April 2009

  • Dumb Things Boards Do to Mess Up Their Lives
  • Making Ends Meet: Fiduciary Duty on a Limited Budget
  • Trees
  • How to Improve Your Meeting Minutes

May 2009

  • Assigning Responsibility for Maintenance and Repair
  • What Happens if an Association Fails?
  • Myths of Chairmans

June 2009

  • Installing Satellite Dishes
  • When Absolute Is Not: Does a director have an absolute right to inspect records?
  • Financial Reports: The Need, the Problem and the Solution
  • Self Help
  • CMs Working With CMs
  • The Disappearing Developer

July 2009

  • Roofing Technologies for the Green Era
  • Understanding Board Decisions and Judicial Deference
  • A Difficult Cult
  • Raise My Maintenance Fees, Please!
  • Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones But Words Can Spark a Lawsuit

August 2009

  • To Foreclose or Not to Foreclose
  • My Small Claims Court Experience
  • Statutes of Limitations on Claims
  • What’s Important in Painting?

September 2009

  • Legal Obligations and Potential Liabilities of Association Directors – Part 1
  • How to Read Your Reserve Study
  • Upgrading to Energy Efficient Windows
  • Mandatory or Voluntary Reserve Funding?

October 2009

  • Why Won’t They Serve?
  • Reserve Projects – Now or Later?
  • Obligations and Liabilities of Directors: Part II
  • Yes, Association Banks Are Lending!

November 2009

  • When Your CC&Rs Hate You
  • Fraud Warnings for California Homeowners
  • Effective Board Meetings
  • Who Is a Member in “Good Standing?”