Welcome to A Boardside View—a blog dedicated to the real-world challenges, triumphs, and sometimes eyebrow-raising moments of board-led organizations. Whether you’re navigating condo board politics, tackling nonprofit governance, or just trying to figure out who does what, you’ll find practical advice, personal stories, and a few laughs along the way.
Written by Pat Crosscombe, past condo board president and founder of BoardSpace, this blog offers a fresh perspective on board life—always professional, never stuffy.
Condominiums are complex entities to manage, yet they are governed by elected directors who are not required to have any relevant expertise. Most new directors have no prior experience on a condo board. If a director has expertise pertinent to the condominium, it is...
For condo managers who work on the front lines of condo corporations, day-to-day business may include interacting with owners who might be unfriendly or keeping up with a busy and sometimes demanding board of directors. It takes a special person. The industry is...
Are you looking for tips for buying board management software for your organization? You've come to the right place. In an era where technology drives transformation across all industries, board-led organizations like condos, HOAs, community associations, nonprofits,...
It is unlikely that the condo’s declaration, bylaws, rules, or policies include any reference to building trust; yet good governance cannot be achieved without it. Directors might assume that meeting their fiduciary responsibilities is enough, but specific actions...
Attempting to fix a condo board's problem does not usually result in calling the police. If a fight breaks out at a condo board meeting and the police are called to assist, most directors recognize that there is a problem. These types of problems usually escalate over...
Our customers asked for a feature that would allow them to collaborate on editing documents. We listened, pondered, reviewed the idea, and planned its implementation. We now have our beta version of this feature in LiveDocs. What is LiveDocs? LiveDocs is a new...
Ottawa, Canada, November 22, 2022. BoardSpace, a board management system for community associations, announced its integration with Enumerate (formerly TOPS) Software, the largest provider of community association management (CAM) Software. Enumerate provides a...
Getting organized and keeping track of your documents is easy if you have a system and ALWAYS follow it. This system consists of two parts: Document Naming Guide and Tag Library. The document naming guide and Tag Library work together. They are two sides of the same...
Serving as an HOA or condo board director can be a daunting task. The job comes with lots of responsibilities. Managing a homeowner association's affairs often includes making tough financial decisions. Why do some homeowner association boards excel and others...
Are you having trouble managing passwords? It is impossible to keep track of all the passwords needed to survive our digital lives without help? Doesn’t everyone hate all of these complicated passwords? I sure do. The last time I checked, I had 10 pages of passwords....