Keeping track of all your documents is hard. It was hard when our records were paper and kept in filing cabinets. It is just as hard now that our documents are digitized and stored in file or board management systems. Using the wrong document management system results...
How to take better minutes: 5 Tips
Minutes have an image problem, and we need to fix it. No one loves their minutes; no one even likes them. Directors need to know how to take better minutes. The hardest position to fill on any volunteer board is the secretary, and then no one ever does anything with...
How to make board meetings fun again
Are your meetings not fun because the meeting minutes are never ready before the next meeting? Directors attend a lot of meetings, usually one meeting every month. Admins and condo or HOA managers attend many more than that. Read on to learn how to make board...
End Minute Madness: Love your Meetings
When I joined my condo board, I absolutely refused to be the secretary because I knew taking the minutes would be a pain. I became the president instead. During my term of office, we had recording secretaries of variable quality ranging from excellent to inadequate....