[malakhi]

My question: Right now for them to get the group mandatory they have to have 100% approval from all the land owners in this addtion. I am reading the above by- law to mean that they will only need a majority of the interestedland owners, which could mean a majority of the votes cast, not necessairly a majority of the land owners.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV. The way I read this is that they need to get 100% of all the land owners approval in order to then pass 'rules' on a majority basis. I cannot imaging that they can arbitrarily change it so that they can impose membership in a homeowners group on those who do not want to be involved, simply on a majority vote of the neighbors. The 'rules' do not become manditory UNTIL you agree to accept the 'rules' by voting to join the association, or by purchasing a property within an existing homeowners association. I cannot imagine that they can force you to join.

A majority of the total membership interest of the Group, in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Members.

What this means is that the group must have a majority of the members present in order to conduct business.

If you want me to look at the actual paperwork, you could fax or e-mail it to me.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

The problem is one of the guys pushing the mandatory thing told the secratary of the club (she told me) he had found a loop hole that would allow the passage of the mandatory thing without the 100% approval. I'm trying to figure out where the loop hole is so I could maybe stop it with the by-laws of the group. I thought this might be it.

Becky