At an HOA Meeting: How can one keep another from taking over?

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AlexL1 (Florida)
Posts: 305

Posted:

At an HOA Meeting: How can one keep another from taking over?
In other words..... at a HOA meeting, one person (former board member) wants to create havoc by dominating the meeting and putting people on the spot just for the sheer joy of watching people squirm. What can the Board do to keep this person quiet? Can the Board kick the person out of the meeting?

MicheleD (Kentucky)
Posts: 4,491

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The person running the meeting can refuse to yield the floor to him.

And yes, the person can be forcibly removed. But you would probably want to contact an officer and have one standing by first, if you expect there to be a problem.

In fact, for one meeting in particular, we hired an off-duty uniformed office to be present in the room for security reasons.

Fortunately, we didn't need him.

SusanW1 (Michigan)
Posts: 5,202

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Is this "one" person a board member or in the audience?

Some groups have a time limit on debates, etc.

In any case, the president can give this person a warning, then another - with the notice that this person is in danger of being asked to leave the meeting. then someone can be asked to escort this person.

If the meeting is out of control, motion to go into Executive Session (if your bylaws allow) so your board can have some quiet in its role of governing - or take a break for 1/2 hour and deal with the disruption another way.

The role of the president is SO important in presiding/ leading a meeting.

DonnaS (Tennessee)
Posts: 5,671

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Alex,

If you read the Statutes on HOA meetings/Board meetings, a person is allowed to speak for 3 minutes, pertaining to the subject on the agenda AND by prior written request to the Board. Follow these guidelines and do not recognize him from the floor. Call law enforcement finally if he will not behave and have him removed YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. There is no excuse for the leader of the meeting to lose control. What is already happening is that the good intention members who show up for the meetings, will stop coming because it is not a good place to be. Your association has many problems already and this is surely not productive to working out your many other issues.

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