Importance of Board Acting as One

The motion referred to must have been approved at a board meeting. Either the vote was unanimous or it was not. The voting tally must be recorded in the meeting minutes. Voting by board member is good practice and avoids misrepresentation of votes.

Steve,

First of all, I'm not quite sure what you mean by saying the board has a standing unanimous motion. I've never heard of a standing motion. A motion is meaningless if the board does not vote to approve it. So are you really saying that the board has voted to purchase the foreclosed Swim/Tennis/Fitness club? If so, have you checked your CCRs to see what the requirements are for adding new land to the assn? My CCRs only give this authority to the declarant or the declarant may extend this right to others. But if your CCRs give this authority to the BOD it may also require a vote of the members. In the off chance that the BOD could do this w/o a member vote, then IMO you have 2 options:

1) the BOD alone could decide what is in the best interests of the assn, or
2) prepare a survey for the members to decide whether or not they want this amenity.

Frankly, I would prefer option #2. Why purchase an amenity, that would result in an increase in assessments and an increase in maint costs, that the majority of the members do no want and will not use? IMO, that is certainly NOT in the best interests of the assn.