Barony Place I/Barony Place II

At the June 3, 2025 Board Meeting, the "Voting Member"* for Whitney Falls, Keisha Shropshire, mentioned renters who are not in compliance and asked who reaches out to the homeowner and, according to the Minutes of the Board Meeting, "how do we know when something is being addressed". The Minutes further state, "The board president stated that when you see a change." If that's all there was, that response was an insult to the "Voting Member". It's how you lose homeowners who are participating in the affairs of the Association. Was a more-complete answer provided at the meeting but omitted from the Minutes? * "Voting Member" is in quotes because Keisha was not elected by the homeowners in Whitney Falls. Keisha moved up from Alternate, when Tanisha Holmes was appointed to the Board in November 2023 and had to resign as "Voting Member". Holmes served the unexpired remaining Board term of Vernell Butler, after he quit abrup...

There is a director appointed to the Board of The Summit's HOA who was not, and is not, eligible to be on the Board. Upon information and belief, when Danny Trapp wanted to appoint Patricia Pollin to fill the vacancy on the Board in November 2023, she was not eligible because she was not a Member of the HOA (homeowner named on the Deed) and she was not the spouse of a Member. She should not have been nominated, and she should not have been elected. But she was. Some board members voted for her because they were not told that she was not eligible. She should either remove herself from the Board or the Board should ask her to step away. If the Board doesn't, the Voting Members should remove her. All of the votes by Pollin, beginning in December 2023, are invalid and should be reviewed. If any motion was approved with her vote as the deciding vote, that decision must be re-visited. There are board members who know she is not a bonafide board member. The President of the Board (Dan...

At the July 1, 2025 the HOA attempted to install two new Directors by appointing them. The procedure failed. William Hill and Noel Weatherbee are not the new Directors, even though they were introduced as such. And they are not the Treasurer or Secretary of the HOA. To protect themselves from personal liability, they should insist that correct parliamentary procedure be followed. Otherwise, they are usurping the office of Director and the offices of Treasurer and Secretary, respectively. The appointments (and therefore, the elections) were done in a private, closed, pre-board meeting that was incorrectly referred to as an "executive session*". The appointments and elections were not conducted in the open, public, monthly Board Meeting on July 1. At the August 5, 2025 Regular Monthly Board meeting the President (Danny Trapp) should call for nominations for appointment of Directors to fill the two vacancies. Then the Board should vote - IN PUBLIC.  After two directors are appoi...

Compliance or Non-Compliance? Where does it start? It starts right at the top - with the officer who is President of the Board of Directors. While this person is just one of seven directors of The Summit's HOA, he has assumed more authority and power than the governing documents give him. And the other six on the board have let him get away with it. The President is supposed to lead the board and develop a cohesive body that will serve the interests of the Members and follow (comply with) the CC&Rs and the By-Laws. This Board, prior to July 1, and previous boards have been divided into Us vs. Them. Disagreement is good; it often stimulates respectful discussion and progress. That doesn't happen on the boards of The Summit's HOA. If you don't agree with the President, you become an outsider. You are tolerated until you can be replaced. For example, the HOA started a lawsuit in December 2024. The CC&Rs (Art. XIII, §10 Litigation) prohibit that, unless the Board fi...

Do you grumble about the HOA? Do you moan and groan about what your HOA is or is not doing? Too busy to go to meetings? Or pay attention? Do you read the financial statements enough to understand them?  Or are you "too busy"? Or just not interested enough? Just want to pay your money and be left along? Recently I came across HRLNG - The HOA Reform Leaders National Group. After inspecting what they do, I quickly connected with them. Check them out on Facebook. Not everyone who lives in a HOA will be active, just like you are not in The Summit's HOA. Some homeowners are involved in the HOA. Seven on the Board (none legitimately*); more on committees. You can be involved by just communicating your observations and your wishes to someone who is involved. For example, to me. I will be working as a volunteer to contact state legislative leaders, including our own State Senator (Overture Walker) and State House Representative (Hamilton Grant), to encourage HOA reform and laws th...

The first line in the Finance Report in the July 1, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes is "Tanisha Holmes reminded everyone that the 2026 dues are going up $50 per year." Oh, really? When did the Board of Directors vote on that ? (Hint: they didn't.) At the June 3rd Board Meeting, according to the Minutes, there was no mention of a dues increase and no vote. In the July 2025 Summit Scoop, on Page 1 in the President's Report, Danny Trapp wrote, "It has been determined that, based on our current expenditure and the future financial pending obligations, it will be necessary to raise our regime fees by $25.00 each six month period, for a total of $50 annually." First of all, does that sentence even make sense? What does "our current expenditure" mean? What does "the future financial  pending obligations" mean? Will regime fees go up $25.00 every six months? Or just in 2026? When was "that" determined? And by whom? Was it done in one of thos...