[SFH][WA] Mad homeowners over Robert's Rules during Board Meetings
We are required to put anything substancial we will vote on in an agenda provided to owners 2 wks before the meeting, then we are required by state law to give owners 15 minutes to comment before we vote, but then we mute the audience and continue with our agenda. Our governing docs even say we have to use Robert's Rules of Order for meetings, which means we don't allow every attendee to comment/argue with us during every vote. We've been doing it this way since I joined the board and insisted we followed Rober's Rules so we could actually get through a meeting in less than 2 hrs and now we are very efficient. Is this normal or are boards out there letting every owner argue everything they vote on outside of the homeowner comment period? During just the last meeting two homeowners were very irate that they were being ignored. One of which has started a smear campaing against current board members on Nextdoor while stating she intends to run next time. Our policy is to not engage with the crazies on social media.