RobertR1 (South Carolina)
Posts: 5,164
Posts: 5,164
Posted:
To all,
If you recall I read a statement to the Board at a Board meeting and they seemed to be resistant to include it. It has sinc been included in the draft.
At a comment section by owners I said.
“With regard to the August Manager’s Report, by definition this is a report. The editorial comment to the effect
that no money in the past has ever been used for an audit or review of the Books and Records by the owners,
, should be stricken and this report and any other report should be scrutinized for appropriate
content.
“As evidenced by today’s meeting, audit procedures and the like are mandated by our documents to be an
owner responsibility. The truth is, there has never been an accounting as directed by our By-Laws requiring a
yearly certified accounting. That is not editorial comment, that is a fact.”
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Then at the end of the meeting where comments are allowed to address items cover in the minutes, I said.
"I think it is important in regards to the "audit" topic that all realize that the fiduciary responsibilities is not only a Board function , but it is also the responsibility of all the owners."
They handled this by stating that; "A member made a statement that they didn't feel was helpful and did not contribute to the business at hand and the statement was rejected."
Also in the minutes was the Managers Report with no changes.
Now really folks, I am not going to get bent out of shape by anyting the Board does, I will object or will interject if I think I can help, but I find the whole episode bizarre. We have a policy about making statements during a Board Meeting, I followed the policy to the letter.
Now there are some will say the Board has the authority to handle this the way they did. I would tend to disagree because as we have said many times on this site the Board at times has to consider the individual circumstances. This is our third OPEN Board meeting ever. I am the only person that has ever made a statement at a Board Meeting. Surely the Board is sending the wrong signals when they don't address my statement. I was really glad that they included my statement finally, but in reflection I see nothing that happened as some kind of invitation for owners to go before the Board and contribute. I think I will drop it and move on. Today, a group of us are going to go out and plant some Fall Mums. A pleasure to do.
If you recall I read a statement to the Board at a Board meeting and they seemed to be resistant to include it. It has sinc been included in the draft.
At a comment section by owners I said.
“With regard to the August Manager’s Report, by definition this is a report. The editorial comment to the effect
that no money in the past has ever been used for an audit or review of the Books and Records by the owners,
, should be stricken and this report and any other report should be scrutinized for appropriate
content.
“As evidenced by today’s meeting, audit procedures and the like are mandated by our documents to be an
owner responsibility. The truth is, there has never been an accounting as directed by our By-Laws requiring a
yearly certified accounting. That is not editorial comment, that is a fact.”
************************************
Then at the end of the meeting where comments are allowed to address items cover in the minutes, I said.
"I think it is important in regards to the "audit" topic that all realize that the fiduciary responsibilities is not only a Board function , but it is also the responsibility of all the owners."
They handled this by stating that; "A member made a statement that they didn't feel was helpful and did not contribute to the business at hand and the statement was rejected."
Also in the minutes was the Managers Report with no changes.
Now really folks, I am not going to get bent out of shape by anyting the Board does, I will object or will interject if I think I can help, but I find the whole episode bizarre. We have a policy about making statements during a Board Meeting, I followed the policy to the letter.
Now there are some will say the Board has the authority to handle this the way they did. I would tend to disagree because as we have said many times on this site the Board at times has to consider the individual circumstances. This is our third OPEN Board meeting ever. I am the only person that has ever made a statement at a Board Meeting. Surely the Board is sending the wrong signals when they don't address my statement. I was really glad that they included my statement finally, but in reflection I see nothing that happened as some kind of invitation for owners to go before the Board and contribute. I think I will drop it and move on. Today, a group of us are going to go out and plant some Fall Mums. A pleasure to do.