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Hold your general meeting in Kohabit, in the room, remotely, or both.

A room rented for one evening, a quorum counted by hand, proxies on paper, and minutes written at midnight on the corner of a table. The annual meeting is the heaviest evening of a board's year. It does not have to be.

How it runs

Six steps, from the notice to the minutes.

Notice · Agenda
Building the agenda and sending the meeting notice. Building the agenda and sending the meeting notice.

Send the notice

The agenda is built item by item, the notice goes out to the whole condo with the legal notice period, and the document sent stays archived exactly as it was.

Invitation · What a co-owner can do
Co-owner invitation page: announce attendance, give a proxy, vote early. Co-owner invitation page: announce attendance, give a proxy, vote early.

Everyone answers from their email

The link in the notice opens a page where things get done, with no account and no password: say you are coming, give a proxy, propose an item for the agenda, cast a ballot ahead of time.

Kohabit checks along the way what usually surfaces on the night: it offers only the building's enrolled co-owners as proxy holders, refuses a proxy given to oneself, and reminds you on screen that a ballot cast ahead of time will only count if its author is present or represented.

Kohabit follows up for you

Three reminders go out on their own, and only to those they concern: seven days before to those who have not answered, the day before to the whole condo, an hour before to those who said they were coming. Nobody has to keep the list of who replied.

Room console · Session open
Room console during the session, with the quorum established and the run of show. Room console during the session, with the quorum established and the run of show.

Open the session

You open, and an email goes to the whole condo, including those who never activated their account. Each person marks themselves present from their link, in the room or from home, and the quorum is calculated before your eyes instead of being ticked line by line.

Projected in the room · Current resolution
Screen projected in the room: the current resolution, the applicable majority and the weighted count.

Vote item by item

Each resolution opens, is voted on and closes separately. The room and those following from home vote on the same ballot, board elections included. Votes are weighted by share of ownership, proxies counted with the votes of the person who granted them, and the applicable majority is worked out for you.

End of session · What was recorded
End-of-session screen: what Kohabit recorded, and the deadline to send the minutes. End-of-session screen: what Kohabit recorded, and the deadline to send the minutes.

Close and publish

Once the session is closed, the minutes are already written: agenda, attendance, results of every vote. You read them over, correct them, and send them.

What the law requires

What the Civil Code asks for, and what Kohabit does.

The rules below are the ones the product already applies, written into its code and checked at every meeting.

Notice with a proper delay, quorum established at opening, majorities calculated by type of decision, proxies counted with the votes of the person who granted them, remote participation, minutes sent within the deadline: Kohabit applies these rules at every meeting.

Frequently asked questions

Do co-owners need an account to vote?
No. They receive a personal link by email and vote from that link, with no password and no sign-up. A personal space exists for those who want one, never imposed.
What happens if the quorum is not reached?
Kohabit tells you at opening rather than in the middle of the first vote. You can then adjourn the meeting and call it again: the new meeting covers the same financial year as the one it replaces.
Can you mix the room and remote participation?
Yes, and that is the expected case. The console distinguishes those present in the room, those present remotely and the proxies; the quorum and every vote count all three together.
Are the minutes produced valid?
They are pre-drafted, not signed on your behalf. Kohabit builds them from the actual run of the session; you read them over and correct them before adopting and sending them.
How much does it cost?
It is included in the single price: $2.99 per door per month, capped at $79 a month however many doors you have. No surcharge per meeting, per voter or per module.

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