Annual Member Meeting - Pictures shown of Member

Not knowing more about the specific committee member and/or situation, I would probably have the board vote to have her removed from the committee. Misusing his / her bully pulpit in that fashion is not professional or appropriate and that person should not be given more time to misuse meeting time.

Sounds like more information is needed.

"walking" a dog in a common area is against the rules? Or is letting the dog defecate in a common area against the rules? Or leaving poop behind?

"his turn to present expense of a service we are considering"

Was the photo germane to the service being considered or was it off-topic?

If the photo was germane I wouldn't go so far as committee removal but would make sure that in future that presentations are approved beforehand and that everyone knows that showing a homeowner committing an infraction at a public meeting is a big no-no.

Sorry -- explanation was lean. The common area refers to our landscaping which borders our community -- dogs are not allowed there in case they relieve themselves there --there is no reason to go there.
The committe member was to present the cost of doing a service. He used part of that time to also show a member committing an infraction of the rules. It was off topic.... no matter what I wouldn't think highlighting a member via pictures at a meeting is acceptable.

The committee member was out of line - it's good that he was called out of order, but I think he should also be compelled to apologize to the homeowner. If he was close enough to snap a photo, he could have walked over to the homeowner and politely reminded him of the rules.

Tell this committee member this is his first and final warning. He might not be a board member, but as a community volunteer to an advisory committee, he's held to a higher standard (many board members started as committee members, after all). If he has a complaint about a neighbor, he should be man enough to talk to the homeowner, or at least use whatever channels you have available to lodge a complaint. Tell him if he behaves like this again, he'll be removed from the committee.

Now, all of that said - this dog walker still broke the rule and he or she should also be reminded of that via a stern warning letter.

Ok, so how would YOU address this????? Or do you mind your yard being used as the neighborhood doggie toilet?

I don't believe in rules for the sake of having rules, but I also know I like a nice-looking front yard. It may be the community's common area, but does anyone want dogshit mounds everywhere?

Exactly! Max, are you listening!

I agree. Off with his head.

I've noticed that actual meeting time is a valuable thing. I mean: there's a cost to getting everyone together at one time to go over an agenda. It's expensive. So I'd consider this incident like any expensive 'mistake' that a person might make: I might well lean towards "off with their head" although I'd try to consider things like youth, inexperience, and the general quality of their contribution. If it was a one-time aberration, maybe a stern warning is appropriate.

Just MHO,

Bill

Look, Max, the committee member clearly wanted a lot of bad things to happen to the dog owner. And he did his best to shame the dog owner. The comm. member ignored the agenda & trashed the annual meeting with his rogue behavior.

I can see BillD's point tryin to excuse the Comm member as ignorant of meeting protocol and conduct. Seems possible. Given the comm member's nasty behavior. As I wrote above, at the very least discipline him.

Our property too has a lot of landscaping: flower beds, planters with bushes in them. Dogs are certainly not allowed in those areas.

I wanted folks to know that Haley's HOA isn't the only one that doesn't permit dogs on common area landscaping.

The Comm. member's disgusting conduct is Haley's subject.

Haley

No need to explain/justify your Rules & Regulations as they are yours and all agreed to them so they are what they are no matter what anyone else thinks.

It was improper for the Committee Member to publicly show/accuse another member. The Committee Member should be censured or removed.

What do the privacy laws or relevant HOA statutes in that hypothetical state say?

Let's say there is none.

No one here knows what the committee member was actually doing. Let's say they were on the Landscape Committee and were showing a proposal for a Poop Station where owners could pickup up a bag to pickup after their pets and a place to dispose of the poop. A picture happens to show a resident (maybe his wife) with their dog taking a dump. Sorry, pets have a habit of doing that, and responsible residents pickup after their pets.

The conversation from the OP started with can't be on common area, to grass or front yards to flower beds. If you're going to be that restrictive, why not just ban all animals.

Then my position for my HOA would be that the PM was in the wrong for putting that list in a public place. The financials don't need to be so specific that they list *who* is delinquent only that X members are delinquent.

I would say that the HOA has another problem in that they apparently have a board member that thinks they're above what's required of the other homeowners.

The key issue raised in the original post is a committee member sidetracked the entire meeting because of an agenda item that was not planned for. The end result is another meeting now has to be scheduled because of this.

Somehow the thread got hijacked about dogs pissing and crapping in common areas. My original thought on the original post is that the Board failed to get the meeting back on track and allowed the crowd to run wild over what the committee member showed. All of these other issues should have been handled by the Board in another meeting after the annual meeting.

I agree with "But, how in the hell does a meeting get that sidetracked because of one picture." and that was the point I was also raising. This was an annual meeting and unless the OP can shed light otherwise, someone did a poor job running this meeting and that is in my humble opinion the main issue.

Thank you all for your comments - though the original topic "showing picture of member at annual meeting" did take a few side routes / off the purpose of my original post.
I see that this group has members that demonstrate some aggression in their responses, which I'm not understanding.
You do not follow the adage there is no such thing as a stupid question?

Haley

Most posts do take side tracks as some just want to be a PIA.

The aggressions in this group tend to be two or three members that don't like each other and endlessly argue with each other. I believe those members posted in this thread. Sometimes people think that the aggressions are directed toward the OP, but they are not. They are just directed at each other.

If one hangs around and read the post, they will soon learn who those that do not like each other (one poster seems to like no one) and argue back and forth. Take them with a grain of salt.