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Most-Important HOA Meeting Left Off Calendar

The Summit Scoop includes a calendar of events and meetings of the HOA. There is also a calendar on the HOA's website, but it's the ugly stepchild of the HOA and does not contain all the meetings and does contain incorrect information. What is missing on the November 2025 Calendar in the Scoop? Only the most-important meeting of the HOA - the Annual Meeting of Voting Members (AMVM). This is the meeting at which directors are elected. Only Voting Members (and others as allowed by those running the meeting) are allowed. Since only one member of each (local) Neighborhood Committee can vote, only one should attend. If the Voting Member attends, no Alternate from the same neighborhood should attend. If the Voting Member does not attend, one Alternate should attend. (Some neighborhoods don't have any Alternates.  Four neighborhoods don't have any Voting Member or Alternate. Their homeowners are not represented. The Board President is supposed to chair the meeting, and the Boa...
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Why Isn't the HOA Meeting at the Church?

 See this on Page 2 of the November Summit Scoop: Upcoming Board Meetings  All meetings will begin at 6:30pm.  Board meetings are open to all Summit Residents.  November 18, 2025 - North Springs Park Recreation Center  December 2, 2025 - Location TBA  January 6, 2026 - Location TBA Notice those three little letters - TBA? TBA = To Be Arranged What happened to the nice, comfortable, convenient meeting spot at the Brookland Baptist Church Northeast? Somebody messed up - big time!
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November 2025 Summit Scoop Published

"Good for thee; not for me." The November Scoop has been posted online. If you are a homeowner, you may receive an email from the office. If you are a resident but not a homeowner, you may not be informed by email that the Scoop was published. I always read the President's Report first.   What is the nonsense with  "As we move forward solidifying our future and reclaiming our crown as the premier community in the Northeast, I am asking for total cooperation from our residents by complying with our governing documents, ..." One of the things that will solidify the HOA's future is a budget that covers the expenses. Will the 2026 Budget do that? The 2024 and 2025 Budgets did not. What do I mean by "Good for thee; not for me"? Will the Board (members) tell you that the CC&Rs, By-Laws, PRM, and other Guides are for you to obey, but they don't have to? The Board of Directors must lead the way "by complying with  our governing documents...
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Study Your Board Candidates - Linda Potter

Contact your "recognized Voting Member" and ask him/her to elect only directors who are  of the highest caliber,   selected for interpersonal skills, dedicat(ed) to the betterment of our Association and community, and  free of any personal agenda. (Source: HOA Mission Statement, Nominating Committee) OK, let's look at the eight candidates, one by one. Eighth, Linda Potter Linda is a homeowner in the Founders Ridge neighborhood. She was elected to the Board on November 7, 2023. Linda served as Board Treasurer from November 2023 to November 2024.  For the most part, Linda's participation in Board meetings was to present motions for items for which the Board had to authorize spending. As I recall, she played an important role in moving HOA funds from low-interest accounts (0.05% and 0.75%) to market-rate interest, substantially increasing the interest earnings on that money. There were few reports, if any, about the status of the finances of the Association. Linda ...
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Study Your Board Cardidates - Brenda Bryant

Contact your "recognized Voting Member" and ask him/her to elect only directors who are  of the highest caliber,   selected for interpersonal skills, dedicat(ed) to the betterment of our Association and community, and  free of any personal agenda. (Source: HOA Mission Statement, Nominating Committee) OK, let's look at the eight candidates, one by one. Seventh, Brenda Bryant Brenda is a long-time homeowner in The Summit. She was elected to the Board on November 9, 2021 and re-elected to the Board on November 7, 2023. Brenda served as Board Vice-President from November 2023 to November 2024.  Brenda may have served as the presiding officer of the (November) 2024 Annual Meeting of Voting Members. When I arrived at the church for the board meeting, the Voting Members were still meeting, and I saw Danny Trapp hobnobbing with RCSD's Deputy Chief (Uniform Division) Kelvin Ashe. At the time I wondered why Danny wasn't running the Voting Members' meeting. There were ma...
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Should HOA Sue Danny Trapp?

Should The Summit's HOA sue Danny Trapp, its Board President? Why should the HOA sue Danny Trapp? On December 30, 2024 a lawsuit was filed in the name of The Summit Community Association, Inc. against Gus Philpott (me), a resident in The Summit.  It was filed in violation of the CC&Rs (Art. XIII, §10 Litigation ), which prohibit such filing without permission of 75% of the Voting Members; The Voting Members never approved the lawsuit; The Board of Directors never voted to approve filing it; The Board of Directors never authorized Danny Trapp to file it; And since then, the HOA has been paying invoices from Turner Padget for legal fees connected to that case. Approximately $20,-25,000 has been spent so far. That may double, if this case goes to trial in early December. What would the HOA's law firm recommend? Not just "recommend," but  advise  the HOA to do? But wait. Wouldn't the law firm have a conflict-of-interest? It is the one that filed the lawsuit! Shou...
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Where is the November Scoop?

It's November 11th, and no Summit Scoop for November has yet been published. The election of four directors is one week away. Will this issue of the Scoop name the five candidates chosen by the Nominating Committee for election to the Board? Will it name all eight of the eligible applicants and give any reason why three very good applicants were not approved by the Nominating Committee?  Will it identify the newly-constituted Nominating Committee and give any explanation to Members (homeowners) why a very late and major change was made in the composition of the Nominating Committee?  Did the Board approve the current members of the Nominating Committee (Tanisha Holmes (Board VP), chairperson; Carmen Claud, Stan Haines, Mary Beth (Maribeth?) Edwards)? According to recent Minutes of Board Meetings, it did not. The Minutes of the October 7, 2025 Board Meeting state "Nominating Committee formed." There was no mention of appointment of members. There was no mention of any Boa...
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