Just read the latest newsletter. We have only 49 homes, have trouble filling our board positions, yet have a five member board. Since we're using BC Consulting to do much of the board's work, why don't we just reduce the board size to three?

By Keith at 12 South

RE: Why 5 Board Members?

Keith, thanks for the message.

Our community's bylaws stipulate that our organization operates with a five member board, which is to include a President, Secretary, Treasurer, & two Vice-Presidents. One member is designated President Pro Tem (usually one of the VPs).

Typically we have had 5 members on a board at any given time, though, due to circumstances, there have been times when we've fallen below that number (in '04/'05, for example.)

To answer your question, the organzation can function with less than 5 board members, but that's not an idea situation.