Get oriented.
Understand your role, find the right contacts, and see the first operating steps.
Start the new-board-member checklist →Choose your starting point
What brings you here?
Organize the work.
Use an annual calendar, responsibility chart, procedures, and working forms.
Open the operations starter kit →Find the next step.
Choose a common task, browse a subject area, or look up a resource by title.
Find help with a current task →From information to follow-through
A practical system for board operations
Connect the article you need with the procedure, person, form, and deadline that move the work forward.
Starter kit
The compact starting point: annual calendar, responsibility chart, and resource links.
Set up your board’s kit →Operations handbook
Ten working procedures with source labels, completion evidence, and six reusable worksheets.
Use the handbook →Calendar & working forms
Separate planning targets from legal and contract deadlines; record who will act and when.
Plan the year →Help with the work in front of you
Start with the situation.
These paths connect common questions to a practical guide.
We just had an
electionUpdate contacts, representation, and access.We need DBPR account helpSetup, reporting, and
continuity.We received a
claim or demandReporting, records, and response.Who is responsible for this repair?Start with the declaration
and component.Someone is applying to
live hereFollow the connected occupancy process.We are hiring a contractorCheck the license, insurance, and
scope.An owner requested
recordsUse the appropriate response process.We
are unsure whom to contactAssociation, UCO, or WPRF?
The resource collection
Browse the A–Z index →
Browse six board responsibility areas.
Keep a familiar subject structure, with useful starting guides close at hand.
Board Leadership
Roles, education, authority, governing documents, and improvement.
All Board Leadership resources →Meetings & Records
Meetings, elections, official records, communications, websites, and reporting.
All Meetings & Records resources →Finances & Reserves
Budgets, assessments, reserves, financial controls, reporting, and collections.
All Finances & Reserves resources →Property & Safety
Building care, common elements, inspections, alterations, insurance, and emergencies.
All Property & Safety resources →Management & Vendors
Management roles, contracts, service standards, contractor checks, and performance.
All Management & Vendors resources →Owners & Rules
Owner rights, fair housing, sales, rentals, occupancy, enforcement, and disputes.
All Owners & Rules resources →A Board Synergy collection · UCO Explained
Understand UCO.
Understand UCO.
Participate with confidence.
Explore roles, representation, proposals, records, contracts, and constructive opportunities to improve community procedures.
Working with UCO →
Quadrant VPs, contacts, and operational roles.
Decisions & owner voice →
Proposals, delegates, voting, and participation.
Records & accountability →
Evidence, controls, transparency, and continuity.
Independent Board Synergy explanations—not UCO’s official website. Confidence & Cooperation is a separate proposal for voluntary review, not an adopted accreditation program. For official forms and instructions, visit unitedcivic.org.
Learn together
Board Leadership Academy
Eight lessons connecting board responsibilities with practical action.
Build a shared foundation in governance, finances, building care, contracts, and owner concerns. Bring the learning back to a realistic improvement plan.
Explore the Academy →Keep improving your association.
Review management effectiveness, strengthen governing documents, and explore the proposed voluntary accreditation approach.
- Management effectiveness tools
- Updating governing documents
- Voluntary association accreditation
- Ways to contribute
Confirm applicable course approval before treating Academy participation as required statutory education.
Look up a topic.
Use the alphabetical index or search resource titles from the saved index and recent guides.
More guides from the collection
Additional featured resources from the previous homepage remain available here and through the resource directory.
About Board Synergy
Education. Support.
Education. Support.
Practical improvement.
Board Synergy helps Century Village West Palm Beach condominium directors understand their responsibilities, share the work, and cooperate with managers, qualified professionals, UCO, and WPRF.
Each association’s board retains its authority and responsibility. Educational resources support decisions; applicable law, governing documents, current procedures, and contracts control.
What’s in it for your association? →