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The Most Important Document at Your Property Owners Annual Meeting

By Sarah E. Merkle on January 16, 2019
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Remember when I told you “The Secret Tip that Will Transform Your Property Owners Association Annual Meeting?” Today, I’m giving you a tool that will help you put that tip into action.

First, let’s recap. In brief, the secret tip is to add a members forum to the meeting. The members forum allows people to say their piece. It’s a super democratic move on your part to give voice to members of your property owners group who don’t have a spot on the program, but also keep them from droning on for hours and hijacking the meeting. You can add a members forum in five short steps. I’ll let you read them here.

Maybe you read about the members forum and thought, “Awesome.  Hope I can do that someday.”  Well, the goal of today’s post is to help you do that sooner rather than later. The Open Forum Speaker Responsibilities and Sign-In Sheet is a printable resource that you can take to your next meeting. One page states the forum rules, and the other page is a sign-up sheet. If you sign the sheet, you’re agreeing to follow the rules. Plain and simple.    

 

Open Forum Speaker Responsibilities and Sign-In Sheet

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Sarah E. Merkle is a professional and a driven achiever, but a helpful one. Her legal work dovetails neatly with her unique avocation—sharing parliamentary procedure with those who need help navigating the sometimes crazy world of organizational governance and meetings. She’s one of…

Sarah E. Merkle is a professional and a driven achiever, but a helpful one. Her legal work dovetails neatly with her unique avocation—sharing parliamentary procedure with those who need help navigating the sometimes crazy world of organizational governance and meetings. She’s one of only five lawyers in the world to have earned the two highest parliamentarian certifications. For nearly 15 years she has used her expertise to help local, regional, and national clients make decisions that honor the law but efficiently move business forward without disruption. It’s more than taking minutes or understanding the latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order—Sarah demonstrates that parliamentary procedure can be a helpful tool, and as a former educator, she knows how to make the tricky parts understandable.

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