Removing a Board Member

Says in bylaws if a quorum is present by the unit owners then a board member can be fired with cause as long as its in writing. The cause is silent. No further information is on it. What would be a "legitimate cause"

It's easier said than done...no matter what state you are in.

We need new blood. The board members and the property management have not changed in 15years and our place is going down hill. We need new blood. They don't care about the assoc. and they let the property management run the board and the grounds.

Oh Cheryl,
That is pretty lame. Asking for someone who is more exciting could give you more than you asked for. Unless they are not performing their duties as Board members,

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
Ok, then this brings me to my next question:
2 of them - they're term is not up until 1/2010 do I have to wait until then or can I elect new people at the end of this year. Condo Docs state elections are held in the First meeting of the year. But does this mean I can only change their title from AVP to officer so it expires sooner?

Cheryl,

I recall another thread of yours in which I suggest getting rid of this "entrenched" board!

Your only recourse in getting rid of the 2 board members whose terms do not expire until 2010 is to try to have them recalled. You cannot elect someone to take the place of a board member whose term has not expired. As for the other board members whose terms are up, find others willing to serve to run for their positions. Since these board members have been in office for 15 years, I detect a fair amount of apathy in your assn -- not unusual. SO, it may be difficult getting qualified people to run for a position.

If your assn is like the majority whereby the members elect the directors and the directors, in turn, choose among themselves who will serve in the officer capacities, then the officers may be removed from their positions but this has nothing to do with when their term on the board expires. However, it takes a majority vote of the board members to make these changes; you can't do it yourself. The best plan would be to unseat those board members whose terms are up at the end of this year. If that doesn't work then get other interested members to help you mount a recall for the other 2 whose terms aren't up until 2010.

Good luck!

I'm leading it. And I don't know. I got one persons ear on the board and they are backing me up. I have a meeting with the 3rd board member on Monday next week. I don't know if it will go well or not. So I'm gathering all facts and any information before I give the presentation to the others. I want all MY I's dotted and T's crossed before doing so. This isn't easy.

Chryl,
I know all about your frustration. I am on a BOD with entrenched OLD BOYS CLUB attitude and nothing gets done because the pres is equivalent to the villiage idiot and looks for the PM to tell him what and when to do it. In fact the PM arranged to have a dying secretary resign about 5 days prior to mher death so he could nominate from the floor a person to fill her job. What a travesty. But then again apathy rules the community
Rich

If you lead a coup be sure you have the people willing to step up and participate.

I like this response,we are having a similiar problem,only our potential recall of this member wants to be the Queen.

Dana - after every motion, there is a time for debate. Sounds like yours was quite lively!

It takes a long time to turn around a ship, so just keep working to get things in shape and good luck.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Francis,

Our removal is by owners unless the board member "steps down" which is what we had hoped they old board would do at the meeting with the moderator.

You have to understand that in any association you can end up with board members that are on forever. Why? Because of owner apathy; no one else offers to step up to the plate. After a while these same board members get so entrenched with their closed way of thinking they forget what the masses want and just start to assume that they "know better than" the owners they represent.

Quick story, we used to have speed bumps; the cheap rubber ones that everyone hates. The board decided not to put them out anymore. One owner (not me) went to a meeting and complained. The President stated that the "majority" of owners didn't want them. So.......... I went door to door with a petition to have them put in. Guess what, the "majority" did want them because they signed my petition to put them in. Once that was brought to the board, the next minutes to come out stated that the speed bumps still wouldn't be put out due to the fact that the board couldn't "find the speedbumps". But you get my point, once the board assumes they know what the masses want without really knowing is when the trouble starts.

The would not put names to dissenting votes. How do you elect someone back to the board if you don't know how they voted while they were on it? Not that they ever really had dissenting votes due to the fact that the leaders of the board would say things and the followers would just buy everything that came out of thier mouths because the followers were too lazy to research anything themselves.

Remember this..........your condo owners apathy with failure to be invovled in association affairs just mirrors how your town government is run, your state government, and the national government.

The election coming up shows this............we have a trillion dollar deficit, we just added a $750 billion dollar addition and these two candidates are talking about cutting taxes, i.e. the association's income. How is that going to pay off the debt? Sorry, didn't mean to get into politics outside of the associations here but the irony speaks for itself.

I will start a new post concerning budgets.

Dana