» Realize that you cannot please everyone. Some people are going to be upset but employing rules for the safety and enjoyment of everyone is the balance the Board must strike.


» Make sure that temporary rule changes (Covid) are noted as temporary so that an unintended precedent is not set. Note in the minutes that this temporary rule will last for 60 days, 90 days, etc.


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Keep a community association operations handbook and keep it updated for easy transitions


from Board to Board.


Know your finances, operating and reserve budgets and know all of the components in your


association and what is necessary for on-going maintenance and for major upgrades.


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Stay on top of maintenance and improvements. Utilize the reserve study as a guide and manage


the maintenance and replacement of building components carefully from financial and project management perspectives.


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Run meetings professionally following some order like Roberts Rules of Order or something


similar. Make sure that the minutes include brief (because after all they are minutes, not hours) descriptions of actions and decisions and keep an action item list with clear directions and time-bound dates so things get done and issues aren’t deferred.


Tap the resources of former board members’ cultural and institutional intelligence. You may


find out the history on why a decision was or wasn’t made saving the community from possible unnecessary expense and a better outcome. Include one-to-two-minute public homeowner comments on any agenda item. Some will have valuable historical information for Board decision-making.


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Don’t avoid learning the best practices of community association professional


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Don’t avoid using legal counsel and make a decision that affects some or all in the


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