How often does your Board meet?

We have been meeting on a monthly basis since last September.

In the last 7-8 months, we have accomplished a lot. Approved a lot of vendor bids. Made a lot of ACC decisions. Collectively made a lot of progress into having our Association be well run.

Now, I am running out of content to present at each Board meeting. I am thinking that we can slow down to a less frequent Board meeting schedule, maybe every other month, maybe every third month. There isn't that many decisions to decide at each meeting, and many of the decisions that we made in the last 9 months are setting our association up to be in a good place to run things on autopilot in the future.

How often does your Board meet? Do you wish it met more frequently, less frequently, or on at the same tempo?

We met once a month. It was in our documents to do so. 2nd Thursday of every month. I would keep having the meetings whether or not have much to talk about. You still have to approve the last meetings notes to make them official. Plus it kind of makes an impression to owners that the HOA "Cares" even your sitting at the meeting talking about who makes the best Chilli.

Our board meets every month, but you have to do what's best for YOUR community. When I was on the board, we skipped December ONLY IF we didn't have any time sensitive issues to address - otherwise, the main event at the time (approving the upcoming year's budget) was already done, as the documents require the homeowners have it and information on the new assessment by Dec. 1

You may not have a lot of content, but perhaps the other board members do. If they're still the type that is inclined to sit there and not say anything, but vote yes to whatever comes up, maybe you can use some of the time to have mini "town hall" meetings where residents can come and sound off on whatever (an extended resident forum, if you will). You may uncover problems you aren't aware or - or ideas worth pursuing.

And if you really are running out of stuff, just read the minutes for approval, listen to the treasurer's report, and then everyone can go home in 30 minutes or less.

Our Bylaws call for Quarterly BOD Meetings. We usually have only a year. We conduct most of our business over the phone or Email.

I would still recommend sticking to the monthly meetings. They don't have to be long, and it's probably easier to sit through a short meeting each month than a 2 hour meeting every other month.

Well done on getting so much accomplished!

When I was on the Board, we met monthly, but skipped a December meeting as not much needed to occur or be decided at that time of the year and because of holidays.

My recommendation would be to continue meeting monthly, but lessen the formality and "overproduction" for your meetings. You don't need to have volumes of briefing charts to go through and content to present and to be decided at every meeting. A quick update on things from everyone's perspective, status check, or open discussion/Q&A would be beneficial as well. Meeting monthly will ensure you stay on track with things and have a known routine. IMO, doing away with that routine will end up resulting in issues that could be avoided if you had just kept up with monthly meetings, even if meetings are quite brief at times.

You should be meeting according to the schedule set forth in the Bylaws. If you don't have enough content?????, then amend the Bylaws.