Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2014 6:57:54 GMT -5
The grapevine has it that the BOD has met ILLEGALLY to discuss SLohA business, specifically, WHICH budget proposal to ratify for a second proposal to the Members. ALL Meetings of BOD, in which a quorum is gathered, requires 7-day written notice to MEMBERS of the date and place the meeting is to take place. A quorum is 5 directors.
The report is that at least 5 directors have met to discuss which of the two FAILED budget proposals to attempt to re-ratify. According to reports, the Board is evenly split and there is one swing vote.
It is presumptive that, when 5 or more golf carts belonging to Directors are parked at the Admin Office, that there is a meeting being conducted. At the very least, there is the Appearance of an unlawful gathering and that is unwise, to say the least. Under the circumstances, the golf carts/cars at the office at the same time are highly suggestive of an unlawful gathering of directors. Minutes of this gathering are required so that, at least the illegal meeting is not compounded by failure to document the business conducted on behalf of SLohA.
So, the Board continues to ignore Florida statutes by at the very least giving the appearance of conducting an unlawful meeting. KL will probably say that it was necessary and somehow justified or spit "Let the Chips Fall!".
ALL Meetings--with two very specific exceptions--must be conducted with the Members' advance knowledge and all members have a right to attend--Period. Even those two exceptions to the Open Meeting Law MUST have Minutes!
Members are still waiting to see the Minutes of the secret meeting on Sept 4, 2013.
The report is that at least 5 directors have met to discuss which of the two FAILED budget proposals to attempt to re-ratify. According to reports, the Board is evenly split and there is one swing vote.
It is presumptive that, when 5 or more golf carts belonging to Directors are parked at the Admin Office, that there is a meeting being conducted. At the very least, there is the Appearance of an unlawful gathering and that is unwise, to say the least. Under the circumstances, the golf carts/cars at the office at the same time are highly suggestive of an unlawful gathering of directors. Minutes of this gathering are required so that, at least the illegal meeting is not compounded by failure to document the business conducted on behalf of SLohA.
So, the Board continues to ignore Florida statutes by at the very least giving the appearance of conducting an unlawful meeting. KL will probably say that it was necessary and somehow justified or spit "Let the Chips Fall!".
ALL Meetings--with two very specific exceptions--must be conducted with the Members' advance knowledge and all members have a right to attend--Period. Even those two exceptions to the Open Meeting Law MUST have Minutes!
FS720.303
(3) MINUTES.—Minutes of all meetings of the members of an association and of the board of directors of an association must be maintained in written form or in another form that can be converted into written form within a reasonable time. A vote or abstention from voting on each matter voted upon for each director present at a board meeting must be recorded in the minutes.
(3) MINUTES.—Minutes of all meetings of the members of an association and of the board of directors of an association must be maintained in written form or in another form that can be converted into written form within a reasonable time. A vote or abstention from voting on each matter voted upon for each director present at a board meeting must be recorded in the minutes.