I am a member of a statutory road association that was formed after a previously-existing non-profit road association folded. The non-profit was unsuccessful because a) such a small proportion of landowners contributed what they were assessed that there were not even enough funds to cover the cost of snow removal, and b) the bylaws of the original association required a quorum, and we could never get a quorum to show up or to vote by absentee ballot; therefore we could do nothing. After struggling this way for several years, the participating members agreed to disband the existing non-profit and form a new Statutory road association. Our new bylaws do not require a quorum, and by sending out letters warning that a notice of claim will be filed with the registry of deeds if payment is not made, we have now gotten all but a few landowners to join in. In five years we have gone from about a dozen payers to about three dozen. We are now in the process of actually filing our first notices of claim against the worst two offenders (who each owe for over three years.) We do send out the agenda thirty days before annual meeting, and we do allow proxy voting. If people don't care to participate, we figure they have agreed to trust those of us who do show up to make the decisions for them. This year we had a barbecue/potluck in the hope of getting more members to come to annual meeting. Twelve people showed up, out of about forty.