Quorum not met, but continued the annual meeting

Wondering what yall think of this. I've started reviewing the Annual Meeting Minutes, back to 2015 and have noticed a trend. At nearly each Annual Meeting, the minutes describe that quorum was not met...yet they continued the meeting, electing new Directors and conducting other business. In reading the HOA docs, it generally says that if quorum is not met, then a new meeting not less than 10 days later shall be scheduled, which then has a reduced quorum requirement. Perhaps I'm missing something, but is this normal? Is there some parliamentary work around to keep doing the Annual Meeting?

Thoughts?

Oops on me. AFAIC AdamL1's first post above was wonderfully concise and well-written, and I still missed the above. A few observations:

-- I would not fight the lack of elections for new directors. Why? First, no owner at the time really fought this. Arguably owners consented to it? Second, nationwide the nonprofit corporation statutes say that directors remain as directors until a successor replaces them. When quorum is not met at the annual meeting, and no lawful election occurs, the board seats do not just go empty.

-- Your board should consider invalidating any action taken as a result of motions voted on et cetera at these meetings-where-quorum-was-not-met. (If per chance motions were made and passed et cetera that were not on the official, noticed agenda, the Idaho nonprofit corporation act says these actions are invalid.)

here's what I think the section discussing quorum for the Annual Meeting is. Its a bit difficult to say for sure, as Quorum is described in half a dozen other places in the documents.

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Adjourned Meetings.
If any meeting of the Corporation cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended, the Members who are present, either in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to a time not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the time the original meeting was called, at which meeting the quorum requirement shall be the presence in person or by proxy of the Members holding at least thirty percent (30%) of the total votes entitled to be cast at such meeting. Such adjourned meetings may be held without notice thereof as provided in this Article 3, except that notices shall be given by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken. If a meeting is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.
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I'm not quite sure how to understand the "may adjourn the meeting" line. Advice?

if no quorum, then the meeting legally does not move forward, and then the members may choose to schedule a new meeting later?

Correct. When quorum is not met for your annual meeting, a 'motion to adjourn to a future time' yada is the only action that has any meaning.

Adam

Once Quorum was not met it became a shoot the chit session, nothing more.

In a prior HOA (700 private homes) we had to have 50% for a Quorum. Each Adjournment cut that number in half. We once went as far as two adjournments so a Quorum of 12.5%. Some call that apathy. Some call it happy owners.