can a member of an HOA make a motion at a BOD meeting?

[Guest Tom]

Can a homeowner in an HOA make a motion at a monthly Board of Directors meeting if the governing documents require observance with roberts rules of order? If so, what rule or basis would allow for this?

[Josh Martin]

Can a homeowner in an HOA make a motion at a monthly Board of Directors meeting if the governing documents require observance with roberts rules of order?

 

No. Only members of the board have any rights at a board meeting.

[Guest Tom]

I think roberts rules allows motions from the floor. No?

[Josh Martin]

I think roberts rules allows motions from the floor. No?

 

Yes, it does, but only from members of the assembly which is meeting.

[Rev Ed]

Yes, it does, but only from members of the assembly which is meeting.

 

So, unless you are a member of the Board, then you cannot vote, make motions, speak about the issues brought up at a Board meeting, etc.  And unless there is a law covering the HOA in your state that states otherwise, you are not even entitled to be at a Board meeting unless the Board allows you to sit in at a Board meeting.

[Edgar Guest]

So, unless you are a member of the Board, then you cannot vote, make motions, speak about the issues brought up at a Board meeting, etc.

 

However the board could permit a non-member to speak and, by "suspending the rules", permit a non-member to make a motion. Though it might be simpler for the non-member to (before the meeting) ask a sympathetic board member to make the motion "for him".