Info Bytes 07.07.22
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Take the 2022 RESERVE QUESTIONNAIRE
As always, YOUR participation is key! Please grab your favorite beverage, get comfy and relax your way into this ~15 minute survey.
Full results will be published the first week of August! View results from 2021
We’ve kept our focus on investing as budget-busting inflation continues at home and across the globe.
Discussion Highlights
Can the Board Increase the Size of our Clubhouse?
Holding a vote and having the authority to act are distinctly different. Look to your declaration / CC&Rs for requirements related to Capital Improvements
Are your Board Members Cashing Out?!?
Do members of your Board routinely get reimbursed for association-related purchases or expenses? Is everything thumbs up?
CIC Volunteer Feat of the Week
Resource Updates
Decision Ledger / Record of Motions
Motion Spreadsheet and Record of Motions are two of the most recent threads discussing the value of tracking your association's decisions over time.
Maintaining a decision ledger seems like it should be mandatory, yet many organizations fail to do so and instead sift through dozens of individual meeting minute records (yes, those are the official records, but they need not be the only reference point) in order to identify prior decisions, spending authorizations, etc.
View our example Decision-Recording Policy
CIC State Statute Database Project
We need YOUR help to create a comprehensive CIC state statute database
Please email us if you're interested !
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