Today's Topics:
- Legislative Session started January 8, 2024. Sign up for Monday Morning Minute emails here: https://mailchi.mp/wscai/lac-monday-m...
- Do proxies count when voting "at the meeting" for budget ratification?
- Does ratification happen at board meetings or association meetings?
- Do proxies have to be printed? Forwarded to the association?
- HB 1507 proposes to make board member training mandatory.
- Are Bylaws recorded? How to handle it if they are; discussion of recission when recorded (unless required to be recorded by Declaration).
- Case law re: board member personal liability?
- How to handle it when an owner blocks access to a deeded parking spot.
- Committee membership, delegating board powers, handling ties, etc.
- Statutory requirement for number of board members; difference between board members/directors and "positions" or officers.
- When Bylaws say Secretary "shall" take minutes, can others take the minutes instead?
- Records retention requirement for ballots (one year).
- Can a board require a board member to use a specific email platform?
- Handling virtual elections, voting by mail, and nominations from the floor.
- Discussion re: neighboring owner's trees, dangerous conditions, etc.
- How to handle parking on private streets within HOA
- How to handle "correcting" board meeting minutes that are already approved.
- If a community with no open meeting requirement holds open meetings anyway, do they have to continue until notifying the ownership otherwise?
Representing Washington State condominium and homeowner associations. Questions? Email us: info@condolaw.net
DISCLAIMER - The discussions in this Zoom Q&A are not legal advice and cannot be used to advise any particular association (or owner) with any specific question and/or circumstances. The comments in this Zoom Q&A are intended for informational purposes only.