Joe Adams: Law says very little about association board decisions by e-mail
Q: Please advise as to what decisions our association board members can make by e-mail. C.M. (via e-mail)
A: Obviously, e-mail has become a permanent part of our society’s way of communicating with each other.
Unfortunately, the laws for community associations do not react well to technology. The only provisions regarding electronic communications currently found in the community association statutes provide that owners in condominium and homeowners’ associations can waive the right to receive printed/mailed notice of certain association meetings, and instead consent to receive those meeting notices by e-mail. There is no provision in the law for the owner to interact back with the association through electronic media, such as electronic voting.