Under the Declaration of Trust and M.G.L. c. 183A, official administrative duties—like setting up, scheduling, and sending the formal notice for the Annual Meeting—belong exclusively to the Board of Trustees.
However, individual unit owners have specific legal mechanisms to force the meeting if the Board refuses or fails to act.
If the Board is inactive, non-responsive, or trying to avoid holding the October meeting, individual owners can organize a collective effort:
- Gather 33% Beneficial Interest: Under Section 7.8.B, if a group of unit owners representing at least 33% of the total undivided beneficial interest signs a formal written demand, they force the Board's hand.
- Self-Issuing Notice (The Fallback): If the Board ignores that 33% written demand and fails to send out the notice, that coalition of 33%+ unit owners gains the legal authority to issue the formal Notice of Meeting themselves.
As long as that 33% coalition delivers written notice stating the date, time, venue, and election agenda to every unit owner at least 7 days in advance (pursuant to Section 7.9), the meeting becomes legally convened. Any votes passed at that meeting by 51% of the beneficial interest will be fully binding and enforceable.
In plain English: we need 22 owners to sign this petition to ensure the October meeting happens.
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10 Signatures - We Need 12 More
August 7, 2026
Hi everyone - we are up to 10 signatures. This is a great start, but 12 short of the minimum required. I encourage you all to "Reply All" to all the emails you have been copied on regarding the petition and let people know that you signed and why. Once we have 12 more I can notify the Board that we have the amount of signatures to run the meeting on our own if they do not meet their obligation to do so.
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Holding an Annual meeting is a minimal expectation for condo governance. There are material matters that should be presented to unit owners.
Fiscal sanity
For our community to thrive, and to protect our assets, it is the self-interest of our Association to comply with all bylaws and Massachusetts General Law. Every owner deserves transparency, clarity, safety and respect. We all have something invaluable to offer: our gifts and our wisdom. Thank you; hope to see you there and hear your ideas!
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Under the Declaration of Trust and M.G.L. c. 183A, official administrative duties—like setting up, scheduling, and sending the formal notice for the Annual Meeting—belong exclusively to the Board of Trustees.
However, individual unit owners have specific legal mechanisms to force the meeting if the Board refuses or fails to act.
If the Board is inactive, non-responsive, or trying to avoid holding the October meeting, individual owners can organize a collective effort:
- Gather 33% Beneficial Interest: Under Section 7.8.B, if a group of unit owners representing at least 33% of the total undivided beneficial interest signs a formal written demand, they force the Board's hand.
- Self-Issuing Notice (The Fallback): If the Board ignores that 33% written demand and fails to send out the notice, that coalition of 33%+ unit owners gains the legal authority to issue the formal Notice of Meeting themselves.
As long as that 33% coalition delivers written notice stating the date, time, venue, and election agenda to every unit owner at least 7 days in advance (pursuant to Section 7.9), the meeting becomes legally convened. Any votes passed at that meeting by 51% of the beneficial interest will be fully binding and enforceable.
In plain English: we need 22 owners to sign this petition to ensure the October meeting happens.
Updates
10 Signatures - We Need 12 More
August 7, 2026
Hi everyone - we are up to 10 signatures. This is a great start, but 12 short of the minimum required. I encourage you all to "Reply All" to all the emails you have been copied on regarding the petition and let people know that you signed and why. Once we have 12 more I can notify the Board that we have the amount of signatures to run the meeting on our own if they do not meet their obligation to do so.
4 Comments
It is important that our Trust be managed in accordance with our bylaws and all pertinent laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the responsibility of the Owners to ensure that the Trustees always manage our Trust in full compliance. This petition is a positive step in that direction. All Owners are encouraged to sign this petition in order to protect their property as members of the Point of Pines Condominium Trust.
Holding an Annual meeting is a minimal expectation for condo governance. There are material matters that should be presented to unit owners.
Fiscal sanity
For our community to thrive, and to protect our assets, it is the self-interest of our Association to comply with all bylaws and Massachusetts General Law. Every owner deserves transparency, clarity, safety and respect. We all have something invaluable to offer: our gifts and our wisdom. Thank you; hope to see you there and hear your ideas!
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It is important that our Trust be managed in accordance with our bylaws and all pertinent laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the responsibility of the Owners to ensure that the Trustees always manage our Trust in full compliance. This petition is a positive step in that direction. All Owners are encouraged to sign this petition in order to protect their property as members of the Point of Pines Condominium Trust.