Hey what's up coach welcome back to my podcast now today I'm going to tell you a story this happened in 2012 and this really opened up my mindset with what's possible and I really hope this helps you hopefully there are certain nuggets in this episode that you can take implement within your own life or business and you know this is something that was a pretty pivotal moment in my mindset when this happened and I'm excited to tell you okay so in 2012 I already had a business and I remember things were we're going pretty good and I got this email from a guy named Beatrice Kulian you may know who he is I've talked about him before but he was like my first I would say my first real mentor and he had this email go out it was about this big summit that they were putting together and it was called fitness business summit they don't have anymore they retired it a couple years ago and he did this thing once a year where like hundreds and I think when I went there was over a thousand people but a lot of people from all over the world that were following this guy came to his fitness business summit and it'd be like three days of learning and there'd be these speakers there that were like at the top of their industry sharing marketing advertising sales stuff that helps personal trainers and this is like for fitness people it wasn't for like people in sports and so everyone there that that was like in attendance had a like bootcamp type of business or fitness business again no one was doing anything sports related at least no one I met was and when I got this email about the summit it talked about all the things that we were gonna learn and all the networking opportunities and all this stuff and I remember getting the email and thinking man I need to get to this thing and it as you probably know I live in Texas this thing was in California and my business at that point I remember is early 2000 I believe actually it was 2011 sorry my business wasn't doing extremely well I didn't have a lot of money to invest into going something like this and it was expensive like I had to pay for the ticket to get into the summit which was not it was not cheap then I had to pay for my flight and I remember staying in like a really bad hotel and I get out there and I try to stay in a hotel that is like right next to the event so I can just walk there and I get there and I remember the first morning it was it was so clear I get there they have like free coffee and muffins and I sit down and back then I was very introverted I still am introverted but I was like so introverted back then like I didn't really want to talk to him I just wanted to go and learn and I remember this guy he he looked younger than me he looked like he was probably like 20 and I was like you know 21 I was like 22 23 at the time and he sat next to me and he started just like talking to me and he was like yeah where are you from what do you do and he was real interested in the stuff that I do and and and one of the questions he goes how much money do you make and I felt very defensive when he asked me that because I was like wow like no one's ever asked me that and I told him and he was like he was like oh that's cool and I was like well I need to ask you how much money you make so then I asked him and he was like yeah I normally do like 20k a month and keep in mind the number that I told him was like significantly lower than that and instead of me feeling like jealous I I looked at him I was like dude that is so awesome like how are you doing that and he spent like the next five minutes just breaking it down he was like well like I had to get really good at sales and he was like I came to this event last year and I learned that and and really now I just focus a lot on marketing and we have other trainers that are fulfilling the sessions and that like short five minute chat like me flying there and me paying for the ticket and me doing all of that like the investment to go there like I could have and I should have paid 10 times the amount just to have this one conversation it was like a one five to ten minute conversation and I could have left that day before the event started with like the action steps that I needed to take in my business because like this and again I didn't approach him he approached me so I remember thinking though when he told me about really the opportunity and it wasn't just the money it was like he he showed me the opportunity that is possible it made me really rethink not what I was doing but it made me rethink really the potential and again this is not about the money when I say this is about the potential of the business and how many more kids could be helped and the possibility of bringing on another coach and and having someone else do the coaching for me and I wasn't thinking about it and that way I was thinking well it's my business so I'm going to do all the training and and and I'm going to do all the sessions and when I was talking to this guy who's younger than me he already had a team of people in place running sessions and he pulled out his phone he's like yeah here's here's the sessions this morning like and he showed me a picture of their lead trainer that took a photo of all of their clients like while he was at this event his business was still working and I remember that week when I left I had to like cancel all my sessions because I was going to this event and I wanted to like go with a clear mind I didn't want to do a bunch of sessions and then go and I was just blown away by this and I was just blown away by this kid I was absolutely blown away about how how he had his things set up and I just had I had never seen that before and again this was like my first event I've gone to so I was like already super pumped up going into the event and I remember it was just hilarious at the very beginning of the event like after we got coffee and and muffins and after I talked to this guy I went into the room and we sat next to each other and the first like presentation was with this guy and his slideshow it was like how to make $50,000 per month and I remember sitting there like when it popped up I was like in my mind I was like there's no way I had it just built in my mind I was like there's no way but it was weird because like 10 minutes before that the guy who told me he's making 20k per month like I believed him but for some reason I was still holding back my beliefs my belief system and my belief system was holding me back when I saw the slideshow like the first five to minutes and I was just like sitting there kind of like with my mouth open and disbelief with what this guy was talking about and the guy next to me was taking notes and I could hear him he'd be he was like oh man that's awesome like and he like would nudge me and be like yeah like you know that you need to do this like like when you get home execute on this thing right here and and again I was just kind of in shock because like I had never been around anyone who had ever made that amount of money like it seemed fake and it seemed like almost like there's no way you could do that and I