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2/17/2024 22 Comments

Do all Homeowners have the same opportunity to serve on HOA committees?

The HOA is now accepting applications for committee positions. The three committees that have the greatest financial impact are, the Financial Advisory Committee (FAC), Architecture Committee (AC) and the Golf Operations Committee (GOC).

A number of committee members get “Rubber Stamped” each year for their current committee. Those members are listed below:

FAC- Raymond Cej – 5 years+
FAC- Harold Cipin – 4 years+
FAC- Christopher Hebb – 6 years+

AC – Don Milligan- 3 years
AC- Lynn Cipin- 6 years+

GOC- Fred Elliott- 6 years+
GOC- Bill Bender- 3 years
GOC- Ron Fairburn- 6 years+
GOC- John Wong- 3 years

The following questions arise:

What is the actual process of selecting committee members?
What criteria is being used to determine the qualifications for each committee?
Do all the board members see the each application and work on committee selection?
Are existing committee members given preference over new committee applicants?
Are qualified applicants being passed over?
Do our committees represent the diversity of all homeowners?

The Blog welcomes your comments

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2/1/2024 19 Comments

The Ballot Amendment

By now all homeowners should have received your annual ballot in the mail. Homeowners are being asked by the HOA Board to vote in favor of an amendment to allow the Board to enter into contracts up to 5 years under “certain conditions” (currently contracts are limited to 1 year).

How can homeowners vote for this amendment without knowing the following:

What are the “certain conditions” that will allow the HOA board to enter into multi-year contracts?
Does the “certain conditions” include obtaining 3 bids (required by our bylaws )?
Will current “no-bid” contracts (Management Trust and O’Connell) become multi-year contracts?

Should the Board remove the amendment from the Election Packet until there is a better understanding of this proposal?

The Blog would like to know your thoughts.

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