HOA Board Meetings - 1st Tuesday (unless not)

The HOA generally holds its board meetings on the first Tuesday of the month - unless it doesn't.

When it doesn't, they are on the following Tuesday. Should they be changed, if the Tuesday itself is not a holiday?

They should not. 

If they are changed, it should be for a good reason and voted on by the board, not just announced as Justin's will. And the change should be publicized.

Other organizations hold their regularly-scheduled meetings on the second Tuesday, such as the Richland 2 school board. At least, those meetings are recorded, so that an interested person can view them after they are held. But a really interested, community-minded person cannot attend both in-person.

The HOA board meeting could certainly be held on the first Tuesday, July 5. Monday is the holiday. Tuesday is a regular work day.

Of course, that would mean that the board President, Justin Martin, would have to tell CAMS to be ready on Tuesday. Not too hard to do. They just advance their preparation by one day. Not hard. Not impossible.

At the June board meeting, a suggestion was made to broadcast the meetings virtually, in addition to holding them in-person. All it takes is a video camera and an internet connection. The Zoom account of the office or the HOA can be accessed from anywhere in the world through the internet - even from the vicinity of the Summit.

Did anyone on the board figure it out? Did the board tell CAMS to figure it out? Will it happen? Will it even be brought up as Old Business at the July meeting?

The July board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 6:30PM - the same night and time as the Richland 2 School Board meeting.

Kind of hard for some of us to choose which circus to attend.

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