Annual Meeting Minutes

[Guest Frank]

HOA Annual Meeting Minutes.  Previously, the meeting minutes were approved at the following annual meeting by the members.   We will not be having an official meeting due to Covid-19.  Can the Board approve the minutes?

[Joshua Katz]

No, but the minutes will still be there for approval when the organization again meets. And, because it's often asked, the motions adopted are perfectly valid and in force even if approval is delayed.

For the future, though, it might be a good idea, as RONR suggests, to instead appoint, at the annual meeting, a minutes approval committee, or authorize the board to approve the minutes. Or, even better, to adopt a rule to that effect. 

[George Mervosh]

4 minutes ago, Guest Frank said:

Previously, the meeting minutes were approved at the following annual meeting by the members.  

This is not the correct procedure.  The board or a committee should be appointed to approve those minutes, but since they were not

5 minutes ago, Guest Frank said:

.  Can the Board approve the minutes?

No.

See the rules in RONR (12th ed.), 48:12

[Gary Novosielski]

38 minutes ago, Guest Frank said:

HOA Annual Meeting Minutes.  Previously, the meeting minutes were approved at the following annual meeting by the members.   We will not be having an official meeting due to Covid-19.  Can the Board approve the minutes?

Only if the Annual Meeting authorized them to do so.  RONR recommends against waiting a full year to approve minutes even in good times.  It recommends authorizing a committee or the board to do so.