remember sitting there next to this guy and when we went on the break he had this page just filled with notes of all the things he was going to execute on and and I looked at him and I go hey how like how do you how much do you think that presentation will actually help you because I was like still kind of doubting and he was like well he was like I know if I do these three things like I should be a 30k per month and like 30 days from now and I was like are you serious he's like yeah like I just need to tweak this this and this and and draw new leads and we'll get there and he was like he's like you should be able to get to to like 10k per month pretty quickly if you do this this and this like just like the guy said and again I was still kind of in shock because it was hard for me to believe that that's something like that was possible and and I remember going into the next presentation and I sat by myself and I was just I was like wow this is incredible like why why am I not around these types of people more and then I started to really think like man when I get home I need to completely change my surroundings and back then my surroundings just I'll just be straight up with you my surroundings were not good they were not good at all I hung out with the same people that I hung out with an high school um they wanted to go drink all the time every Friday Saturday every like they went to drink all the time and if and if I had a conversation with them like how I had at these at this conference that I went to they were just being total disbelief the same way I was because that was the environment that I was in like no one ever talked about success no one ever talked about money no one ever talked about potential or possibility until like I put myself in this environment and I remember just being there those next couple of days and I was just soaking in information I was trying to talk to as many people as I could and I really pushed myself outside my comfort zone that week and I realized like I just I need to like be around people who are serious about what they're doing and I remember like pretty quickly after that event I went home I had this like huge notepad filled with all these ideas and I remember just feeling kind of paralyzed because there's so many different things that I could do and one of the things that the that Pedro said he's the keynote speaker at the end he was like look you learned a lot of information this is he's like this is not a place to just you know leave and and look at your notepad and and and have all these great ideas he was like you need to pick one thing and do that one thing and do it very well and I remember it took me like a month to like sift through like what is this one thing I need to do and it was just the thing that was right in front of me it was like how to improve my marketing because like my problem was I didn't have a lot of people that knew about me so I needed to fix that and and again for me it was like literally just going out to the fields talking to people like wearing my shirt talking to people doing it over and over and over and I did that before but I wasn't doing it consistent and I remember like that one little thing it got me in front of so many parents it was it was insane it was insane and then I started to learn sales and I started to learn how to get people more committed and how to really like get parents locked into six and twelve month contracts and commitments like those things happen later and I remember one of the key things that I did when I got back and this this might sound crazy but this this is the truth I looked at my phone and I went through my contact list and I was like I was like man this person I don't need to be around anymore this person I never talked to anyway so let's just delete them block them and I remember like one of the first things that happened when I got back from that trip my friends texted me and they're like hey like let's go out this weekend and tell us about your trip and I was like that's cool like I'll tell them how everything went and I remember we were at dinner and one of the guys was asking about it and I was telling him and he was like he could not believe what I told him and I was like no man like this is for real like this these guys are doing this and I was like I'm going to do this and I remember like he kind of just looked at me like he completely it was like he didn't know me when I said that it's like I was like this alien and I remember when I looked at him when I said that it was like I was dead serious and I could tell he didn't believe it and I remember like it was like maybe a week later I was sitting by myself and and I was journaling and I was thinking about something that Beidro said and Beidros didn't make this up like there's millions of people who've said this before but he was like the five people you hang out with are the ones you're going to be like and and he was like when you go home you have to be very picky with who these five people are because like there's crabs that are going to keep dragging you back and then there's other people who are the small select group of people that you need to be around they're the ones who are going to lift you up and you'll want to lift them up and I remember that was on my notepad and I thought to myself and I was like how is it going to be possible if if I'm looking to like build this thing and be more successful if I hang out with people who don't think that way and I asked myself that question and I was like it's physically impossible because like I'm just going to go back to the same patterns I'm going to go out with them on Fridays like the last questions about what I'm doing but they're not really going to care and it's not that they need to care but it's like the little things the little things that people say that speak over you that gets into your mindset and there were many times before I went on that trip where I would say certain things and my buddies would just like either disagree or just be like dude like just get a job like and it'd be one of these things it just it always crept into my mind and I wanted to make my friends proud and I wanted I wanted to feel good about what I was doing but at the end of the day when I would hang out with them it what it didn't feel that way and I did something I talked about this piece on a previous podcast a long time ago and here's what I did I I called one of those friends and I told him straight up hey like this is what I'm doing and I'm getting rid of my phone here's my new phone number like if we hang out in the future and I sense that you're like I don't know we're not on the same level and and you're trying to cut down and tear apart what I'm trying to do like I'm just not gonna spend time with you man like I'm sorry and and that's that's how it's going to be and I remember him saying he was like that's fine like he's like don't worry about it and I said cool well here's my new phone number if you ever need to reach me this is this is where I'm at and I told the other two guys I just texted them like can't reach me at