Misleading answer by Board President

During the homeowner forum portion of our last Board meeting our President fielded a question regarding why our HOA had a new property management company. The former management company originally gave notice in August that they would not renew their contract with us at the end of December 2006 due to the fact that the Board was not taking their professional advice seriously. There has been a history of declining respect by the other two Board members for several months. The management company's advice has historically been to not continually make exceptions for violations which have been ruled upon by the ARC, among other numerous issues. As a fellow Board member I urged the other two to "talk things out" with the property manager if they were unhappy with his services (I was not unhappy and feel he handled things extremely professionally--and I am a former real estate paralegal). At any rate, the President told the property manager that he didn't want to hear any of his advice toward the end of the August meeting, so the next day the property manager consulted the head of his company and submitted his 30-day notice. The Board scrambled to hire a new management company (much research was done and I feel we all truly did a good job in choosing, though I still feel the other management company would do the best job for our community).
At our October meeting a homeowner asked why we have a new management company, anyway, and the President of the Board said, simply, "The short answer is that they did not renew their contract with us. But the good news is that the new company charges less money."
This was highly misleading and inappropriate. I intend to go on the record at our next meeting (tomorrow night) as objecting to this misleading statement. This (and every homeowner who inquires) should be given the true information about what took place. I wouldn't even mind if the President said that he and one other Board member were not completely pleased with the management company, but to leave this as a misleading statement is implying that our prior manager was leaving us in the lurch.
Has this happened to anyone else out there? How can you gracefully call the President on the carpet for "lying"?
I'm disgusted with our Board!

Sally, I see nothing wrong with the Presidents answer. There was no lie. It is the Board's choice as to which advice they chose to follow, even when the advice is sound. It was the management company that chose to terminate and we would have also. But I do not see the answer as inappropriate or misleading?

Meanwhile, if the Board is making exceptions for violations it may be time to remove those Board members.

Nancy, please pay attention to your health first. You may not have the right to know the reason for terminating the old MC depending on the settlement terms. What would you gain by knowing other than satisfying your curiousity? You already know they had to pay several thousand dollars (probably because the agreement was yearly with no way to terminate earlier without payoff). I advocate HOAs ask for a termination clause in their Management Agreement which states: "Either party may terminate this Agreement, without cause, upon receipt of 30 days written notice."

It appears your real concern is the Board members will not be open with the members and are not doing a good job. You know you are now paying the new MC almost twice as much. I would address these concerns at a members meeting.