Circle C Neighbors

Bylaws Committee Suppressed

Jul 15, 2003

Bylaws Committee Suppressed

Months ago, the CCHOA BOD put a number of residents to work on updating the antiquated bylaws for the CCHOA. A resident lawyer is included on the committee.

In the June BOD monthly meeting, Donald Abrams told the BOD that the Bylaws Committee was ready to present their work to the members of the association in a Town Hall meeting. The meetings would allow the members to make suggestions, find consensus, finalize and approve the new Bylaws. The new Bylaws include an increase in the number of BOD to seven (7) to nine (9), more consistent with an HOA of our size.

Donald Abrams was told no by the BOD. The BOD President said ''I want to hold off on any Town Hall meeting''. Later, the word was that the President wanted to take a look at the work the committee had done and possibly make some alterations. Our current bylaw rules don't allow an alterations by the BOD. That power is reserved for the residents.
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Section B1 of Art. 1396-2.09. By-Laws.(CHAPTER NINE--NON-PROFIT, COOPERATIVE, RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE - 1. TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ACT)

A. The initial by-laws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors or, if the management of the corporation is vested in its members, by the members. The by-laws may contain
any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.

B. A corporation's board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation's by-laws, or adopt new by-laws, unless:

(1) the articles of incorporation or this Act reserves the power exclusively to the members in
whole or in part;

(2) the management of the corporation is vested in its members; or

(3) the members in amending, repealing, or adopting a particular by-law expressly provide that
the board of directors may not amend or repeal that by-law.
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CCHOA Article VIII. Bylaws. (Articles of Incorporation of CCHOA)''The initial bylaws of the corporation shall be adopted by its Board of Directors. The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or to adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the members, but such power may be delegated by the members to the Board of Directors.''

-By JE


Repost

July 13, 2003
This is a post I found on this message board from Mar 24, 2003, originally posted by ''Increase the board now''. I feel there is merit in revisiting this information since we have almost 3,000 homes and we're still growing.

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Mar 24, 2003
Here's what other HOAs are doing

Increasing the board is a good idea. For everyone's information, here is just a small sample of how other HOAs have their board of directors structured:


Lake Pointe/ 7 board members/ 900 homes/ http://www.lakepointehoa.org/

River Place/ 9 board members/ 1,000 homes/ http://www.riverplacehoa.org/

Travis Country/ 9 board members/ 1,525 homes/ http://www.traviscountry.com

What do these people know that we don't? How could increasing our board now possibly be a bad thing? Let's do it Circle C residents. 9 would be great, but 7 is a good start. Increase our board!

-By Increase the board now

-By JE (jedwards)