Email Issues in the HOA: Directors Should Not be Conducting HOA Business by Email or Texting

Electronic communications through texting and email have become normal and accepted methods of communicating in our everyday lives. As such, it is only natural that those who are responsible for the management of homeowners associations frequently communicate with each other via text and email. While normal electronic exchanges between association board members is acceptable and facilitates operations, absent an emergency situation that requires an immediate decision, the conducting of HOA business that necessitates discussion and voting via texting and/or emailing between directors is prohibited by most states and association governing documents.