Our Board meetings which include a Q & A interval, causes our Board meetings to quite lengthy. ln CA, what are the parameters for communicating among HOA Board members via email, without violating the Open Meeting rule to streamline Board meetings?
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cybermac
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When you say "Open" meeting I am assuming that you mean open to all members of the association and not open to the public. The Brown Act when I last read it relates to meeting of the general public for public purposes and not to HOA or private groups.
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Email communications between Board members is a tricky issue, legislated and opinioned differently in different states. Most states have "sunshine" laws requiring Board meetings to be public and noticed a few days in advance, with laws stating that a congregation of a quorum of the Board might constitute a meeting (which might be an illegal one if not noticed ahead of time). Regarding Board members meeting in some space, laws talk about physical space, but seem ambiguous on cyber space. I suspect that we will find some test cases on email soon, if it hasn't already happened somewhere.
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