meeting notices posting

The statute says that the BOD meetings must be posted in a conspicuous location. Our BOD posts in a NON-conspicuous location that most of the residents, especially new ones, don't even know where it is in order to have a BOD meeting without homeowners there. It is deliberate and the Management Company says that the BOD takes care of the notice etc. Can we hold a management company responsible for making sure ALL homeowners are notified of BOD quarterly meetings?
If it is a violation of a statute who do we file the complaint with?

Our meetings were put into our rules. Always the 2nd Thursday at 7pm every month. It was kind of a known thing. We posted at our mailbox a few days prior.

If someone wants to attend they will attend. Do not assign it the reasoning is no one sees the post. That is an assumption. People may not care to attend.

We publish the dates of our regular, monthly meetings (usually the 3rd Monday of every month) in our newsletter. This is not required by FS 718 or FS 720.

We post the notice of the regular meeting, along with the agenda, on the bulletin board in each of our clubhouses. Although most people don't know it's there, this meets the requirements of FS 718 and FS 720. FS 720 statute changed on July 1 - before you had to post notice but were not required to post the agenda.

For regular meetings, we also send an email to our owners with the notice and agenda for regular meetings. This is NOT required under FS 718 or FS 720.

If it's a special meeting, like the "workshop" meetings where we only discuss but don't make decisions, we do not send out an email notice but do post on the bulletin boards. We do meet the requirements of the statute but don't advertise the meeting in any other way.

Most people in our community probably don't know that we even post notices of meetings on the bulletin boards. This is done by our management company for us. We also tell anyone who calls and asks exactly when and where the meetings are being held. They are not secret.

There is no requirement to post notices in a more conspicuous place. The management company is only doing what the board requests. You can spread the word that the meeting notices are posted there, but you can't force the management company or the board to post more places.

HOA of 24 homes.

The current BOD got rid of all rules and won't set any. there answer is follow the bylaws. The Prez has violated every rule, like parking truck on the street overnight, when he took over so he could violate them. He doesn't want anyone to know when they meet.

"a good decent board"...that is our missing sentence. They have used all tricks.

In my opinion, it is still going to be subjective as to whether this is "conspicuous."

I think maybe there are bigger fish to fry than this one. If you are kinda new to HOA living and HOA boards, then be aware that boards can get away with a lot of retaliation and harassment. Your objection sounds valid, but I think you should pick your battles. Maybe the best approach here is to quietly inform your 23 neighbors where the posting is, and get them to board meetings. Also study FS 720s sections on meetings, so you know your rights. See http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0720/0720.html. It's a lot to digest. Ask focused questions here at hoatalk often before doing anything?

Did you know that you and the other owners have the legal right to give input at board meetings (with some conditions)? This is where I would start.

(Note: I am not a shill for the hoatalk site's owners. Though I cannot prove it. I do think the owners would like the membership to continue to grow, so they can monetize the site.)

Do you think there is wording that would cover all the bases here? I do not.

that's a good question about was there a vote to toss out the rules. I have all the annual meeting minutes but they never allowed people at their secret meetings and of course there were no minutes taken that would signify that. There is one section in the bylaws that are in all bylaws about regular property upkeep.

The previous person who said be careful of retaliation...is our point. That is what is wrong with an HOA...no retaliation on their behavior.