Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Quorums - value of

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 7:57 PM, O3C11N6G wrote:

> Your claim that consensus is not used by HOAs is confusing.  Do you  
> mean
> non-cohousing HOAs?  I thought that the norm for HOAs was to have  
> the Board
> of Directors make the decisions with no opportunity at all for the  
> members
> to vote on issues.

I said the "convention" is that HOAs do not use consensus. Cohousing  
is the exception.

HOAs are required to have an annual meeting where the membership  
passes the budget and elects the board. In these meetings the larger  
the community, in my experience, the smaller the quorum.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org