Meetings, Important or a Waste of Time
Course Overview
This course examines the requirements, authority, process, and procedures for community associations to conduct meetings. It addresses the perception of the importance of meetings in community associations that often differs between owners and board members. In this course, we will discuss the necessity of meetings as it relates to Florida statutes, meeting requirement differences among condominiums, cooperatives, homeowners’ associations, and timeshares. This course intends to review certain statutory requirements and recent changes that licensed CAMs, CAM firms, and community association leaders must understand. It seeks to outline the importance of a CAMs understanding of meeting purposes and processes and provides suggestions for planning and conducting successful meetings.
The course materials include general information, statutory requirements, the processes, and procedures for conducting a meeting and working as a team to bring it altogether. The course will utilize the aid of a fictional character to help narrate. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Understand the purposes of meetings
- Identify the roles of those who are involved in meetings of community associations
- Understand the roles of managers and management
- Discuss statutory requirements for condominiums, cooperatives, homeowners’ associations, and timeshare plans
- Understand the requirements of delivery and posting meeting notices
- Identify the components of an agenda
- Understand meeting procedures
- Relay how the leaders in a community association, the CAM, and a CAM firm should work as a team
About the Author/Presenter
Laura Matijak received her community association manager license in 2001 and has CAM experience that spans over twenty years. Laura earned her PCAM designation from Community Association Institute in 2007 and was a of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
Before attaining her CAM license, she worked as an independent consultant with HOA developers. After receiving her license, she was senior manager with a Palm Beach County CAM Firm, providing supervision and training to other CAMs.
Laura’s educational background is in organizational leadership and human resources development. She received her master’s degree from Barry University and served as Adjunct Professor with Barry University from 2005 through 2012.
Laura is still active in the real estate profession as well as community association management. She has served on her own homeowners’ association board for several years, in the roles of secretary, vice president and president. Development, design, and communication are her personal enjoyments.
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