New Board Member Training or resources?

I like this site already with quick and resourceful responses!

I am new to the board and I have briefly read CC&R and Bylaws. Is there a place to find out what board members’ responsibilities?
I asked manager first and she told me “just to be nice”. I asked the other existing board member and I was told I don’t really have to do much unless there is complaints and just attend board meetings. I don’t feel comfortable with those answers. I read somewhere that board member will be offered training but I really doubt it will happen. Does anyone know where I can find the information?

Thank you!!

Yes, your governing documents should give some thumbnail of what the responsibilities of the board members and the officers are.

Well FM,
You may not ike this too much but you sort of sound like this Board Business is some kind of a ten miuute a day job. It isn't and you will soon find out.

Tune in FM. Some have suggested reading your documents. They really really mean read your documents, then know your documents.

But I am not being rude or crude, just let's start with what you have obligated yourselve for. I would have hoped you would look this site over, maybe use the search feature. On the left side of this page as you scroll you will see some sponsors highlighted in yellow. One is CAN, Click on that and go to their site. Look it over, and select Library. You will find all kinds of useful information.

I would advise you spend considerable time reading and understanding. I would not be surprised to find you have a Board member or two that has some depth to their obligations.......some don't........many do.........most have learned as they go along.......nearly all were not worth much until they learned the job.

If you understand one thing, really understand it, you will save lots of time, energy and frustration. You responsibility is to the association......the total association. Not to the majority, not to the squeaky wheel but to that isoteric, amorphic entity we call association. That is your master and that is the master of every member of your organization, board or otherwise. Do nothing to harm the association.

Roger,

With regard to taking minutes at a closed session of the board, that may depend upon what your state laws say. Some of the AZ statutes mention minutes taken in a closed session cannot be provided to a members if discussion is about one of the 4 reasons for allowing a closed session. AZ law does not prevent a BOD from taking action in a closed session; therefore if minutes are not taken there would be no assn record of those actions taken.

I wonder if the minutes of a closed session would be discoverable in a court case if the contents were confidential, as in client-attorney privilege.

Roger, I can understand not wanting to leave a paper trail for someone to find but since proper minutes are simply a record of what happened not a transcript of what was said I don't see a lot of harm either way especially since the BOD usually goes back into regular afterward and reports what was done.

18:30hr The Board went into executive session to discus homeowner delinquencies.
18:45hr The Board returned from executive session and voted to file liens on all homeowner's that were three months delinquent.
18:50hr Mr.X made a motion to adjourn, seconded by MS Y motion carried.

Something new for California (and I'm not involved with it) "The Community Association Training Resource Center" (http://tcatrc.eleapcourses.com/) has online courses that look like they run $10+. I know most of the faculty and they know what they're doing, but learning online is something relatively new for this industry, so if anyone takes one of these courses, it might be worh posting here.

Joe

I'm in Illinois. But thanks SO MUCH for the attachments. I glanced through them but will devote more time to them.
Looks really helpful.
Thank you so much!

Judy

Old post - please check the date of the original post. If it's several years old, you're better off starting a new conversation for more current information.