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Can Owners View Draft HOA Meeting Minutes?

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Liz White

Editor's note: Liz White was recently quoted in the following article on HOAleader.com, concerning owners' ability to view draft meeting minutes.

A reader on the HOAleader.com discussion board asks: "A member requested a copy of the board meeting minutes prior to the approval. We conduct open board meetings, and [agendas] are posted in advance. Does a member have the right to these unapproved minutes?" Fellow HOAleader.com readers were split in their responses to our reader's quandary. Here, experts tell us how they'd approach the issue. 

The Simple Answer

 "That's a real sticky wicket," says Elizabeth White, a shareholder and head of the community associations practice at the law firm of LeClairRyan in Williamsburg, Va. White doesn't just mean the distribution of draft meeting minutes. Our reader's question brings together several difficult issues, including who's entitled to see minutes when and what should be in meeting minutes.

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Upcoming Webinar on "Alternative Dispute Resolution"

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Will Sleeth

On Thursday June 24th, LeClairRyan's attorneys will be addressing a cutting-edge procedure that community associations are increasingly using to attempt to resolve disputes outside of litigation: "alternative dispute resolution" or "ADR".

Brian Muse, a member of LeClairRyan's Community Association Industry Team, will be co-hosting the free webinar entitled "Making Alternative Dispute Resolution Work For You: Successfully Mediating Employment Disputes." Although the firm's attorneys will be discussing ADR in the context of employment law, many of the principles of ADR that they will discuss are highly applicable to community association disputes, and therefore the webinar will be helpful to board members, developers, property managers, and other interested parties.

We encourage you to plan on joining Brian on June 24th from noon to 1 P.M. EST as he explains the pro's and con's of utilizing mediation as a means to settle disputes, and provides practical tips on how to prepare for and effectively participate in mediations so as to increase the likelihood of a positive result.

To register for this free event, click here.

 

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Missed the Fair Housing Act Webinar? View it Now.

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Will Sleeth

Did you happen to miss last month's Fair Housing Act webinar put on by LeClairRyan's Liz White and Brian Muse? No problem -- the webinar is available for viewing at your convenience. Just click here to be linked to the blog's "Webinars" section to find links to this webinar as well as all of the team's other webinars.

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