Board member sends email to other board member, listing HOA residents who should get coronavirus

In my HOA, as I've posted, the board is pretty secretive, and there is some animosity between the property manager (who controls the board) and the board, on the one hand, and other owners, on the other hand.

Previously the board president, while intoxicated at night, had screamed names of owners and other board members who she wanted to "get". Since she screamed this onsite, HOA owners heard her.

Now the board president emailed another board member, saying that she "hates ABC and wants ABC to get coronavirus". ABC is an owner in the HOA. (I am not ABC.)

The other board member forwarded the board president's email to a few other owners and me.

I find this appalling--wanting a neighbor, and owner in the HOA that you run, to get coronavirus?

Would you be so offended by this that you'd do something such as forwarding the board president's email to ABC or to the entire HOA? Or would you ignore it?

See why I despise HOAs?

Thanks.

I think the main value of PaulJ6's post is that it demonstrates once again how a bunch of ego-driven amateurs frequently run boards.

On the plus side, I am seeing some experts remark about how the goal (so to speak) is to get to about 60% infected. Then enough people are expected to be immune that a decline in the rate of infection will start.

God knows HOA Boards are well qualified to help accelerate the rate of infection in the short term.

Fuggedaboutit. Consider the source and that the source was inebriated. Then ask yourself, "What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?", as my grandmother used to say.

Of course it's appalling - why in the hell would anyone wish COVID-19 on anyone, especially when people have DIED from it?

This is as stoopid as a news story I heard yesterday about a lady I forget where she's from) who got herself busted after she screamed at a cop when he was issuing a ticket for her parking in a handicapped parking space - as part of her hissy fit, this dingbat threated to cough on the cop because "she had the coronavirus". Now she has a ticket and charges for threatening a cop. I don't know if she was drunk or high (maybe both) but mostly she sounds like a dumbass.

Back to your HOA - I don't know why this board member would send you or the other homeowners an email like this. A board member with guts and a sense of responsibility would notify his/her colleagues and then all of them would march to the president's home and tell her in no uncertain terms how idiotic she sounded. They might even consider an emergency executive session where they'd relieve the president of that title and suggest she get counseling and enroll in AA.

No, I wouldn't forward the board member's email to the entire HOA or ABC - I suspect someone has already told him/her what happened (if she was that loud, I'm sure other people heard it). I WOULD send a reply to the board member telling him/her spreading gossip (even if this is true) is unprofessional and childish. Grownups should be able to call out other adults on cra cra behavior in a professional, yet firm manner, and if he/she and the rest of the board can't or refuse to do that, they need to rethink serving on the board.
Of course, this might piss them off and you already have a frosty relationship with them, but you're also moving out, so maybe you should leave this alone. If he/she asks for your opinion, politely walk away or tell him THIS is yet another reason why you're moving out.

That said, this type of behavior isn't exclusive to HOAs - everyone has known or heard of people who can't hold their liquor or act liquored up even when they're cold sober. As Mark said, the key is in paying attention to the type of people elected to the board and holding them, yourself and everyone else accountable.

(By the way, the actual name of this virus, coronavirus is a family of viruses including the flu and this one)

The Board probably has the ability to censure the director in some fashion. Or, to pass a resolution of censure, if there aren’t specific methods.

It needs to be on the record.

Ye gods, remove her as president using your bylaw instructions on how to remove an officer of the board.

She should not have the prestige or power of that position.

Hi Paul,

Do you know if the board would be willing to remove the president from her official position? Most HOA bylaws will determine what a board can do when it comes to removing an officer.

Of course you don't want someone like this representing your community. I would not share this email with everyone, but instead, seek legal advice if the board is not willing to take action.

Do you live in Trump Tower?

MarkW18,
Cheap Political shots won't help anyone.

Thanks, MarkM19. Yes, the HOA lets it happen. Residents are totally apathetic--even when the property manager was illegally recording audio conversations, people didn't say much.

I am moving soon and cannot wait.

MarkW18, it's not a Trump building. I thought about buying a new place in one of the Trump buildings on Central Park South (prices are remarkably low there despite the location, but you get nothing more than a hotel room equivalent and the buildings are from the 1930s, and there are other factors). I decided to go elsewhere.