Do You offer Live or Zoom HOA Board Meetings.

We aren't using Zoom - at this point, I think the board might consider it in case of extreme weather- much like what's going on in the Midwest right now. Otherwise if your meetings are on site (we use our clubhouse, which is within walking distance for most people).

Your comment about "finding it a pain to worry about the meeting and live audience"is interesting. If you're president, your job is to preside - this is supposed to be a business meeting, not a free for all. If your board has had issues with controlling behavior, it's time you develop some ground rules for everyone - and enforce them. If you have trouble keeping people focused on the agenda and/or not resorting to cussing or fistfights, maybe someone else needs to be president and run the neetings.

Not everyone has internet access, the connection might zone out for whatever, so using Zoom isn't necessarily a guarantee chaos won't ensue. Sometimes hackers can interrupt the meeting - during COVID, one of my church's virtual Bible study meetings was interrupted by someone showing porn.

Its OK to offer Zoom as an option, but I think the general procedure should be live meetings so people can meet and talk to board members in person. Kerry, a California poster, has posted a great set of rules from her community that's posted for every meeting. Hopefully, she'll respond to this and post them. If not, there are conversations on this website about conducting effective board meetings. Read a few, take some notes and bring them to your board to see what you can adapt.

If you make Zoom an option, I think the live session is enough, although some might post the most recent meeting on their website and drop it after a month. Whether you use Zoom or go live, you need to make the meeting minutes available and you already know they must be accurate, as they are the permanent legal records of the association.

We do our meetings in person, but we broadcast it on Zoom and publish the recording.

Riley,

In California, ZOOM meetings are not required - it's optional. The big change in the law that went into effect on the 1st is they no longer have to be 'Hybrid' meetings (where a physical location is required). Now they can be entirely Virtual - as long as you follow the requirements of the new law (tech support, etc)

This is just another reason why I am glad to be away from California. I personally have presided over 100 board meetings over the years and the most disruptive by a mile was zoom meetings. I won't go into a rant because I know it is a 50 50 proposition. I just know that I personally would never be on a board that has zoom meetings again.

In california, if a director wants to attend virtually, and the bylaws and AOI do not prohibit virtual attendance, then the Corp Code statute requires the board to accommodate this. See https://www.davis-stirling.com/HOME/V/Virtual-Zoom-Meetings and Corp Code 7211 (a) (6).

This depends. If a director can only attend by zoom, and the bylaws and AoI do not prohibit this type of attendance, then the Corp Code requires that the board accommodate the director's zoom attendance.

Everything is zoom and all meetings are recorded and put on youtube unlisted. I just looked at the viewings and last meeting was looked at 14 times surprisingly, maybe because we cut dues in half. Most get 1 to 3 views.