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board members and the community
manager participate, there are open
meetings held during the year where
all residents are welcome to attend.
At these meetings, the community
association’s lawyer and the regional
community manager typically join the
board members and on-site com-
munity manager. An open meeting
agenda is prepared by the community
manager in concert with the president
of the board. The open meeting focus-
es on significant developments and
issues that the community’ residents
are concerned about or need to be
made aware. It is customary for the
president of the board to lead the
open meeting and keep it running on
schedule while allowing adequate
time for residents to ask questions as
the agenda’s items are discussed. The
open meeting is not a time for a resi-
dent ‘s specific issue to be raised and
resolved, but the community manager
who takes the meeting’s minutes will
make a note of it for follow-up action.
Towards the later part of each year
a finance committee meeting is held
to discuss the budget for the upcom-
ing year. The main responsibility falls
upon the treasurer to prepare the
budget and present it to the finance
committee, which is typically com-
posed of board members and several
community residents. Since the asso-
ciation budget affects all community
residents, it may be important for non-
board members to be part of the bud-
getary approval process before the
budget is disseminated to the entire
community.
An important corollary to open
communication between the board
and the community manager is that
the manager knows the appointed
responsibility of each board. For a
THE MANAGER...
from page 16.
"Like a CEO’s relationship to
the company’s shareholders,
the community manager is
responsible for achieving
the objectives set down by
the board."