Landscape Committee Volunteers
Hi Dennis, Per our HOA bylaws, a president can remove committee members, but only if the board grants the president that power which has not been granted. There is a minimum of 3 people required to be appointed for a Nominating and FRC committee. Other committees have neither a minimum or maximum established. My question. There were three HOA Members that volunteered to be on a Landscape committee during / after our July Board meeting. They were all declined by the Board landscape chair. Does he have the power to do this? Remaining board was silent and Board President stated it is the decision of the Landscape chair whether or not to accept volunteers. Any thoughts on this?
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LuAnn,
All committees serve at the pleasure of the board of Directors. There are no state laws addressing how committees are formed or who can serve on them. The issues relative to committees of the board are controlled by the individual communities governing documents. Serving on committees is a good way for members of the community to be involved in the community, and basically anyone willing to help should be allowed to participate and help within the size limits for reasonable committee function. Two many people making running a committee more difficult then it has to be. When spots are available and people are interested in serving on that committee and they are denied access by either the board or the committee chair, that is sending a clear message to the community that this board or committee chair has no desire for participation in the committee from anyone other than yes men or women. The approved clicks or groups of members are the only members allowed to participate in these committees and will most likely translate into eligibility to run for the board itself. This is fundamentally wrong and bad for the community, and signals a community is serious trouble. Everyone pays the same assessments and must abide by the same rules and restriction but when it comes to making decisions for the community only a select few are allowed that opportunity. I’ll be proposing legislation that will at least address eligibility to run for a board position to free those candidates from any selection restrictions from the sitting boards. While I’ll not address committee assignments in this legislation if more and different people are allowed to run for the board then they can fix the committee assignment issues from those positions.
Dennis