Howdy,
As you can tell by the topic title, I'm pretty new to all of this.
Like a lot of folks of a certain age, we downsized and decided to purchase a condo. We've decided we really don't like condo associations, but for now will have to make do.
We are a new association as of the fall of 2017. Our first board of 7 was made up of a kitchen-sink band of folks, many without a clue regarding our governing documents, bylaws, or parliamentary procedures. That group was voted in because nobody really knew anybody else, and we figured anyone volunteering should be OK. That was a fatally flawed logic! During our recent election of directors, we managed to remove 2 of the previous directors. I was elected to the board along with one other new person.
I think in general we have 1 or 2 folks that sort of know some things about RR and meeting etiquette. But as a group, we could be put into the category of "we don't know what we don't know".
Since being elected to the board, I have read "Robert's Rules for Dummies" by C. Alan Jennings, have purchased and been somewhat overwhelmed by Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, and have recently ordered the "In Brief" version of same. I may also consider ordering the DVD version for its search capabilities.
Finding this forum should prove to be a big help to me as I navigate through various and sundry governing documents, board meetings, and debates on what we can/can't/should/shouldn't do.
Looking forward to learning lots of stuff. I will try to look for various topics along the way before posting new topics. I someone could give me some pointers on how to search for topics with more than one word, that would be great. (e.g. role call vote)
Thanx!