that at this phone number anymore I'm deleting it if you need my my new phone number go ask the other guy right and you know the funniest thing about this is none of those guys that I spent time with have once reached out to me and I love that you know why it's because I think they knew that I wasn't going to just accept what they believe and I wasn't going to just settle all right there hasn't been one time all right and everybody else that was in my life during that time all right with the exception of my family I haven't talked to you because I looked at across the board all the other people I spent my time with if I talked to them about anything business related it was just it was a terrible conversation it was like it just it went south every time I always felt bad about what I was doing I felt guilty about what I felt guilty about working hard um and once I got that new number it was like I had this new identity and once I had that it was like I wasn't going to be held back by other people and then what I realized is man who are five people that I need to be around and so I cut out the the negative forces and then I started to seek out people that I wanted to be like and that's exactly how it was and I found a business coach in in Texas that I started meeting up with uh I met people uh through him that had businesses so like I got to spend time with people who had businesses and ask them questions and and be around people that I look up to which is very different than people that argue with you when you have an idea argue with you or try to cut you down when you when you are excited about something like it's very very different type of conversation and it's funny because I know if I didn't make those decisions back then I'd still be hanging out with those guys and I would I would I would not be in business anymore like it's there's zero percent chance because I would have just bought into that lifestyle that they had the security that they had and again there's nothing wrong with what they were doing it's just I didn't want to be that way anymore and I didn't want to spend time with people like that anymore so I didn't make those types of decisions right now this is how things come like full circle it's because in 2018 I remember sitting with my business coach and I told her exactly what I just told you and I probably went in a more depth with her because she asked me a lot of questions and she was like well a lot of the coaches that you work with the only time they probably ever talk about their business is when they talk to you and I was like yeah I know like and some of those people I rarely talk to you like you know depending on what level of coaching they're getting and she was like you need to find a way to put these coaches together so we're there around each other and I remember being very kind of resistant not resistant to the idea but I was I was like oh that's just gonna be so hard to put together and this was at the beginning of 20 actually the beginning of 2017 which she told me about this because by then I was already working with a lot of coaches one-on-one with their business and every everything I was doing was one-on-one coaching and I was resistant because I just I didn't know how to put that together and it was funny I went to a conference in 2018 and it was specific about setting up like a mastermind program which is what we have now and I went and I sat and I talked with this guy and and literally in five minutes he showed me on a napkin what I need to do when I get home and how to group people together and the systems and like he showed me everything in a very short amount of time and I was like gosh it's so funny how when I go to these events by having one conversation with one person it's like so worth going to these events it's because like I'm out I'm out of my city I'm out of my comfort zone I'm I'm in a space where I'm around people who are doing this stuff and it's funny I got home I started to implement and later that year we put together our first mastermind program and since then we've had three different masterminds with coaches from all over the world and the the thing we do now which is the accelerator program that's serving coaches from multiple countries and it's great because it's like it should be an environment where where coaches can go and openly talk about their struggles openly talk about their success and rally around each other and see what's possible right and for example one of the guys that's in our program he like a couple days ago he closed like seven thousand dollars worth of sales and for people who haven't done that before who haven't seen that before they know it's possible because they're seeing one of their teammates in our program do it right and that's really my goal now it's to bring people together and have that experience to see what's possible and learn more and that's the whole goal of our coaching program it's to give coaches that experience because if you don't have that right now you're going to be hanging out with people who you sink down to their level and my goal is to to have coaches in our program that are exceptional that raise the standard of coaching that raise the standard of business and that's how everything comes full circle now because I remember just being in that event when I was at Baydress's event and just being like gosh like I cannot believe what's going on here and then leaving and then going through that evolution of cutting out negative people and then seeking out positive people and then you know constantly investing into myself and being around people that I want to be like that's that's been the biggest difference for me because your conversations are very different when you're talking to someone who has done the thing you want to do and they're supporting your idea versus tearing it down and that's why now like I'm recording this in March of 2022 that's why now like I spend very little time with people outside of my business and the people that I do spend time with like and and again this sounds really like picky when I say this but the people that I do spend time with have businesses like and I'm talking about the people that I'll go like eat lunch with or get coffee with or have like a 20 minute zoom call with those people have businesses and I don't get business advice from people who don't have a business anymore and I used to and that was that would mess with me now I don't all right so if you've listened this far that I think the thing that I want you to get out of this is you need to put yourself in an environment where you can see what's possible and this is not like a pitch for my program our program is great it works for those who use it and those who execute and those who are in there asking questions all the time and again this is one of those things where like you become who you hang out with and I learned that early on I did not realize it until I got home from that first trip and this is why on my end like one of the things that I'm going to be pushing myself to do is put together an event like that as well like where