The Importance of Utilizing Your Resources

Whether you are a community association board member, manager, or trusted legal advisor – your community needs you!

With community association laws constantly changing, the knowledge required of those in this field spans many niche areas. Board members and managers have a fiduciary duty to keep their communities compliant with these ever changing laws, so it’s important to feel confident that your communities are receiving the most up-to-date information.

As we’ve seen in the past few years, new community association laws could mean changes are required to be made to the governing documents (“documents”).  While your community’s trusted legal advisor should inform you when updates to your documents are necessary, it is important for board members and managers to ensure the declaration, bylaws, and rules align with current laws by routinely reviewing the governing documents.

Outside of familiarity with your documents, what else can you do? Where do you start? You already have! Reading this blog post is a great first step to gain knowledge and direction. Below are resources that are easily accessible!

• Start here! OCHH’s website has countless resources. Only have five minutes? Check out our short and digestible blog posts. Have twenty minutes? Check out our library of articles! Are you looking for more in-depth learning about a specific topic? OCHH provides workshops throughout the year (at zero cost to you!) that cover specific topics. Our next virtual workshop, Interpreting CCIOA, is August 14th). Register online!
• Phone a Friend! Networking with other community association professionals can be very useful. Sharing knowledge and resources (and repaying the favor!) can be a huge time-saver and help spark new insights into current laws and practices.
• Join a Team! CAI’s Southern Colorado or Rocky Mountain Chapters (or other local community association involvement) is helpful not only for the networking piece above, but also because it provides formal and informal learning opportunities. Events may be offered online or in-person in various areas across the state. CAI provides classes and educational opportunities to help stay on top of legal changes and compliance requirements.

Have methods or resources that have aided in the success of your community association? We’d love to hear what works for you. Send us an email at info@ochhoalaw.com with your success stories, or to request article, blog, or workshop topics you’d like to see.