03-16-2010, 02:09 AM
Just my humble opinion, but it would be most obvious someone would have a 'special interest' were they to serve on a board while in default of a membership obligation. Since the service on the board should be for the greater good of the community, while making sound business decisions, any special interest would create schism and work at cross purposes with the idea of the Board of Directors. Of course, Boards all over have 'special or self interest' issues, usually unknown to the majority of those who vote prior to seating the special/self interest. To create an obvious circumstance to allow someone, who for whatever reasons is already unable to maintain a commitment, to serve on the Board would be counter intuitive.
In agreement with the statements above, the 'law of the land' which governs such entities as well as the Association's own documents create the rules for membership and service on the individual Board.
Fees, like taxes, will forever be a means of dispute. Every time they are raised, even if for fiscally sound reasons, you reach down into someone's wallet and take hard earned money from them and it runs against the grain of the earner.
“A penny saved is a government oversight.”
In agreement with the statements above, the 'law of the land' which governs such entities as well as the Association's own documents create the rules for membership and service on the individual Board.
Fees, like taxes, will forever be a means of dispute. Every time they are raised, even if for fiscally sound reasons, you reach down into someone's wallet and take hard earned money from them and it runs against the grain of the earner.
“A penny saved is a government oversight.”
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