coaches can come into Texas and and we can all link up together and network and learn from each other and that's something I plan on doing in the near future for sports trainers only and if you listen to this and you look at your surroundings and you're like gosh like I don't need to be around these people anymore do what I did seriously get a new phone number like getting a new phone number is going to take you 10 minutes and I think you you will see how freed up you are when you do that and that will completely change how you think and what you do in the future all right so do that and then start spending time with people that you want to be like that is the fastest way to grow is by learning and understanding like what is what happens to this guy have or does this girl have like what are they doing different that gets you to ask better questions and again you're going to you're going to be exactly like the people you hang out with which is why you should be incredibly picky life is short like there's no need in my mind there there is no need to hang out with someone who's negative and again you have you have the choice to do whatever you want you're an adult if you're listening to this probably over the age of 21 22 you get to you get to decide who you spend your time with I don't I don't I don't get to choose who you hang out with I don't get to choose who your friends are and I shouldn't that's that's your call for me I'm very very protective with how I spend my time and you probably shouldn't know that by now if you if you've listening to my podcast or watching our videos that's it for today's episode I hope this helps be very careful with who you spend your time with and strive to to spend time with those who you want to be like that you have like real alignment with that's it if you want to chat with me shoot me a text at<PHONE_NUMBER> if you live internationally and you cannot text that number send me an email at build my sports biz at gmail.com


of the boys where we've had a massive moment, a record moment, the record in the boys on the 17 Javelin 64.31 Kishon strong of the Bahamas in 2019. That's what it was because this man Malik Francis of Antigua and Barbuda a silver medalist last year and he is more than upgrading that silver to gold. He's also making it a championship record with that gold medal. Yes, that sent Lucian loved it tremendous tremendous 68.84 meters. He has shattered the Javelin throw record for on the 17 boys came in with a personal best of 61 33. So he has shown tremendous form there as he takes the lead and for sure with that mark, the gold medal


Welcome to Condo Insider for today. I am your host, Portray. And with me, we have Loree McGuire, who is with Porter McGuire-Kiocona from LLP. And so we're gonna be talking today about Hawaii Revised Statute 514B-125 and it's in regards to board meetings. And we're specifically gonna talk about decision-making that is being done via email outside of board meetings because that seems to be a big violation going on right now, it has been. But the statute has been in place since forever. And then it was updated in 2017. So welcome Loree and thank you for being on this segment with me. Thank you. Thank you for having me, it's a pleasure. So 514, number 125, section A or item number A. So it was amended in 2017. So what part was amended and how did it change? Okay, it's actually subsection A and it currently mandates that owners shall be permitted to participate in any deliberation or discussion other than executive sessions pursuant to board participation rules. Now previously, what it stated was that all meetings of the board other than executive session shall be open to all members of the association and members who are not on the board may participate in any deliberation or discussion other than executive sessions unless a majority of a quorum of the board votes otherwise. So prior to the 27 amendment on a per meeting basis the board was allowed to decide the majority of the quorum of the board was allowed to decide whether or not they would permit owners to actually participate in the board discussions and deliberations. So prior to 2017, it was up to the board. Following 2017, it's now mandatory that owners shall be permitted to participate in board discussions. And what they now suggest is that boards construct meeting participation rules and that way they aren't bombarded by all of the owners at one time and owners are allowed to speak typically for two minutes at a time on a per issue basis. Okay, and I also wanted to, because we have projects that are governed under 421J. So how does that affect those people? And board meetings? Okay, well, community associations, homeowner associations are governed by 421J. And under 421J-5, they now have the old rule. So if you look at 514B125A prior to 2017 where it basically was not mandatory and boards could decide or a majority of a quorum of a board could decide on a per meeting basis whether owners could participate, that rule still applies to homeowner associations. So there is no such mandatory rule with homeowner associations, at least not yet. I think in the future, that will likely be amended to mandate participation in homeowners association. Okay, so say for example, the board meeting, they have a board meeting, they finish the board meeting, but there are still some like unfinished topics that they're contemplating, like maybe it's a model repair project. So they still need to find additional information regarding that repair project. And then, so somebody will send out an email and they'll have more discussions about whatever information they discovered. Can they actually do that? And can they actually make a decision to spend, like spend money for that repair project and it's in between board meetings? No, they can't. So, you know, you're talking about this ongoing email communications that's no longer permitted. As you know, and our audience knows previously prior to the 2017 amendment, boards would often have deliberations or discussions via email and they would actually vote on various matters via email and then they would ratify that decision at the next board meeting. You can no longer do that. That being said, it is still happening to this day. I actually had a situation last week where I was talking with one of the board presidents and found out that they had done that very thing and I basically said, no, you know, go back at your next board meeting, you all need to have this discussion again and then vote on it at that time, at that board meeting. So it's a legitimate discussion and decision because if they had made that decision without the owner's participation, it's not a legitimate decision and it could be overturned. That sounds like another can of worms. Yes, potentially. Okay. So what exactly does it mean for condo boards that are subject to either 514B or 421J and also where board meetings are now being conducted via Zoom or another like internet-based platform? Well, for example, if a condo association is going to have a board meeting via Zoom, now what they need to do is when they send out their notice to all of the owners, notifying the owners of the upcoming board meeting, they need to also insert the Zoom link in that notice. So the notice typically will have the notice itself and the agenda and now it needs to include the Zoom link so that all owners have the opportunity to participate. As far as community associations, it's up to the board. It's the board determines on a meeting by meeting basis, whether or not they're gonna allow owners to participate.  