I've been the President of our little HOA for 17 years now.
It's a job nobody here wants, but someone needs to collect money and coordinate road maintenance. That's me, and that's all I do with it.
I recently called a meeting (last one was 15 years ago) to elect new officers, as I was running it all myself, and thought it bad not to have another name on the bank account....just in case.
Anyhoo, only two folks showed up for the meeting, out of about 40 or 50 people who own homes here.
I don't make it another layer of government though. If someone has a problem with a neighbor or whatnot, I tell them it's not a community problem. You need to sort it out yourself, or call the Sheriff.
