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

[O3C11N6G (normangauss]

Sharon:

In your governing documents, is it necessary for the budget to be approved 
at an annual membership meeting where all members get a chance to vote?

Norm Gauss
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Quorums - value of


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