Illinois HOA Cooperative but Uncooperative about Board Meetings !!

It doesn't sound like you have an MC but individual VOLUNTEER board. Which means very much like they do work for a living during the day. So traditional business ours do not apply. Which are typically 6 am to 6 pm. (Worked in a 24 hour facility for years and this what we considered working time due to time zones).

So I would ask to make arrangement with someone who can take a meeting with you. It may be on the weekend or in the evening. Now if you had an MC then I would expect to be able to observer normal time.

Thank you MichelleK5 - for your feedback , but here is the problem , this is all Volunteer Board and they all work full time supposedly . This is around forty unit association, although the President receives a paid amount for the office not sure what responsibility he has since he is on a payroll.. I have asked the Board since I am unable to attend meetings in the evening , (1. to make copies which I would pay a reasonable fee, (2. asked to send them electronically 3) upon there request send them days and time for a sum total of over 30 day hours and denied of this dates for viewing. Kinda looking for some other suggestions as. My next suggestion and stop me if I am off track on this , but to suggest a most recent President get the authority to do this viewing of the minutes during the day business hours since he is retired anyway and home all day. It almost seems to be a trust issue or something of that order . I would think the President would have a author-ity to appoint a delegate to authority them to carry out a Association Task. I would think it is in the Best interest to avoid any conflict unnecessary to the association. Any constructive thoughts on this matter.

Fred,

Three questions:

1) Is the President receiving W-2s?
If not, they need to.

2) Is the President paying their share of assessments or is the "salary" a discount in assessments?
If it's a discount, it's probably a violation of the CC&Rs. Either way, W-2s need to be issued.

3) Is the Association properly witholding taxes and paying their share of taxes as an employer?
If not, this can be a big issue with the IRS (both federal and state).

I will use the last posting to reply to TimB4, RichardP13.
In reference to items 1) President receiving any compensation will be further looked into and the w-2 issue. 2) SALARY or compensation discounting his assessment ( violation CC&R ), also will have to get that answer. 3) Association withholding taxes as an employer , leaving employee responsible to paying taxes.

Understand all this information and now will have to put in motion . Will work on these items and maybe some resolution will get a better outcome form such a uncooperative board.

The last option would have a Lawyer draft a soft letter as a reminder of the By Laws . In reality I would be suing myself if I had it moved to any litigation.

Any Thoughts or constructive criticism appreciated.

Thanks ..........

Granted, they could be an independent contractor.
In that case, better have a contract.

Of course, most Association documents I have read requires that the President also be a Director. If this is the case, I think the argument for being an independent contractor is weakened because it can't be filled by just anyone. It has to be filled by a member of the Board.