SwanB (Washington)
Posts: 199
Posts: 199
Posted:
At our recent AGM (annual general meeting) we had a bylaw amendment before the assembly. The amendment proposed including the following sentence: No director of the Board may also be an employee of our Community Club.
The rationale stated it was consistent with common ethical business practices but the most outspoken opponents claimed by including the sentence in our Bylaws we were actually instituting unethical business practices (?).
Unfortunately our recent HOA history has had two Board members who have also worked for us and have used their positions of power to cheat, lie and remove monies from the membership. The Board members who were responsible for handling those situations resigned enmass when the truth was starting to come forward about this five year legacy of theirs.
Too many complacent members have continued to bury their heads in the sand over these past activities.
Do others have this sort of amendment in your Bylaws? It certainly doesn't restrict a Board member from contracting with their HOA for specific work and that wasn't the intention. What it does is restrict the HOA from hiring the Secretary of the Board to also be the office assistant. Or, for that matter, the Grounds and Maintenance Director to also be hired as the full-time caretaker who would then supervise themselves.
The rationale stated it was consistent with common ethical business practices but the most outspoken opponents claimed by including the sentence in our Bylaws we were actually instituting unethical business practices (?).
Unfortunately our recent HOA history has had two Board members who have also worked for us and have used their positions of power to cheat, lie and remove monies from the membership. The Board members who were responsible for handling those situations resigned enmass when the truth was starting to come forward about this five year legacy of theirs.
Too many complacent members have continued to bury their heads in the sand over these past activities.
Do others have this sort of amendment in your Bylaws? It certainly doesn't restrict a Board member from contracting with their HOA for specific work and that wasn't the intention. What it does is restrict the HOA from hiring the Secretary of the Board to also be the office assistant. Or, for that matter, the Grounds and Maintenance Director to also be hired as the full-time caretaker who would then supervise themselves.