HOA using mass/group texting to remind of meeting & dues?

And your question is....?

All sorts of organizations are going to text messaging and soon you can get as many of those as jumk email. All of it can wind up deleted or eaten by anti-spam, so you'll have to start by asking people if they even want to be notified this way - even if you don't plan to send any more than four.

It may be better to find out why turnout to annual meetings or community events stinks. Are people just too busy or don't care regardless of what you do? Do they even need a reminder about annual dues? Are the dates and times of community events inconvenient?

Given the poor turnout at annual meetings, the board may want to take a small sample of residents and pound the pavement and talk to them personally about this stuff and why they aren't engaged. From there, you might come up with new approaches,depending on what's the biggest problem. For example poor attendance at an annual meeting may be more serious because you need a quorum to hold the thing in most cases.

The only thing I have found that increases turnout is an issue that directly affects the individual.

Changes to governing documents.
Increase in Assessments.
Special assessments.
etc.

Do you have signs at the entrances of your development?
My last Association, and I continued it with my current association, would put up signs as you leave the development.
It was on the exit side because a vehicle typically stops prior to merging onto another road and they may take the time to read it.
Signs would go up one week prior to the meeting.

Each sign (similar to large yard sale signs) cost us around $50.
They were 24 inches wide x 36 inches high signs and laminated, allowing them to be written on with dry erase marker and cleaned with alcohol wipes.
Top Lines: General Membership Meeting
Bottom lines: Can't attend? Submit a Proxy!
The middle was blank so one could write in the details.

Give it a try, why not. If it does not work after a year or two, try something new.

ok fine. don't care, if 5 more people show up I'll count it as a win.

So our small 18 home HOA has similar.

I just took over as treasure and we have a verified email address list that I am using and have just sent out the dues letter via email vs snail mail the prior treasure used.

Even though I know the email address is good there are still the same 2 that refuse to acknowledge. I guess when everybody else has responded I'll be forced to send a registered/certified letter to the remaining stating they are now past due and owe late fines!

People can be such a PITA!

all of our online video meetings are informational for owners with no voting taking place. 4 are board meetings and 1 is an annual informational meeting.

We have an annual online meeting which is just a ballot, which is allowed under NC law and have no issue getting quorum for that.

Dean...your piqued my curiosity. How would you handle this if not by registered mail?

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We use One Call Now for emergency notifications. We use our email to send weekly reminders and have a group list through our email provider (for 189 email addresses) so it has to be sent only once.