At some point or another, associations have meetings that fall shy of a quorum. Generally, this leaves the association unable to conduct business. How to fix this issue can vary from association to association.

“Don’t ask for whom the bell tolls,” an essay by John Donne cautions. “It tolls for thee.” For condominium associations, the statutory bells signaling deadlines for filing construction defect suits are going to start tolling a lot sooner now, thanks to a recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).