Associations are adopting electronic voting in order to pass resolutions easily, effectively and without mailing costs. Most associations are typically set up as non-stock corporations and many states are permitting electronic voting, Pennsylvania is one of them. Older governing documents do not specifically state or address how meetings are held only the frequency making implementation much simpler. Leverage Your Community Association Website Because so many members can’t make meetings or simply throw direct mailings away, smart board members are leveraging …

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We recently published an article addressing the increasing interest in Virtual Board Meetings. This article explains how to implement your next successful HOA webinar meeting. A webinar is a mash-up of the words “Web” and “Seminar,” a webinar is a short-term meeting held over the Internet. Attendees log into a specialized website at a specific time to meet virtually. Webinars are a great way to meet up online. However, just because your session is online doesn’t excuse you from applying some …

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  Should Our HOA or Condo Board Consider Virtual Association Meetings? Both property owners’ association meetings and condominium association meetings are typically held in the community clubhouse or other local building. However, with the increasing availability of technology, virtual meetings are becoming more commonplace. Directors can electronically participate in real-time via virtual meetings. HOA board members who cannot be physically present at a board meeting can attend meetings remotely utilizing many free options such as Skype and Zoom. As long …

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Homeowner associations (HOA) have to provide a lot of information to residents of their community. This is one of the reasons why a having a community website is a must today. Having an association website for your HOA is a great way to organize your association information, simplify and practically automate your process for disseminating your community information. Benefits of a Good Community Website An HOA website provides the perfect solution for information dissemination in an easily accessible manner. With well …

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Besides having a properly designed community website there is a lot more an Association Website site can do when it comes to damage control.  An uncontrollable homeowner situation is a prime example of how things can go wrong for a community in a twitter instant. Tragedy can happen anywhere and does all the time. At an upscale Town Home and Single family development a terrible disaster occurred. This particular association has it all, community pool, tot lot, clubhouse and walking …

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How about helping the residents of your association feel like they are part of their association. Too often residents complain about not being informed about association matters. Of course board meetings occur, projects are being worked on and periodically new accomplishments can be noted in the neighborhood.     What does the resident who doesn’t hear about the board’s progress, has issues with the dues or whatever their neighbor is doing wrong have to say about the association? Could it …

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