Cohousing-L Mailing List: Allow for resident but non-owners to be POA BOD officers?

[Edwin Simmers (edwinsimmers]

Hello Richard,

The answer to your question (May non-owners be members of a community’s board 
of directors?) is very state law specific. For instance, here in Washington 
only unit owners may be members of a condominium association but non-owners may 
be on the board of directors as long as the majority of the members are owners. 
So we have a renter’s representative on our board of directors here at 
Bellingham Cohousing.

So you might want to first take a look at your state’s requirements.

Ed Simmers

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:08:06 -0600
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        officers?

?Hello cohousing-L / cohousers ---- I am at Gainesville Cohousing and we are 
looking into our requirements for becoming an officer of the board of directors 
(BOD) of our POA. Currently, this is limited to lot owners however, we do have, 
and may continue to have in the future, situations where a permanent resident 
member living in our community is not a lot owner.  We could modify our bylaws 
to create a new "class" of members who are not lot owners but are still 
eligible to be a BOD officer.  Do any communities have experience with this, or 
any relevant info to share, or opinions/referrals?  Thank you!
--- Richard Daley, Secretary, Gainesville Cohousing