Postpone annual meeting

Can the president postpone an annual meeting if our management company abruptly quit giving us now less then 30 days to find a new company? Our annual meeting is in 10days. I was told the president has sole authority to temporarily postpone.

I also think that the board can run the annual meeting even though the PM company is in transition. Now they might have a lot on their plate (finding a new PM company is more important than holding an annual meeting) so it might make sense to level load their volunteer workload to delay the annual meeting.

I think that the board as a whole should weigh in on the decision to delay.

There are no "what if" provisions in our governing documents. One year our Annual Meeting was held in June instead of March. Don't know why as that was before my board "time".

Was the meeting to be held at the PM'S location, or on their virtual account, or at an other location? Has the MC's PM usually lead the meeting? If so, then it's time for the board to lead the meeting with the assistance of the PM. Not the other way around.

We once changed MC's at the end of the year. Anticipating a time crunch board had already secured meeting location. New MC couldn't even mail out the meeting notices in time. Board did! We had a successful meeting and the new MC paid for and picked up the food.

If you've lost your meeting's location you may be able to justify postponing it. Things change. Board needs to stay on top of things and have the meeting held ASAP.

A couple of year's ago, I, as board President, broke my ankle 3 days before the Annual Meeting. Since I could not attend due to immobility and awaiting surgery, our new PM lead the meeting. It was good because she was prepared.