We have a small building - 12 units. The majority owner is on the Board, two people who live in the same unit and two other members - totaling five members. The first three have been on the Board for over ten years and refuse to give up their seats. The building has many pied-à-terre owners, who vote by proxy and are not effected by the stronghold that the Board has had over the rest of the unit owners. My question is how can we force retirement of some Board Members, or at the very least declare that it is not in the best interest of the building to have two voters on the Board who sleep in the same bed - can they be unbiased? The decisions that the Board makes are usually driven by the interest of the two people who live in the same apartment and have the majority of proxy voters - it's a no win situation and we feel unheard and defeated before we even have the opportunity to voice our opinion. Many decisions, like to put in an expensive surveillance system, are made without a vote of the building, but each unit owner must contribute to this additional expense (without notice). When questioned, the Board goes on the defensive, because it's their right to make these decisions. What to do? We are trapped!!!