[quote=no_such_reality][quote=Happs]I think you hit the nail on the head regarding resistant to change. They are cliquish but I am still perplexed why they are reluctant to put an item on the agenda and vote it down 5-0 if they don’t like them? It’s not like many people even attend the Board meetings.[/quote]

Because you’re a PITA and once they put yours on, then you submit another. Then other people with submit others and then you have a whole bunch of people trying to backseat drive the budget.

Basic cable is provided by the HOA. Board members probably are getting ‘courtesy’ upgrade packages. Removing the cable with have the board dealing with the other 500 tenants minus 1 about why they now get a bigger cable bill.[/quote]

I actually think vendor contracts are supposed to be done in executive. I think whether or not to provide a service to the membership is an open meeting thing but generally vendor contracts (eg: cable, plumbing, landscaping) are specifically mentioned as something that can be done secretly.