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“QUITTING” THE BOARD?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March 6, 2020
Let’s face it: “Quitting” the board is mostly happening
in anger. Board members often get seriously annoyed by votes or
decisions of the board, by insults from the audience, or by
majority votes they just can’t stomach.
But, as we read in Eric’s blog on Monday, just screaming “I
QUIT” is not really the end of the tenure. According to
a recent Appeals Court ruling this decision has to be backed up
in writing.
But is resigning from the board fair to the owners who elected
this person to the board in the first place? Don’t forget: These
owners voted for this person to represent them – and their
interests – on the board.
Especially if the resignation occurs because of the fact that
other board members voted in opposition to the opinion of this
board member, a resignation is just doing these other board
members a favor.
The resignation leaves a vacant seat, a seat these other board
members can now fill with a person who is their ally or even
friend – a person not elected by the owners.
In reality such a resignation actually achieves the total
opposite of what the board member who resigned actually tried to
achieve: Opposing the majority of the board! It just strengthens
this fraction of the board by them now being able to appoint an
owner of their choice: A person who agrees with them!
So: Think twice before shouting “I QUIT” and
leaving the board meeting in anger!
You still have time to reconsider since your verbal resignation
has to be backed up by a written notice of resignation.
THINK TWICE!
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community
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associations. He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website: http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
!
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