Our management posts the minutes of its last board meeting on a website that unit owners can access, but they're often released several months after the meeting took place, and sometimes after the subsequent meeting has already happened. I have made repeated requests to receive them earlier, but both management and the board have ignored me or pointed the finger at the other party. I have not looked at the bylaws, but is there usually something therein about this? If it violates said bylaws, what action can I take to force them to publish minutes in a timely fashion?

—Waiting in Winnetka

“Generally speaking an association is not required to post minutes,” according to attorney Robert B. Kogen, managing principal with the law firm of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit in Buffalo Grove. “Owners that want to see minutes have the ability to make a formal written request to management or the board. Some boards choose to post minutes however do not do so until they are formally approved by the board at the next meeting. Based on this email I would speculate that this is why this association is not posting minutes until after the next meeting. If so in my opinion this is in line with Illinois law.”