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New member here. I have a condo in Massachusetts on Cape Cod that I purchased Oct 2023. My question is regarding a zoom meetings. The yearly meeting is held the weekend of Columbus Day. I understand for an owner that they have never held a Zoom meeting. Not sure how that worked during Covid, but my question is: Do meetings legally have to have a zoom option for those who cannot attend. I will not be able to attend this meeting and will give my proxy to a neighbor in case of a vote, but would not need to do that if there was a zoom option. Is this legal to NOT have Zoom as an option.
Thank you for your time. I'm sure I'll have other questions regarding the running of this association as it seems there is one person who runs the show with a board who backs her ups
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First off, let me say these forums are mainly used by NYC co-op board members and officers. Massachusetts co-op laws, codes, and regulations may be entirely different.
As far as I know, there is no official NYC governmental rule mandating the use of a video conferencing system. In fact it was quite the opposite. Sections in the co-op's bylaws requiring in-person meetings were relaxed by government edict so Zoom could be legally used to conduct official co-op business like the annual shareholder meeting.
You *could* try to modify your co-op's bylaws to require a Zoom option be available for certain meetings, but bylaw modification is a long and arduous process.
Good luck!
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