Board Member Term Disagreement

Hello to All...

I want to thank everyone who gave me input on the flag flying issue within Churchville Greene.
It has pretty much calmed down and we have allowed the flags to fly on the fact of free speech.
You all were so helpful with your thoughts and suggestions.

We have another issue that is occurring among Board members.

We had 4 Board positions up for renewal in April 2020; 3 decided to stay on; 1 person said they would stay on until we found another member and then step down.
With the Pandemic, our meetings have been a lot of email discussion; 1 meeting outside in the Park, and one in a rented lodge. We have not had a real Annual Meeting.

I was not at the last meeting, but I understand that one of the board members thinks she has found a person who is willing to serve on the team and she was going to
double check with this person to verify that she is willing to come on the team.
Now the one person who had stepped down, who said he would stay until Labor Day, does not want to step down. There is a lot of nasty friction going on at the moment.

With my absence at the meeting, there may not be much I can contribute.

I am afraid that people are going to quit. The Board President has not been too vocal.

Any thoughts?

June

So, all four board members ran for re-election, or these were on a three year term? Probably doesn't matter to your question, though. If one said they would stay on, then decided to continue, then they are guilty of nothing except not doing what they said they were going to do. I can't see any real harm.

To your point about flags - I'm assuming the flags in question had political messages. If the corporation (HOA) has the CCR-based ability to restrict flags, then they can do so. Nothing to do with free speech, which is an issue between citizens and governmental organizations. In other words, no different than a company telling employees what they cannot say, then firing one for violating that restriction.

Yes, I am a Board Member. Our terms are for 2 years with staggering years. 4 members were up for re-election in April 2020;
3 members decided to continue on for another 2 years; 1 member wanted to leave but opted to help out by staying on until we found a replacement.
Our formal April meeting is our annual meeting for elections, but was postponed due to the pandemic.

We have a person as a replacement and the Board member who wanted to leave now wants to stay. His term was up in April.

This is our dilemma.

June

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June

If there is no BOD Election, the existing BOD stays in place until the next election time. Typically this happens a there is not a quorum at the Annual Meeting, thus no election. What with Covid many Annual Meetings have been delayed and not taken place yet. I say in this case, the present BOD stays in place even if their term expired. No election, no BOD change.

A BOD of 9 is a bit much for 212 private homes.

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