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read your by-laws for how to conduct a recall vote, as well as all the rules on how to spend money, who can spend it, on what it can be spent, etc... you need to know more about the rules of your HOA than the board does, and hold them to it.

Anyone can "ask" for a resignation, but that's about it. The "suggestion" must have been very powerful for a BM to resign because of a suggestion.

The BM would have had to write a resignation letter or give a verbal notice of resignation at a meeting, the resignation accepted and posted in the minutes, and then the vacancy gets filled. (however)

In short, if this BM really wanted to stay, he/she should have forced the board go thru its own process for removing her/him. Make them go thru the steps, as they are.

I apoligize for my poor wording in the first message. I am not currently on the Board but have served in the past a number of times. Apparently there was some anamosity between 3 BM's at a meeting. The first BM, the VP wrote an e-mail requesting that certain things be on the agenda for the next meeting, one of those items being calling code enforcement for help with building violations that are the responsibility of the homeowner.. 2 BM's, the Pres. amd Treas. took it as fact that the VP had called Code Enforcement when Code Enforcement made rounds in the Community. In reality an other non-Board homeowner had made and admitted to having made the call. The Pres and Treas went to the Community Attorney and had him write a letter requesting that the VP resign. Reason being that the VP was acting as a rogue BM. From talking to the Tres I became aware that the Tres knew before they went to the Attorney who had actually called Code Enforcement but that the Pres and Treas no longer wanted the VP on the Board because the VP "didn't see things their way and made it difficult"...
2...Our budget is very limited, arrears are high, yet the Board or at the approval of the Pres and Treas..things that are non-budgeted items are being done..such as spraying for whiteflies at a cost of $1800..for a 1x spraying..repair? of relatively new trash bins..1700. replacing light fixtures with next fixtures rather than using the ones all ready there..repeative mailouts by the Property Manager with redundant information at the cost of approx $400 per mailing and we are at #3 for the year so far....There is talk of replacing our car decals which at this point are only 2 years old anothe$350-500. We have barely enough to meet our monthly expenses...these items that granted are small amounts add up are also not capitol improvements...Personally I am afraid unless things change we will be facing a severe deficit by the end of the year. Our quartly maintainence is so high that selling your unit is impossible ..the board does nothing to work at redcing it..such as try to renogociate a loan that we have, see if we can get insurance cheaper..perhaps drop the cable that cost over $8000/month...
There is a certain arrogence by the current Board that they can do as the please...but the big problem is getting enough homeowners interested in the Board's activities...Help...because I now feel trapped into living here..

Ruth, I'm sorry you're going through this.

Try to step back and take a few breaths (I know it's easier said than done).

So you are saying that you currently only have THREE board members?

And that one of them has either resigned or has been asked to resign?

At any rate, were I the board member in question, I would call the other 2 directors' bluff.

Unless the governing documents give them the power (which I doubt it does since the letter was onl a request for resignation, not a move of censure or warning before removal process begins), then it's only posturing on their behalf.

Quite frankly even if the accused board member did contact Code Enforcement, that is hardly anything that can rise to the level of removal as board member.

It's just silly to position it as a board removing action.

It's like saying one can be removed for calling the cops if one sees someone breaking into a neighbor's house!

If there were city or local code infractions, I would almost take the position that a board member who knew about them, but ignored them might be the rogue member!