HOA Board Take-over

I am seeking information on the legality and ability for existing board members to oust a president and other board members. We are on a board headed by an ineffective president and a board made up of non-resident owners (owners who do not reside in the condo complex).

We are facing very serious issues which are not being addressed by the HOA. Myself and another board member are very concerned and don't know how to force our president and board to act.

We would like to take over the board and oust these members.

Thanks

Are there other homeowners who feel as you do? If so, there's strength in numbers and they will need to get involved to force the issue (if it's just the two of you, nothing will happen).

In fact, this is how rouge boards get started - no one pays attention to what's going on as long as it doesn't affect them personally (although it will sooner or later). No one wants to take the time to come to meetings and participate or ask hard questions, nor do they have the guts to make hard decisions, explain why and stand by them. Next thing you know, the HOA's a mess and no one knows how it happened. However your situation ends, I hope your fellow homeowners learn their lesson.

If you have an upcoming annual meeting coming up, now's the time to put a bug in people's ear to encourage them to come. At the meeting, you can express your concerns and see how the board members respond. Hopefully that'll prompt lots of questions from the audience and maybe some of the resident owners will be motivated and mad enough to run against them.

But be careful - it's one thing to get yucky board members out, but your problems will remain. You didn't say how many board members you'd like to see outta there, but whoever replaces will need to hit the ground running. Much of the burden will fall on you and the other board member because you two have the most experience.