{"product_id":"9781452598208","title":"A Manual for Governance of a Home Owner's Association: How Condo Owners Can Empower Themselves, Take Charge of Their HOA, and Protect Their Investment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Manual is valuable because:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt details the development of condominiums.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt educates condominium owners about their civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt reveals how owners could unknowingly be disenfranchising themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt unfolds a road map to a purely democratic system of self-governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt explains the choices that owners have for a personally accountable system of governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt describes the essential difference between “true democracy “and “pure democracy.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt includes a brief commentary on a parallel universe, namely the American system of representative democracy and the monumental problems which need to be addressed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt informs the members of their association regarding the importance of Robert’s Rules of Order as an inclusion in their Bylaws.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt allows the voice of the minority to be heard and requires that the decision of the majority be acknowledged; contrarily, it allows the silence of the members to be the equivalent of consent without a vote. It requires that the chairperson of a meeting of an association conduct a meeting in an orderly manner and insist that the voters be mutually respectful with the liberal use of a gavel. It declares that the chairperson must remain impartial at all times by not expressing an opinion on a motion thereby compromising a  vote.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124443070704,"sku":"9781452598208","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452598208_p0.jpg?v=1763844764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452598208","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}