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Posted By PaulM on 06/10/2007 5:46 AM
Kim: Are you an actual HOA community which is recorded with the state/county offices? Something is terribly wrong here, that there is no accountability from your Board, and I use that term loosely.
You certainly should have an annual meeting, at the very least. Is it possible the association is still under developer control and has not been turned over the residents as yet?
Check your official documents, CC&Rs. They should state at what point the developer is to turn over, when a certain percentage of units have been sold... It is at this point the residents are to make up the Board/Committees and the Bylaws section of your document will give clear guidelines on what Board positions need to be in place and how voting is to take place, also meetings.
At the very least, check out the PA Planned Community Act, which is the state law for communities in PA to adhere to. (Community Assoc. Network in yellow to right of this screen, key in PA for your state's document.) It is the document which supersedes all others and the document your developer had to follow when creating your CC&Rs.
Check out your local municipality also, and the county office since, if you are indeed a Community, these docs should be officially recorded there.
Paul - our developer did transfer the association over, and he himself appointed an interim executive board to run the association.
Our CC&R's make no mention of any of the items I listed in my original post. I'm guessing the board has just gone along as they've wanted for the last few years, and have had no intention of writing bylaws or planning meetings. They have alienated several members, given out personal information about other members, and levied fines against others. They are not very popular with at least 3 households in this 11 house development right now. I'm sure they want to avoid a meeting at all costs.
Thanks for your response, and the information.