability to call Board Meetings and to control the flow of the meeting. Since we have to have a quorum of Board Members and everyone needs to get along we scheduled the meetings at the beginning of the year.

The responsibilities of the President are to sign everything legal, to sign the checks along with the Treasurer and to make sure everything gets done. Aside from signing, you are just delegate things.

So why are you wanting two Presidents? It is primarily just a formality.

BradP (Kansas)
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I agree with the consensus here that co-presidents is a bad idea and I don't think you can do it with the way your docs are worded. 99% of organizations I know have one leader whether it is a CEO, president, mayor, governer, etc. I see no good having a co-president would do for you, other than cause issues.

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