I recommend that they develop a policy in advance. Don't wait to the meeting because you can't send out a Zoom link with a notice once you've started the meeting. So that board needs to make a decision in advance of the meeting as to how they're gonna handle it, whether they're gonna allow owners to participate or not. And if they are, then I recommend that the Zoom link be inserted in the notice that goes out to all the homeowners prior to the meeting. Okay, so that kind of creates a question for me because usually the links are long string of characters and letters and numbers and would it be reasonable for the board to make sure that that link is available in an electronic format upon request? Well, I would submit that if they have a website, most boards, most associations that do have a website also put their notices up on that website. True. So absolutely, you would wanna put the link on that notice, but even if it is long, that link needs to go in the notice wherever the notice is posted. So if you've got it on a hard copy piece of paper and let's say you post it in the elevators, then that's where it needs to go. The Zoom link needs to go on the hard copy as well as any electronic copy. Okay, so it needs to include the meeting link, also needs to include the agenda items for that that's gonna be discussed on that meeting date. Correct. Okay. So there's been some questions about the rules, the board rules about participation. So what do you suggest that boards should adopt into their rules? Is there like a length of time or an owner's forum? It's gonna be an open orange forum where they can do a Q and A kind of a thing or what do you recommend? If it's a condominium association, then I recommend that they set a time limit for each owner on a per issue basis. So let's say you've got a board meeting and you've got three substantive issues on your agenda, then you should implement rules that for example, would allow each owner to speak for two minutes. And then once every owner has had an opportunity to speak at least once, then you could allow them to speak another two minutes on that particular issue. And then the discussion stops and the board makes a decision. And then they do the same thing on each subsequent issue. So that's one of the ways you can do it. They can also then make a decision on whether or not to have owner's forum at the beginning or at the end. And that applies whether you're using a Zoom link or whether it's an in-person meeting. So that won't change. What about some condos will do like owners, they call it owner's forum. So would you give them also a time limit? And it is like, I'm talking about stuff that's outside of the agenda. So an owner comes to the meeting because there's one that typically normally doesn't but they have some item to discuss or bring to their attention. Would you do the same rules for an owner's forum when they have certain issues that they want to bring to the attention of the board? Well, technically the owner's forum is not a part of the meeting. Okay. So I don't think so. I don't think you would have rules as to the owner's forum because that's not a part of the meeting. It's just the forum for the owners to have their discussion. And technically, the board isn't even involved in it unless they're doing it on an owner's basis. You know, in other words, they're not operating as a board during the owner's forum. Because outside the meeting, that's why you typically have the owner's forum either at the beginning prior to the meeting or you have it at the end after the meeting. Okay. And that's a good point. So some people have always had it during a board meeting kind of like a Q&A session, I guess, after they've done the main part of their meeting. I've heard some people do that, allow that to happen during a board meeting. Well, I guess you could temporarily adjourn your meeting, go into owner's forum and then come back and resume into your meeting. But technically that owner's forum is not a part of the meeting. Okay. Okay. And then so getting back to the board meeting notices and I kind of want to deviate from it a little bit, the meeting minutes, because there seems to be a confusion on the minutes on how when they do the decision making and people, the board members will vote. So how do they record, do they need to record who voted yes and no? Yes, exactly. They're to record exactly how each member voted. And if that particular board member abstains, they need to record that as well. But yes, that goes in the meeting minutes as to every decision made by that. I heard a comment from somebody because a board member abstained and they were kind of like shot down, kind of like told like, how dare you abstain? I mean, what is the reasoning behind abstaining? Well, it depends on every board member. A lot of times board members just don't want to take part in a particular vote. So they'll abstain, period. So they just say, I take no position kind of thing. Yeah, and that's their right to do. Right, okay. I mean, that's why I thought it. I mean, no, I go, well, if you take no position, yes or no? Well, you know, certain boards, and I understand that they're passionate about whatever the issue is. So they want everybody to take a position. But, you know, it's often because of that passion that certain board members don't want to take a position because they want to steer clear of the phrase, so to speak. Okay. So to kind of recap a little bit on the emails between board meetings. So it means that all communication regarding board meeting matters can only be done during a regularly scheduled board meeting, whether it be in-person or via Zoom or WebEx or whatever platform that they're going to use, especially right now during the pandemic. So owners have the opportunity to participate in the deliberation or the discussion, but other than executive sessions, correct? Correct. You know, there is one exception and that exception has to do with ministerial questions. So for example, the board is trying to decide on when they're going to have the meeting, what time on a particular date and maybe the location of the meeting. That could happen via email, but other than that, any substantive issues must be discussed in an actual board meeting, not via email communication. And that would apply to even personnel issues, right? Well, personnel issues are typically discussed in executive session, right? So yeah, absolutely. Even though owners aren't permitted to participate in executive session, an email is not executive session. Yeah, it's kind of scary to send things via email because that becomes record and like