Distributing HOA minutes in GA

I have a question about HOA rules in GA and would like feedback on what your HOA does. I am the secretary and I take the minutes. I take executive and non-executive and get approval from all board members before filing. We also have a website that has a documents tab, but no minutes attached. I have been pushed by the board not to distribute non-executive approved minutes and only if someone begs for it we give it to them. On Wednesday a homeowner asked me for the minutes. I told her I would have to take to our HOA company and have them send it. Fast forward to Saturday and after a lot of discussion they finally gave them to her.

I have to emphasize there was NOTHING on them that was private. In fact most of the topics weren't discussed because it is the beginning of the year. Our HOA has had issues with transparency in the past and I feel this is coming up again.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!!!

Were it me, I would advocate for posting Approved Minutes on the web site. Tell them to stop hiding.

Caroline,

We post our approved minutes of Board and committee meetings and the approved and draft minutes of the annual meeting on our website, but they are password protected and available only to members.

Executive session minutes (approved or draft) are never placed on the website, but are maintained in our files.

Many Boards, unfortunately, are concerned about issues being raised if the minutes were posted. It has been my experience that the minutes on the website are rarely looked at by anyone. Therefore, to me, those concerns would be unfounded.

Tim

Thanks all! Yes, I think non-executive minutes should be readily available. I just don't know what they need to hide. I am the secretary and unless I am missing something, we aren't hiding government secrets!