Open Board Meeting - 15 April 2010

I apologize, but no in-depth "recap" of April's meeting will be posted. This isn't due to anything that did or didn't happen at the meeting but simply because I didn't have a chance to put up the post in the time immediately following the meeting, and to try to do so now would do a disservice to the (un)official record since too much time has passed for me to now accurately relate what happened.

Here is a not-so-in-depth review of the meeting:

• During the open forum, there was some discussion of (the poor shape of) the association's finances. There seems to be, in my opinion, a disconnect between the reality and the perception of the state of the association's finances among board members and homeowners. This led to a discussion of stopping the mailing of the meeting agenda to all homeowners. The association's property manager stated that it would require a vote to make the change (note that the board's president was absent from the meeting). I questioned why a vote was required to stop the mailing when a vote was not required to start it. This led to a confused look from the property manager and at least one "jeer" from a homeowner (in my direction, not the property manager's). Ultimately, there was a vote to stop the mailing, and it passed unanimously.
  
  
• Approval of the association's finances for the month of March was tabled so that internal board matters could be discussed during executive session.
  
  
• The board approved a few small landscaping items.
  
  
• A proposal for this year's reserve study came before the board for approval. The cost seemed a bit high, and the board asked for more proposals.

The board adjourned to executive session to discuss the aforementioned financial records. Discussion lasted for approximately 15 minutes, after which, the meeting was adjourned.