with that case on Maui, that homeowners. So I kind of get a little shy when I send out emails, you know? It's not only that, but certain board members have spouses and they share emails. So a lot of times if you send an email to a board member, that board member's spouse could be reading it. So if you're talking about something that's an executive session and you send out an email, there's no guarantee that only that board member is gonna see that email. So you as a board have a duty of confidentiality in executive session. You're not supposed to be sharing that information with your spouse or anyone else. It's limited to the board members in executive session. Okay. So how do you, you know, because this is still going on and it's been an existence for how long? It was updated in 2017, but it was still in 514B prior to that. So how do we get this word out because it's still being violated today? Some people don't even know about it. Well, you know, I mean, it's really up to board members to spread the word. It's up to owners to spread the word and it's up to property managers to actually enforce it. You know, I mean, unfortunately, it does create more work for property managers because they're the ones that have to post the notices. So if every single decision is being made via a board meeting, you're gonna have more board meetings than you otherwise would, at least potentially, you know, certain boards don't, but you shouldn't be discussing it any decisions that the board's supposed to make in email. So if that means you have to have two board meetings a month or three board meetings a month, then that's what you need to do, unfortunately. You know, notice is 72 hours prior to the meeting or simultaneous with notice to the board, right? So let's say the board has a pressing issue, they need to discuss it. According to 125, you know, the notice can go out as soon as the board is made aware of the need to have a meeting. So once that information goes to the board, they need to get it to the property manager so the property manager can post it simultaneous with notice to the board. They don't need to wait and give out 72 hours notice if it's a pressing situation and they need an answer. What about when it comes to like an emergency type of, like an emergency repair or like maybe they're under, they're doing a repair project and there was an issue that created something that needs to have board discussion. You get out and notice simultaneous with notice to the board. So for example, let's say there isn't an issue, they're in the middle of a spa repair and something has happened, the contractor needs an answer right now. You get on the phone, the board president gets on the phone with the property manager and you send out a notice to all the board members and a notice to all the homeowners that three hours from now, we are going to have a board meeting. So that's legitimate so long as it's simultaneous notice to the board members and the owners. And that's a legitimate board meeting even though there's been only three hours notice. Okay. And I think we're kind of close to hitting our time but do you have any examples of some, I don't wanna say for our stories but where some of this has created havoc and it's come to your office's attention that created a problem? Well, for example, owners are finding out now about this rule and they're, you know, mandating or not mandating, demanding that it be enforced. So for example, if they go to a board meeting now and a board is seeking to ratify a decision, then they're gonna speak up and say, hey, what are you ratifying and why are you still ratifying any decisions? You know, why wasn't this discussion had in front of all of us and you're really exposing yourself to a lawsuit by doing it. And, you know, people don't realize it.  It's hard for people to change. And especially when the change involves something that is used to be convenient and is no longer convenient, right? Email is very convenient but you can't do it anymore. So people are gonna be slow to change from property managers as well because it's a lot more work for them. Now they're the ones that have to get out all the notices for every decision that the board has to make in a board meeting. So it's more work. Well, I'm sorry. The reason for that is because the legislature is very concerned about transparency because every legislative session, they hear from owners who are complaining about the lack of transparency in board meetings. So the legislature, they were done with it and that's why they implemented that rule in 2017 because now they want all discussions to be in the open so everybody, all owners, whether you're on the board or not, can participate in the discussion. Okay, because I noticed now a lot of property managers, they are trying to really collect email addresses for every single owner so that they can actually email especially for the non-owner-occupant owners. They're really trying to keep them on board as far as communication regarding the condo. So I'm hoping that will kind of help with sending out notices. It'll go out via email versus mail. So at least these non-owner-occupant owners can say, well, we never go into it as well. It was sent via email. So hoping that's gonna help that communication. Well, I know myself in my experience, you're now having many more owners participate in board meetings because of the convenience of Zoom. They don't have to go to a meeting. They can, you know, they're in their own home at their own computer and now they've got a voice in their governance. So you're gonna see more and more people participating, I believe, in more and more meetings because of Zoom. Yeah, I think the pandemic created another thing that's gonna probably continue on into the future and it's gonna be our normal way, is doing more Zoom or Webex. But yeah, I kind of really think that created a good thing. Also the pandemic is bad, but it created a good thing for condos. Right, agreed. Yeah. So is there anything that you wanna add? Give me a second. Let me look at my notes here. Let's see. Oh, I did want to make one point and that is if you look at subsection D, you know, I do believe subsection D, 125 subsection D, there is a bit of a conflict between subsection D and subsection A because subsection A says all owners shall be able to participate in any deliberation or discussion. Period, right? Subsection D states that if permitted by the board, any unit owner may participate in a meeting conducted by a means of communication through which all participants may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Well, that conflicts with subsection A because that gives the board the decision on whether or not there's that participation. So in my opinion, there is a current conflict between subsection A and subsection D, but subsection A was recently amended and so subsection A will trump subsection D. And I think at some point, we will have to go to the legislature to amend subsection D to get rid of that language or certainly amended. Isn't that some of the changes that's happening right now at the