AdamL1 (UnitedStates)
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Question how this forum handles this situation.
So as my street's HOA (a sub-HOA within the master) is ramping up for its annual meeting, the BoD held a planning meeting to discuss dates and plans. Mostly stuff like "who's bringing the cookies, who's bringing the beer?" and were aiming to hold it in 2 weeks from now. Our Bylaws say notice is 10to30 days...cool.
Well, out of nowhere, the one grumpy BoD member (who also is causing a huge stink in the master HOA), pulls out a previously unknown amendment that was apparently voted, ratified, and signed in 2015. It says that the Secretary must give the members 90 days notice of what board seats are up for election, then collect nominations, and then give the members 30 days notice for the nominees. Because of this sudden document, we are now pushing out our HOA meeting another 90 days. There was also a lot of other convoluted changes dealing with proxies, teenager board members, length of term, and a lot of other odd language.
So, this is an interesting document. It only has 1 signature on it, from the Secretary at the time, and just says that it was voted on by a majority of the members. What's odd is that
1. this is such an odd and complicated Amendment for a street of 20 houses.
2. There is no record of this Amendment in our official documents, minutes, or filed with the county.
3. No one has any recollection of this Amendment from 2015 and the HOA certainly has not been following those new rules at all in the last 6 years.
The whole thing is really suspect...but no one wants to challenge this one member that brought forth this previously unknown amendment. Any advice or thoughts here?
So as my street's HOA (a sub-HOA within the master) is ramping up for its annual meeting, the BoD held a planning meeting to discuss dates and plans. Mostly stuff like "who's bringing the cookies, who's bringing the beer?" and were aiming to hold it in 2 weeks from now. Our Bylaws say notice is 10to30 days...cool.
Well, out of nowhere, the one grumpy BoD member (who also is causing a huge stink in the master HOA), pulls out a previously unknown amendment that was apparently voted, ratified, and signed in 2015. It says that the Secretary must give the members 90 days notice of what board seats are up for election, then collect nominations, and then give the members 30 days notice for the nominees. Because of this sudden document, we are now pushing out our HOA meeting another 90 days. There was also a lot of other convoluted changes dealing with proxies, teenager board members, length of term, and a lot of other odd language.
So, this is an interesting document. It only has 1 signature on it, from the Secretary at the time, and just says that it was voted on by a majority of the members. What's odd is that
1. this is such an odd and complicated Amendment for a street of 20 houses.
2. There is no record of this Amendment in our official documents, minutes, or filed with the county.
3. No one has any recollection of this Amendment from 2015 and the HOA certainly has not been following those new rules at all in the last 6 years.
The whole thing is really suspect...but no one wants to challenge this one member that brought forth this previously unknown amendment. Any advice or thoughts here?