Board Meeting Menu

Types of Meetings
*Meeting defined
Emergency meetings
Executive sessions (menu)
Joint neighborhood mtgs
Regular meetings
Special meetings
Virtual board meetings

Scheduling & Notice
Meeting Schedule
-how often to meet
-location of meetings
-meeting dates
-meeting times
-Sabbath meetings
Notice of Meeting
-to directors & members
-director waiver of notice
-electronic signatures
-executive session
-website notice
Who may call meetings

Agenda
Board meetings
-agenda required
-exceptions
-penalties for violation
-owner requests
-posting agendas
-revisiting defeated items
-sample agenda
-setting the agenda
-tabled items
-vague agendas
Board packets
-blind board member
-member packets?
Commercial associations
Committee agendas
Executive session agenda
Membership meeting agendas
Prayer
Unanimous written consent

Attendance
Contractors
Disruptive attendees
Director duty to attend
Lawyers
-association lawyer
-uninvited lawyers
Minimum number of meetings
Power of attorney
Proxy for directors
Renters
Spouses
Telephone/video meetings
Who may attend?

Conducting Meetings
Action without meeting
Adjournment defined
Board packets
Disruptive attendees
Harassment (menu)
Member participation
Parliamentary Procedure Websites
-Am. Inst. of Parliamentarians
-Nat'l Assn of Parliamentarians
-PaliPro.org
-Robert's Rules of Order
-Snap Meetings
Prayer
Profanity
Wine & Hors D'Oeuvres

Open Meeting Act
*Open Meeting Act (§1363.05)
Board orientation
Brown Act
Committee meetings
Email
-between directors
-inspection of emails
Meeting defined
Open forum
*generally
-answering questions
-free speech
-profanity
-time limit
-topic limitations
-video taping meetings
Unanimous written consent

Quorum
Defined
Loss of Quorum
Proxy attendance

Recording Meetings
Broadcasting meetings
Director access to recordings
Private recordings
Secretary recordings
Unruly meetings

Voting
*Generally
Abstain
Agenda items only
Board authority
By the president
Conflicts of interest
Deadlocked board
Dissenting votes
Motions
-making a motion
-no second
-reconsideration
-resolutions
-tabled items
Officer voting
Proxy votes
Recuse
Rescinding decisions
Robert's Rules of Order
-parliamentary terms
Telephone votes
Unanimous written consent
-defined
-form
Veto by president
Vote to violate the law

Additional Resources
Books & publications

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