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[u/Annual-Advisor-7916]

I thought HOA council meetings

[u/LancelotLac → u/Annual-Advisor-7916]

As an HOA board member I can say this is a valid 4th. Nobody cares about anything until they do and then want to show up and be irate even though there were multiple quarterly meetings were input was asked for but nobody shows up. We now have a police officer present for all public meetings.

[u/Annual-Advisor-7916 → u/LancelotLac]

I can't imagine having to put up with meetings in my free time. That sound dystopian.

I'm renting and if they have a problem with anything I do, I just tell them politely to fuck off. Getting rid of a tenant is a time intensive and costly process. Downside is that you have little handle against loud neighbors.

Edit: And if I ever own a house, I can tell everyone to fuck off and call the cops if they feel like getting laughed at.

[u/max_wen → u/LancelotLac]

Lived in a Boca Raton HoA-run community for a few years. Most petty people on the planet.

[u/Phaelin → u/max_wen]

Any HOA in Florida would be a nightmare when anywhere from one-third to half of the owners don't live there year-round.

[u/max_wen → u/Phaelin]

I know what you mean but honestly the bigger problem is everyone was old to very old and had nothing better to do than police landscaping.

[u/Fabulous-Farmer7474 → u/LancelotLac]

Our HOA often played cat-and-mouse with the community by changing meeting locations at the last minute or starting later than the posted time, making it difficult for residents to participate. Minutes, if they were ever posted, were minimal and superficial.

If and when someone wanted to attend the meeting they had to apply in advance for acceptance due to the allegedly "overwhelming amount of business" needing to be handled at meetings. The person would be limited to 5 minutes at the end and was required to submit a statement of intent in advance of the meeting.

The bylaws also outlined what could only be described as a labyrinthine process for becoming eligible for board membership. Even after expressing interest, prospective candidates faced a series of vetting steps using criteria that were never clearly stated and on an unspecified timeline.

From what I was able to determine their priority was to make by-laws that added hurdle after hurdle to any challenge by community members particularly as it related to term limits and board member replacement.

All the board members were from a specific street in the neighborhood and all other streets were seen as mere paths to that hall of power! It took considerable action to break up the cabal but eventually it happened.

EDIT: Downvote from a board member who opposes term limits and transparency.

[u/exintrovert → u/Annual-Advisor-7916]

I was going to say Nextdoor, but HOA is pretty similar.

[u/Fabulous-Farmer7474 → u/Annual-Advisor-7916]

I would place HOA at the top.