Seasonal Board members

Periods are your friends, along with commas - please use them! And I know I have thunder thumbs from my tablet!

Anyway...I'm not sure what you're talking about. There no such thing as seasonal board member - some may live off site, but still serve as board members. This sounds like you're confusing that with something else.

If this is about electricity, are you referring to the clubhouse? I would think everyone would have to pay some sort of rental fee to use it and that would cover electricity. Your assessments should be paying for maintenance of the common aresr, which should include the clubhouse. The electricity is needed throughout the year to help maintain utilities, but that should be part of the budget.

Speaking of the budget, it should give you some insight on what your assessments pay for and If you still don't know, look at your documents (the bylaws and CCRs). I suspect a coffee your isn't in it. You can get together with your neighbors and have the coffee hour, bringing your own stuff, but You'll still have to pay the expenses related to the clubhouse (electricity, water for the restrooms, etc.)

Finally, this is one board member who should only have one vote - where are the rest of the board members in this? You and your neighbors outnumber them - if you don't like their decisions, you should go to meetings and discuss them. Or vote them out and vote in others.

Try explaining your concerns more clearly and we'll try this again.

Yeah, funny thing about costs - they have to be paid. HOAs usually run with very tight budgets, and everything is paid for by homeowners. There is no Magic Money Printing Machine.

It's *very* common for associations to charge people who use the facilities: water, gas, electricity, cleaning services, replacement of supplies (eg. toilet paper), sometimes even a facilities manager. These aren't free. Who do you think should pay for them: the folks who are using these things or the people who are not?

NormanK2, I agree with all the other posts. I also recommend that you obtain a copy of the annual budget and review it. This will help you to understand how your dues are spent and why there are charges going beyond the assessment.

If you remain unhappy with the Board, your best recourse is to run for the Board yourself, with a group of like-minded people also running. It's a lot of volunteer time that you would have to donate. You also get to take all the complaints of people who do not understand HOA budgeting.

If a Coffee Hour is open to all residents of the community, and the HOA board wants to support it, it's appropriate for the HOA to fund it if it's in the budget. Private events should trigger rental fees or any event that's not accessible for all community members.

I did run for President but here in this park 75% want nothing to do with HOA most members up only here for 4 mos and its a click and no one gets on the board that the board does not like.When i run the votes were counted in a room only the President had right to go into they said i got 23 votes that it and i have had almost 30 people tell me they voted for me, and if i was elected it would be 7 mos. before i would take office thats why a lot of people here in the park will not run because they feel thats to long to have to wait to make changes and the President get to do to much in so much time.So its sell and move or just become part of the 75% and just pay our dues and stay away from the Board.

I'm thinking you'll get more responses, Norman, if you start a new thread with your curt issue as then "Topic."