“Open” vs “Executive Session” Meetings of an HOA’s Board of Directors

Perhaps because homeowners associations are often viewed and characterized as private governments or quasi-public bodies, most meetings of the board of directors of a homeowners association are required to be open to attendance by the association’s members and state laws typically prohibit association boards from taking action on any item of business outside of a board meeting.

Open Meetings

In most states, members of community associations are entitled to attend meetings of the board of directors, except when the board adjourns to, or meets solely, in executive session under circumstances […]