{"id":86,"date":"2010-10-29T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainecondo.com\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2010-10-06T07:58:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T11:58:54","slug":"misperception-6-%e2%80%9cwe-can-do-our-business-by-email%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mainecondo.com\/blog\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Misperception #6 \u201cWe Can Do Our Business by Email\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This post is one of a series about 10 Most Common Misperceptions About Condominium Laws And Operations<\/strong>, which I <\/strong>presented at the Maine Condo Forum and Expo in Portland, Maine, on September 25, 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n

Email is a wonderful thing, and is especially useful if Board members are away and cannot attend a meeting in person. \u00a0Decision by email correspondence seems to be very common but, unfortunately, the Nonprofit Corporation Act requires all decisions to be made at a Board meeting, except under the circumstances below.\u00a0 Decisions made by email could be challenged by someone who does not like the decision.<\/p>\n

Recommendation.\u00a0 The Board can make legal decisions in the following ways, in addition to a meeting physically attended by a quorum of Board members:<\/em><\/p>\n

1. <\/em> Unanimous written consent of all Board members, before or after the effective date of the action, with the consents filed with meeting minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. <\/em>Meetings by conference call where all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. <\/em><\/p>\n

3. <\/em> Informal action without prompt objection by a unit owner or other director, filed in writing with the secretary or the clerk.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post is one of a series about 10 Most Common Misperceptions About Condominium Laws And Operations, which I presented at the Maine Condo Forum and Expo in Portland, Maine, on September 25, 2010. Email is a wonderful thing, and is especially useful if Board members are away and cannot attend a meeting in person. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10-most-common-misperceptions-about-condominium-law-and-operations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t