New Board Members

We have a small complex - just 10 units. I've been the president for the last 3 years and a Board member since I bought the place six years ago (VP and secretary). I really need a break and asked the association to please step up and be a board member last year. No one did. I got laid off from work a few months ago and really need to dedicate my time in finding a job rather than all the incidentals in being a president. I don't mind being a board member again, just need a break. Unfortunately, once again, no one wants to take the job on. What happens if there is no Board? I know it's bad. I know that if you want to sell your home, the president needs to be the one to sign the resale certificate. But, what will happens if no one will step up an take over for me? I moved in here 6 years ago and became a Board Member 2 months later. I'm tired and need to spend time finding a job. Please advise. Thank you. Judie in Washington.

Thanks for your response. Well I know how much you did for your HOA!! It's a lot of work, isn't it. I really didn't mind it, but need to concentrate on other things right now. I'm afraid one of our new people will step up and that's a bit scary. She actually wanted us to hire a exterminator because she saw a spider under the stairwell. Our little 10 unit HOA can't afford these types of mistakes. But, at least we will get to vote against it if needed. Yeah, we have a VP and Secretary, but they "let" me do everything, so I really don't have any help. I've had to do a lot of investigating and paperwork to get the phone company out here to pay for removing the trees and replanting new ones once they butchered the entire side of our 7 30-year old cedar trees and ruined them. No one helped with that at all, but they were pretty excited when they found out we won and it wouldn't cost us a dime. It probably should have gone to court since the trees were worth about $50,000, but the City was also involved and it's hard to fight the City and a big company. I guess we'll see what happens, as far as the Board goes, in January.

Susan, I asked people to help. I delegated. I made committees. But this is my home, too and when you see that no one is doing anything - and I mean nothing, someone has to step up and do it. I don't plan on doing this my whole life here, but I do take my job seriously. As long as I'm president, I'll make sure things get done. I DID get bids (or tried) from management companies, but they don't want to touch us because we're so small. One did say they'd do it but it would cost us an extra $150 a month on dues per unit. Not acceptable for me. I'm single and can't afford that big of an increase, so even if everyone else agreed, I would be better off doing the job myself than to try to come up with that kind of money.

Thanks, Glen. I have a feeling once I resign the end of December that someone will become pres. We may not get all 3 board members, but will at least get someone to be pres. I don't know anything about a court appointing a receiver. Never heard of this, but I'll check into it so I can let people know what will happen if they don't take their turn at being a board member.