Turmoil

President resigned prior to annual meeting, primarily to save his sanity. Although we come to find out, no one on the any board ever was valid.
Background - for a year this "president" fought to have things done properly: votes weren't taken or recorded, money was spent without required community approval, no tax returns have ever been filed and still aren't because no one will listen to him, the "board" never had any insurance......on and on, battle after battle.
His resignation came as he realized annual meetings have never been conducted with required quorum. Boards were never voted on as required. What happened in the past is volunteers stepped up, the few in the room said yeah! And then it was over. The president and a few others scoured the community prior to this years meeting with a paper listing 3 names and asking folks to sign to vote for them. The page they signed said it was a proxy to vote for these folks. We had signatures to establish quorum.
Come annual meeting morning, suddenly the people who never knew there were by laws, become very vocal and schooled in proper proxies and throw all these signatures away. So.....the poor President quit.
No quorum was obtained, they all think they have a plan to hold another meeting properly.
Does this poor pseudo ex President try for his position back or take on a watchdog member of the community role?
Thoughts? Suggestions?

No, perhaps my post was poorly written.....the President was the first person ever to attempt effective management, i.e. manage according to covenants, law, etc.

You have talked about ONE person on this board.

Are you saying he is the LONE voice of sanity on this board?

Get a parliamentarian or board consultant in to speak to the board about its duties and obligations.

Lisa:

If I was said person I wouldn't touch the HOA with a 10 foot pole unless a group of volunteers emerged that I was comfortable running with. Life isn't worth the aggravation sometimes and you can only beat your head against a brick wall so many times before you get a concussion.

thank you to all for responding. I was at first nervous about posting

It is a small subdivision (less than 100 single family homes) with about a $10,000 budget.

The President is able to navigate thru everything with a supportive board, except for ONE. That one makes all the drama. I'm sure you all have had experiences with the one "bad apple". The one who brings the few neighborhood friends to meetings for the sole purpose of criticizing and complaining.

Whatever..........The Pres was cojoled into staying on. Now we have to try for another Annual Meeting and hope for quorum.

LISA

You say 100 private, standalone homes with a $10,000.00 budget. Does this mean yearly dues of $100.00 per home?

If so this would mean to me few if any amenities/common ground thus few issues.

Am I missing something?

You are correct.

Most issues involve covenant enforcement.

In California, you can go to court for enforcement. That's what we're doing as a last resort.