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Resolved Question: In an Homeowners Association, must a motion always be seconded in order for it to be discussed or voted on?
This is a Homeowner’s Association (HOA) — a legal entity overseeing a condominium organization. It is not a social or community service club. It is most similar to a formal corporation.

But there has been a perception by some in this group who are active in numerous other social clubs around town that Robert’s Rules of Order is the definitive guideline for proceeding with group meetings.

But Robert’s Rules of Order has not been adopted in the official Bylaws or the CC&Rs of the HOA. There are certain rules of order contained in the Bylaws (for example, definitions of a quorum, how Officers are elected, the order of the standard meeting agenda, etc.), but those rules are only basic and do not cover every point of order that may come up when meetings are proceeding in an attempt to reach new group decisions.

For example, it has been argued that in order for any motion to qualify for a vote, it must be seconded. That would be something in Robert’s Rules of Order. But this is such a small HOA with only 10 members, one could have a quorum with only 4 members present collectively representing over 51% of the total square footage inside the HOA properties. Does it make sense in a group of 4 to require that a motion be seconded before it can be voted on or passed?

In truth, this idea that a motion has to be seconded was merely a ploy for the President to shoot down several good ideas not her own but presented by members present by proxy at a meeting but not in person, for example, the motion that votes can be taken by private ballot versus a show of hands if one member requests a vote by ballot. The President is an extremely aggressive individual who exercises control over the organization via lies, threats, and coercion, so by not allowing votes to be taken by private ballot, she can identify who may oppose her and then beat them down verbally in a meeting or behind their back through nasty measures like putting a lien on their home and abuse of the powers of her office. Indeed, this is not a person who should be President but finding someone to replace her in an HOA of mostly retired senior citizens is difficult, leading to the need to find management from outside the HOA which to date, has been prohibitively expensive.

In that Roberts Rules of Order is not a book of laws but rather a set of recommended guidelines only, I would say that a motion CAN be proposed and voted on without a second in this particular HOA, given that this is such a small group that less restrictive guidelines do make sense in some situations. In analyzing Robert’s original reason for requiring a second to a motion, one understands that this is in part to prevent the General Assembly or Floor from being overwhelmed with too many or frivolous motions that would take too much time to debate and consider. But in a group of only 4 to 10 members present, it is unlikely that such a meeting would be overwhelmed with so many frivolous motions that it would create a detriment to getting through a meeting .

And the idea of requiring a second to every motion made in such a small group may also prevent good ideas from gaining private support via confidential ballot which may be critical for breaking the iron grip that this unscrupulous President has over the HOA through angry glares and private threats. In past meetings in her home, members who opposed this President have actually been charged with trespassing and driven away by the local police in that home ownership trumps any legal right to attend a business meeting in someone’s home. Ergo, this President with control over meeting venue has made sure that all meetings are held in her home so she can call on the Police at will whenever she is opposed on a business point and dramatically escalates the conflict or tries to railroad her agenda despite protests from the floor. Yes, it is THAT BAD! And for those who would call many HOAs nothing more than “Lawn Nazi’s”, you got that right with this goup!

The entire question of whether this President should be allowed to hold this office is another matter and is beyond the very limited scope of this question. Therefore, I am not soliciting comments on that score here at this time. I am soliciting support and legal or logical reasoning for the idea that a motion does NOT have to be seconded as a precursor to that motion being discussed and voted on in a small HOA that has not officially adopted Roberts Rules of Order in it’s Bylaws or CC&Rs.

What say ye?

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Resolved Question: Is this just 0bama miss leading us again ?
It’s obvious that this family brags about being poor and they actually weren’t, and from the looks of it don’t care about the poor either.

In speeches, Sotomayor has harkened back to her and her brother’s beginnings in a poor Bronx neighborhood, roots that President Barack Obama highlighted in introducing her this week.

“Born in the South Bronx, she was raised in a housing project,” Obama said. “And even as she has accomplished so much in her life, she has never forgotten where she began, never lost touch with the community that supported her.”

Yet Sotomayor did not live her entire childhood in a housing project in the South Bronx — she spent most of her teenage years in a middle-class neighborhood, attending private school and winning scholarships to Princeton and then Yale.

And Sotomayor’s life and lifestyle after law school largely resemble the background of many lawyers who rise to powerful positions in Washington.

She climbed her way up through New York’s Democratic power structure boosted by its ultimate brokers over those years — Gov. Mario Cuomo, Mayor Ed Koch, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. That’s the access of a partner in a corporate law firm, not a kid from the South Bronx.

She now earns more than $200,000 a year and owns a condominium in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood of million-dollar-plus homes. Her brother, Dr. Juan Sotomayor, is a physician in North Syracuse, N.Y., whose practice doesn’t accept Medicaid or Medicare — programs for the poor and elderly — according to its Web site.
The Libs are totaly missing the point, she wasn’t raised in the Bronx. Her brother refuses to treat the poor and elderly on medicare and medicade, she decided her career was more important than helping the poor so she left the service of them and chose to claw her way up the political ladder. Everything 0bama said about her is a lie.

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Resolved Question: I can not sell my house because of some problem with the bank and the condo board and homeowners association?
My house has been for sale since July of 2008, I finally have a buyer and was supposed to close on March 31st of this year. The buyer is 100% approved by the bank, Wells Fargo, the bank has a problem with the condominium and where the monthly association fees go. Wells is not going to give the buyers the loan unless the homeowners association, NAI of Long Island has a fiduciary trust set up to back all the money that goes into the Kitty for the common charges. My development is privatley managed and that is where the problem comes from..some crap like that, I’m not to sure of the exact legal issue but it is along those lines. Bottom line is I am in my second month of paying 2 mortgages and it does not look like anyone can buy or sell a cond in this development. I wrote to the SI Advance and have a reporter who is interested in the story, maybe that will get me somewhere. I just can’t believe this is even legal to do to someone, I can’t sell my home and the buyers can’t get the home. Someone please give me some advice, I’m getting sick over this already. I am ready to rent the place out and wait for the banks to ease up a little just so I can pay the mortgage.
The buyer and me both have lawyers working on this, I get more info out of my real estate agent then the lawyers.I am sure Welss Fargo has a bunch of mortgages already in the development..the buyer himself owns a condo in the development already with Welss Fargo!!, how’s that for a real kicker. But now wells don’t want to give out the loans.

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