Contents includes a section on board responsibilities covering the president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. 
Describes committee functions such as setting up committees and lists specific committee duties. 
Describes officer’s and director’s fiscal responsibilities including specific categories of potential liability and sources of liability protection. 
Useful charts and checklists include Sample Meeting Agenda, Board Duties, Case Study on Proactive Volunteer Members

Community Association Leadership: A Guide for Volunteers

Business & Money

Community Associations Institute

Real Estate

Community Assn Inst

"But that's not the way we've always done things." So goes the usual response to virtually any innovative idea. So it has been in the past. So it is today. 
Thankfully, however, nothing in our universe is more powerful than an idea that works. As unrelenting as gravity, truth finds ways around standard human obstacles - ignorance, complacency, stubbornness, and fear. The truth cannot be denied. 
An excellent example is Christopher Columbus. In 1492, he was a man alone. The prevailing thought of his day was that the world was flat. Many were convinced that if you sailed too far out from land, you would fall off the planet and be devoured by sea monsters. But Columbus knew otherwise. He was laughed out of Italy, his home country. But he ignored his critics and pursued his vision of sailing west to reach Asia. Columbus sold the queen of Spain on his revolutionary idea, eventually sailing into his place in history. This man had vision beyond that of his peers. 
History is replete with visionaries who understood that the majority, the status quo, was wrong. Their new perspectives changed civilization for the better. One could draw the conclusion that our culture actually needs to grow in this way. We need the occasional push of free thinkers to move us forward to the next level of social evolution. 
Those of us involved in creating and operating community associations are fortunate to have such visionaries looking out for our industry. Several of them are contributors to this book. Their perspectives on this growing and evolving industry (and suggestions for its improvement) offer a broader vision of these communities and much food for thought. It is our collective hope that their thoughts will stir debate and, where appropriate, create a new standard - a new model - for this important segment of America's future. 
Read, enjoy and reflect on this book with an open mind-leaving aside the siren song of "That's not the way we've always done things." 
Embrace these bold new ideas. We will all be better off for it.

Community First!: Emerging Visions Reshaping America's Condominium and Homeowner Association

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Getting Connected: The Community Association's Guide to Telecommunications Management An association resident installs a satellite antenna on her balcony. What can your community association do? Your association chooses to install a central satellite antenna system. What terms are important to include in any contract? "Getting Connected" answers these and other telecommunications questions, from complying with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) antenna and inside wiring rules to determining your association's telecommunications needs and ways to negotiate competitive contracts with telecommunications providers. Cable television and internet lines, satellite television, fiber-optic wiring, cellular antennas, and other telecommunications technologies have become an expected part of mainstream everyday life. For community associations, the traditional "hands-off" approach, which worked effectively in dealing with phone and cable companies in the past, no longer is a feasible or responsible way to managing telecommunications in a competitive, rapidly changing environment. "Getting Connected" is intended to help associations to recognize, understand and manage the most significant aspects of the new telecommunications environment. One area covered in depth is the Federal Communications Commissions's "Over-the-Air Reception Devices (OTARD) Rule. "Getting Connected" also expands the discussion beyond the OTARD rule to examine how associations can manage other important telecommunications challenges and opportunities to make additional services available to residents while minimizing potential difficulties. Topics include: * How an association should prepare for negotiations with provider seeking to serve association residents or use common property * What liability and security concerns should be addressed * How telephone and cable inside wiring rules may affect an association's telecommunications planning  "Getting Connected" includes a number of useful model forms, including: * Model Format for Filing a Petition for Declaratory Ruling or Petition for Waiver * Model Notice of Initiation of a Petition for Declaratory Ruling, Petition for Waiver, or Court Action * Model Rules and Restrictions for Antenna Installation, Maintenance and Use * Model Letter to Association Residents Regarding Covered Antenna Rules and Restrictions * Model Notification Form Regarding Antenna Installation * Model Approval Form for Installation of Oversized Masts * Model Resident Telecommunications Questionnaire * Checklist of Key License Agreement Terms * Central Antenna System License Agreement * Model Letter to Residents Regarding Central Antenna Installation * Telecommunications License Agreement * Exterior Telecommunications Facilities Site License Agreement "Getting Connected" introduces you to the rapidly expanding variety of telecommunications services available to community associations and provides model rules, documents, and agreements that would cost thousands of dollars in legal fees. This publication is a must for every community association, board member, manager, and attorney.

Getting Connected: The Community Assocition's Guide to Telecommunications Management

Howley, Lara E.

Clark, Rodney D.

Social Sciences

Natural Disasters

Self-managing volunteer boards of small community associations face the challenge of having to govern and manage their communities. Self-Management skillfully combines practical guidance from these two very different directions-something no other book on community association management has done.This guide specifically addresses this unique role of the self-managing board, and provides an overview of financial management, insurance, meetings, communications, taking over from the developer, and federal and state regulations. Each chapter contains an annotated list of related resources and the appendix contains model documents, sample forms, and helpful checklists.Self-Management also provides information on governing documents, enforcing rules, working with professionals, maintenance, public policy, and important legal considerations like fair housing and fair debt collection.Dozens of community association professionals and industry experts contributed their expertise to this useful reference guide. Even some professional managers find this book helpful.

Self Management: A Guide for the Small Community Association 3rd Edition (2010)

Community Associations Press/CAI press

Community Association Leadership

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