By Doris Prado, Property Manager
Residents are encouraged to attend and observe Association Board meetings. If you’d like to bring an issue to the Board’s attention, you’re welcome to speak during the homeowners’ forum—a time set aside just for you, ensuring that everyone who attends has an opportunity for a meaningful exchange with the Board. We ask that you observe the following guidelines:
- Although we’re all neighbors, this is a business meeting. Please behave accordingly.
- If you’d like to address the Board, please sign in on the speaker’s sheet when you arrive. You will be called in the order of entry. This process also enables the Board to contact you for additional information and to report back to you with an answer.
- The homeowners’ forum is meant for exchanging ideas, not for grievances or venting. If you’re bringing a problem to our attention, we’d also appreciate hearing your ideas for a solution.
- To maintain a business-like atmosphere during the meeting, please refrain from speaking if you’re particularly upset about an issue. Instead, consider speaking later, having a private conversation with management or a board member, or expressing your concerns in writing via email to the Board. You can conveniently do this on our community’s website, TheMoors.com.
- Only one person may speak at a time. Please respect other’s opinions by remaining silent and still, when someone else has the floor.
- Each person will be allowed to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes. Please respect your volunteer Board members’ time by keeping your remarks within this limit.
- If you need more than three minutes, please put your comments in writing. Include background information, causes, circumstances, desired solutions, and other considerations you believe are important. The Board will make your written summary an agenda item at the next meeting.
The homeowners’ forum is meant for exchanging ideas, not for grievances or venting. If you’re bringing a problem to our attention, we’d also appreciate hearing your ideas for a solution.
We may not be able to resolve your concerns on the spot, and we will not argue or debate an issue with you during the homeowners’ forum. The Board usually needs to discuss and vote on the issue first. But we will answer you before—or at—the next Board meeting. Thank you for respecting and following these rules.
