in the board room MANAGING YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH CRISIS BY LORI R. STORM, CAMEX, CCAM
As I write this, I have been working
ongoing discussions with attorneys
mostly from home for the past few
and insurance carriers, and try to keep
weeks. My computer is hooked up to
in communication with sometimes
my company’s network, my mobile
scattered members of the community.
phone is connected directly to my desk phone and my craft room is
Now we are looking at yet another type
now my office. Association boards
of emergency and boards once again
have had to navigate what actions
are adapting to and considering what is
they should or should not take as
the association’s responsibility and what
daily news conferences from our
actions they can or should take.
governor bring out new and changing information and as counties have
At this point, associations have mostly
implemented and updated mandatory
opened their clubhouse doors, their pools
and suggested restrictions.
and tennis courts to the members. But with this easing comes the question of what is the
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When drought became a real and
legal and ethical responsibility to members?
semi-permanent reality, boards had to
What will trigger another shut down? Are
adapt to zero-scape planting, artificial
associations under the same requirement
turf and monitoring of restrictions on
for physical distancing, face coverings, and
watering.
sanitizing?
When wildfires threatened or
In the last three years, association boards have had
consumed associations, boards had to
to look way beyond their normal responsibilities.
implement emergency planning, have
Remember those?
Vision Summer 2020 | cacm.org
