How evenly is work distributed among your board?

We are of 5. The Pres and I (VP) do 98% of the work though we are an easy to run HOA it is not a burden. We recently replaced one BOD (resignation) and I think the new person (appointed Treasurer) will be more active at least with finances.

Does this work? I have found that several of the tasks that I have tried to offload never get done, so I have learned to only offload tasks that I don't care about because then I am not disappointed when they don't get done.

I do/did probably 95% of the work, finally have a property manager who is amazing and now I’m resigning.
I can’t continue to beg other adults that they need to help with board related matters and participate - I am not their mom.
I feel bad for what will happen after I leave but they’ll have to figure it out.

There's a saying - 20% of the people do 80% of the work. I've found that's true of any organization. It's human nature if you think about it - wouldn't it be great if you can have 100% of anything while putting in 30% of the effort (preferably less)?

Of course, real life doesn't work that way for many reasons. With HOA boards, it may be some folks just don't know how others don't want to find out and still others would rather do things their way (although it doesn't take long to find out its a hot mess).

There's no magic bullet to resolving it. You have to see what people are interested in doing or at least what their skills and find projects and tasks where they can use them. People don't want to spend all their free time on association stuff because that leads to burn out (and I speak from experience). Start with small tasks and go from there - even if it's nothing more than picking up flyers from a print shop and having others stick them on people's doors, that could be a start.

That said, you may find some people will never go beyond doing very much, so get done what you can and move on. As for you, you do A LOT in your community and If you don't slow diw, you WILL burn out. It's past time for you to determine what you can and will do and stick to that. Tell your colleagues and suggest others pick what they'd like to take on. Then hold them accountable. If it doesn't get done, so be it.

I feel lucky. I am president on a five person board and everyone steps up to help. When the previous president resigned and they wanted me to step up I told the rest of the board members I would only do it if everyone pitched in. We all have a job to do. Some of us work harder than others, but it all gets done.

I feel as president some of getting help comes down to personal style. I've been doing volunteer work for a long time and one of the things I learned is you have to find the right job for the right person, then assign them the work. You can be a "dictator" and want to do it all yourself or just take it on yourself because you want it done right, or you can empower people to do the work by telling them you trust them to do it right (and give them help and guidelines).

And sometimes you just are out of luck and people don't step up or they have their own agenda. It can be very frustrating.

Our Association is fortunate to have the duties well spread out. Our treasurer works with the management company and keep track of the money side of things Our secretary also happens to be the co-chair of the landscape committee and they do a very good job with our shrubs and tree maintenance. Our VP is assigned to talk with residents who have concerns, questions and anything question that can be answered by a Board member. Lastly our member-at-large is the lead person for Association communications as she is the liaison to the Association Communications committee. I do not know how long this separation will continue but right now is works well in our Association. As the Board President, I am the contact with the Management company staff and the site rep. and deal with day-to-day operations and long-term projects.

Unless you have a slew of volunteers wanting the position, be thankful that they are there. At least quorums can be met and work can be done.