legislature because of the pandemic and they're making like Zoom meetings more possible? Well, they are, definitely. But you can do Zoom meetings on board meetings. They're talking about for annual meetings. Okay, okay, okay. Distinction. Okay, so did you have any other things that you wanna add, that you wanna, words of advice to our homeowners and condo board members? My main thing is, stop emailing each other to talk about any current issues, period. Wait for the meeting. If you need to have two meetings a month, then do it. You need to have one meeting a week, then do it. If you've got that many decisions that need to be made that you need to discuss, then do it because I think that what will happen in the future is any boards that have made decisions via email and subsequently ratified them may be subsequently challenged by owners and they may be set aside. And in doing so, you can create all kinds of habits because if you've gotta go back and set aside decisions that have been made on certain, let's say projects, maybe that project isn't valid now. You just don't know. And so follow the law. The law is there for a reason. And that would extend to even the employees of the association as well too, right? Like if they're talking about an upcoming repair project that they're working on the specs or whatever, it hasn't started yet, but the employee, the resident manager or general manager, whatever, what if he sends an email communication to the board and saying, hey, this, this and this, would he have to really hold off until actually a board meeting to have that conversation? Well, he could send it to the board, but the board from that point should not be communicating about it other than maybe the board president telling the property manager, please put this on the agenda for the next board meeting. Okay. So he could communicate a status. Like the board meeting is what I discovered and we can further discuss it at the next board meeting. Yes. Yeah. And it's wise, I would say, for the resident manager to keep the board updated, they just should not have an ongoing conversation about whatever that was. And if they find that they need to, and it can't wait, then they need to set a board meeting ASAP. Okay. All right, cool. This was really good. I'm really, thank you, Loree. And what we're gonna do is we're gonna, once we get the links to this, we're gonna email blast it out to all the email addresses that we have. So that we can really, really infiltrate and correct this item that a lot of people are not aware of. And so they are violating the statute. And hopefully we can spread the word out quickly and fast. Well, thank you, Loree. Thanks for having me today. Yeah, thank you so much, Loree. And thank you everybody for joining us today. And we look forward to seeing you again next week Thursday, three o'clock. Thank you. All right, thank you.


Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee, the sixth meeting of 2016. Can I ask you to set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch off, please? Agenda item 1. The first agenda item today is a decision on taking business in private. You are asked to consider your approach to this session's legacy report at agenda item 3 in private. Are we all agreed? Agenda item 2 looks at subordinate legislation, the consideration of two negative instruments, namely one, the gender recognition bracket marriage and civil partnership registration close back at Scotland regulations 2016, SSI 2016 stroke 66 and the gender recognition marriage and civil partnership registration modification, Scotland Order 2016, SSI 2016 stroke 67. Both instruments relate to gender recognition, marriage and civil partnership. Further information can be found in the policy notes. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee determined that it didn't need to draw the instruments to the attention of the Parliament. Members should note that no motions to now have been received in relation to these instruments. Has any members got any comments or any questions they would like to ask? I just wanted to welcome the resolution post. Let us not forget that this committee has very much been involved in the legislation, so I'm very happy to sign them up as well. Is the committee agreed that it doesn't wish to make any recommendations in relation to these instruments? That concludes the public part of today's meeting. As this is likely to be our last meeting before dissolution, I thank everyone for their work this session. I now suspend the meeting for the committee to move into private session.


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research This is people who want to serve on district 3 boards and commissions Who have to come to the library to fill out an application? For serving on a boarding commission and if they do not have this access in their home They can only come to a library or they can go to one of our senior centers If they are senior center if they are senior because that is another thing that we have been investing in as a city to come forward and to put those Access into our senior centers because there is that feeling of what we're talking about isolation of living by themselves without that inner interaction with People but the only interaction they have is on their wire is on their wireless Mobile phone, but they need to have that connection and that education Someone said earlier today. It's about connectivity Affordability and the skill sets and to knowing those skills and I couldn't agree more because that's what we need to do in our In our city and in our community Now I want to talk I wanted to share more details about district 3 Because I think as I mentioned district 3 is the past the present of the future and we are representative of the city so district 3 We have about a hundred and thirty eight thousand residents and the household the median household income for my district is 36,000 $280 that is the median household income and our population consists of 82 percent Hispanic 12 percent white and 4 percent black and 9 percent of residents as of now 9 percent of residents in district 3 have bachelor's degrees and More and 63 percent has a high school degree or less Now district 3 we also I have the great opportunity I'm saying I have the great opportunity To work with four different school districts I have East Central ISD Southside ISD SA ISD and Harland Dell ISD So that's four different school districts four different superintendents four different school boards that work in the community And I also have The opportunity to work with three different congressional representatives Dogget heard in Castro So we have to work I'm not saying anything about gerrymandering, but that's gerrymandering so but that is just talking about the need for creative collaboration and willing to put whatever Ideological issues that you have to the side to work together for solutions to close that gap of that digital To have that digital inclusion for our entire community One of those areas that we're trying to that is a proving ground for the district and you hear us talk about it