Problem Board Member

I am a member of an HOA Board of five. We have one member who is a problem. This member has hampered our moving forward on everything, our term is almost over and we have not accomplished anything. If we discuss something, she doesn't remember the following month. If we have a service done in our community and she does not see it done, she will question if it was done or not, it does not matter to her if others have said it was done. What can be done, our meetings are very stressful, two Board want off, and other Board members don't want to hear her "no it all" stuff (for lack of a better word) Please help as I am sure we are not the only Board with this problem.

Lee,
Anna has dealt with a Board like yours too. So have many others. Remove her from the Board. Follow the Statutes procedure and replace her with someone who will work as a team member. Keep real good minutes, document how each votes, communicate with the community so that everyone is informed that most of the Board is trying to accomplish things that are in the communities best interest.

She is ONLY ONE member and there are 4 of you trying to be good Board members. Take charge of this.

720:303 Recall
(c)1. If the declaration, articles of incorporation, or bylaws specifically provide, the members may also recall and remove a board director or directors by a vote taken at a meeting. If so provided in the governing documents, a special meeting of the members to recall a director or directors of the board of administration may be called by 10 percent of the voting interests giving notice of the meeting as required for a meeting of members, and the notice shall state the purpose of the meeting. Electronic transmission may not be used as a method of giving notice of a meeting called in whole or in part for this purpose.

Thanks Donna for adding to my comments. You always give much more information that needs to be said.

Susan...about your last line....I was thinking that way, too. I wonder if there is something else going on here. I wondered if perhaps there is something "wrong" with her.

Lee, what is her position on the board? Hopefully not president.

i should point out that under the ADA, and the new ADAAA, such slurs as "ditzy dame" and discussions about age, potential alzheimer's disease, elderly dementia, etc. are potentially tortable. Age, sex/gender, and health issues are all protected classes, and you are all guilty, guilty, guilty of disability discrimination. As Gomer Pyle would say, shame shame shame.

Just call her a dumb blonde. Blonde isn't a protected class (yet). Although, under the ADAAA, it could be. everything is.

What yu talkin' bout, Willis?

Saying someone is acting LIKE a XYX, is not the same as saying they are an XYZ.

Ah! We all have one! it's a code that all HOA's have minimum one PIA on board. One thing that needs to be done is follow your minutes, make motions on things that need to be done.. STICK TO THE AGENDA~
We actually have 1 PIA and 1part time PIA. The 1 full time PIA really has made it really clear not only to the HOA, but even our management company that he has his own agenda. He attends few meetings, constantly challenges the whole board on everything from decisions already made and carried forth ( a maintenane issue ) to our collection policy. Lets say we voted in a new collection policy I think it was in March of this year.... he voted for it. It was in our minutes.. where is stated Joe Blow makes a motion to accept and Josie Blow seconds.. in May we had to refer one of our many deliquent H O's to collections via atty at law. The full time PIA made such a muster.. sending out nasty emails to us telling us we have no right to initiate a judicial foreclosure and that we should have "compassion" for someone when they are down and low. It was quite a sight when we referred him to the minutes where he himself voted this policy in. ( does he have alzhiemers? I don't know, but it's real obvious there is a memory issue going here with our...

FYI. this man now is the victim of a judicial foreclosure.... he is behind 5 going on 6 months of dues. So, the stress of him losing his home is VERY REAL.

Thank you so much, it makes a difference to know we are not alone, and all Boards have one. We had this problem once before and what stress, then she went away and what a relief everything went well,agendas were carried through, things got done and everyone was happy. She is back, we have problems again, nothing gets accomplished and stress is back. She conviently doesn't remember, ever, it makes it very hard on the majority, I can't say all, because some members are silent- to each his own. Well, thanks for your feedback, it is appreciated.

Lee - good board "dynamics" i.e. how the board works together - can be difficult to achieve. Maybe if you found some like-minded people to run, that would help. But remember, ALL kinds of personalities need to be represented. Some are the get-doners and some are the thinkers. A good blance is needed.

Not sure vwhat is going on BUT I have same problem in that I( am the PIA member because I do niot go along to get along. The present BOD is only 3 members and we have had projects on the books for 4-7 years with no progress. Seems like BOD has always been afrauid to do anything at all that would improve property values or improper budgeting.

Richard,

Well, there are good PIA's and there are bad PIA's!! Sounds like you fit into the latter category, if that makes you feel any better. LOL

I know exactly what you're talking about. We once had a board pres like that; just couldn't get around to doing anything. The rest of the board members were so complacent that it resulted in nothing ever being done. I wasn't on the board at the time so there wasn't a whole lot I could do about it. But, being a "take-charge" type of person, a procrastinator really gets on my nerves. I know the frustration you must be going through. Perhaps you can offer to put yourself in charge of spearheading one of these ongoing projects and see that it gets completed. Once that's accomplished, then go on to the next one. Just a suggestion!