My mom became V.P. of her HOA... Turned out to be a real mess...
The Pres and treasurer were in cahoots and didn't like her calling them out, so they 'demoted' her to secretary... That eventually led to their demise, because she then had access to the records... They were skimming money out of the HOA account... (One of them moved out overnight when the majority money disappeared out of the account)...
My mom was able to get an ally to run for the V.P. position and they were able to eventually get things under control and the missing money back... They had to hire a lawyer and couldn't talk about it until it was proven or they could have been sued for deformation... Very sticky situation, but they got through it....