a lot Because we have a lot of opportunity there is at Brooks and the Brooks campus is very interesting Because it has the high school because it has the medical school because it has high wage earners that live there and Because it is also a former Air Force base that happens to have some great Underground fiber a ducts there that we can tap into and use in that area And we also have the opportunity it is an innovation zone for the city of San Antonio now And because we have so much space there it is going to be one of our proving grounds for whatever new Technology or little things that we want to try for the city that then we can replicate in other parts of the city if it works there We have to be available and for that opportunity and I want to thank you all for being here at this location at this and having this conversation because there are different views there are Issues that come to mind and their creative ways We all think that we know the right way of doing things or not But I think we need to just work creatively and again collaboratively and I have to say too as we're meeting in the In the innovations and technology committee and we're talking about these the FCC rules And what's coming up at the federal level we go to to Washington DC as a community to talk about what these rules mean What that means for our city and what that means for access what that means for our For everything and as I talked about it and As we listen to it and we see the different maps it just comes down to it's a matter of justice for me It's a matter of social justice for me to have this digital inclusion and this cop topic of digital inclusion Kind of paint all of our planning as we move forward in the city as we move forward in the topic of essay tomorrow This has to be a part of our and it is a part of our planning discussion as we move forward with Essay tomorrow. Well, then what are we going to do with who are our providers of of fiber or high-speed internet? Who are the nonprofit partners who are doing things for education and skills who are we have to have Everybody sitting together willing to work to have these conversations of Closing this gap on the digital or to create this digital inclusion Because if we don't then we're short-selling our entire city of San Antonio our workforce our Education and our growth as a city and our ability to recruit businesses To this city if we don't have this all over Equitably divided amongst our city because I I will say I'm tired of seeing maps that look like this as a daughter a native daughter of the south side of San Antonio as one who I'm tired of seeing maps like that. We need to be willing To put that in all of the in the areas that need the most resources Some people talk about you know if we put more money on one side of town It'll it's the what is the term a rising tide lifts all boats Well, not if the boats aren't all the same type of boat Not the boats are all fixed if there are some boats that have holes in them then a rising tide doesn't lift all boats So we need to make sure that everyone is starting at the same Level, but we already know that's not the case So your participation and your work and your continued engagement This is nice to come to a summit and I'm very proud and I know many of y'all are practitioners and engaged But I Welcome you all of you to come to our next innovation and technology committee meeting To come to our next economic and workforce development committee meeting because we're going to be talking about the our inclusive growth strategy, but when we're talking about economic and workforce development inclusive growth that has to be talked Digital inclusion has to be a part of that vernacular as well as we talk about it all so Again, it is it is my joy to be here I thank you for the to the three strong women who are Bringing this together and bringing this forward I look forward because I do have some we do have some great members on the council Who are committed to this who are wanting to see something done and wanting to talk about policy But how inclusion digital inclusion needs to be talked about in this whole conversation of Our budgeting of our policies and what are we going to do even with our essay tomorrow plan?  What is working for our seniors? What's not? So your participation is key And with that I want to thank you for having me I know I'm the only thing between you and your happy happy hour or happy connecting time So again, thank you all so much and I look forward to seeing all of you Further engage with the city and I look forward to hearing what you all have to deliver as we move forward Thank you all very much thing. I forgot to thank some really important people besides other folks But if you are part of the Digital Inclusion Alliance of San Antonio steering committee, can you please stand up so we can recognize you? Also for everybody in the room, these are the people you have to talk to to get involved So make sure you join one of their committees before you leave today or else you don't get any snacks. Also, so That's real if Jordanna and Dianne want to join me on stage too So we can kind of just wave and close out and then send people off because we're a team So it happens when you have a millennial as a triture by the way Thank you all for coming for sticking with us through today We had some of the most incredible panels in the afternoon So I'm glad that that we were all here to discuss these important issues together join the Digital Inclusion Alliance We're gonna we made a lot of progress This this year in one year establishing our our our code of how do what do you call it governance and Bylaws and all of that so we have a wonderful structure right now we're under the library foundation the the San Antonio Public Library Foundation and There's there's more to come. We're gonna be setting the agenda for the year We have opportunities for leadership in the steering committee. We'll have elections soon so please Join us and let's stick together to make real change we're gonna try to pick some key projects that we can focus in on and really show results really bring all the power of of all the pieces that that Councilwoman Viagran just talked about and show the impact that we're having change people's lives and Bring San Antonio, you remember we started with that with that ranking of cities We want San Antonio to be on the right side, right? literally on the side with the highest connectivity In equally higher incomes that that goes with it So let's let's commit to that and None of us could do it alone Certainly we realize that at the Federal Reserve for sure But we can be a resource in the way that we can just like all of your organization all of your organizations bring a piece of the answer and it helps us to to make the the kind of Advancement that it's very bold. We're trying to do something very bold. We're trying to say, you know This is a failure a market failure We're gonna correct this because we can as a community. So let's join together join the Alliance and I'll turn it over to my co-chairs That's it. Let's drink and eat