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The HOA's April 2026 online Calendar is still completely blank . If there are no meetings of the Board or of any committees, is the HOA out-of-business? Is the Board holding any meetings? Workshops? Special-Called Meetings? Pre-board meeting (April 28)? Did the Activities Committee meet? The Finance Committee? The Modifications Committee? The Covenants Committee? Will the Safety Committee meet? Is a Board Member or Town & Country responsible for maintaining the online Calendar?

Who is liable for the failure of the HOA to post the Minutes of the March 3, 2026 Regular Board of Directors Meeting? post the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors on April 6, 2026? post the Financial Operating Results for  September 2025? October 2025? November 2025? December 2025?  January 2026? February 2026? post the 2026 Approved Budget? post the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Voting Members on November 18, 2025, at which four directors were "elected"? Is the Board President liable? The Board Vice-President? The Board Secretary? The Board Treasurer? Town & Country Management Company? Who can hold the responsible persons/officers liable? The Voting Members!  This is why it is so important to have 28 legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members, not just one .

What's cooking with the cases filed by Vernell Butler and Michele Rattray against four residents of The Summit's HOA, who also happen to be the board members elected on November 18, 2025. Rattray's case (2026CV4010900304) is virtually identical to Butler's case (2025CV4010405381).  The four residents are Brenda Bryant, Thomas (Jeff) Lummel, Linda Potter, and Angelo Turley-Moore. Butler and Rattray filed their cases pro se . This means they did not have their own lawyers file the cases. The four residents, who are listed in the litigations as individuals, are represented by an attorney for the insurance company of the HOA. They have a first-class attorney who will give them a strong and proper defense. The Defendants' attorney filed a motion to move Rattray's case from the Pontiac Magistrate Court to the Blythewood Magistrate Court. The cases will now both be heard in the Blythewood Magistrate Court on May 5, 2026 at 9:00AM. Butler and Rattray, in their separate ...

I am on the e-mail list of the HOAleaders.com organization and regularly receive information that the Board members of The Summit's HOA should be reading. An upcoming webinar on May 14th is titled: " HOA Board Members and Fiduciary Duties: What You Must Know to Fulfill Your Duty to Your Association and Protect Yourself from Personal Liability" I have written numerous posts about fiduciary responsibility and the potential of exposing themselves to personal liability because of how boards of this HOA operate. The May 14th webinar will cover: The legal definition of a fiduciary—and the real-life risks you face if you're found to have breached your fiduciary duties The specific responsibilities you carry because of your fiduciary duties, including: What it means to act in a "representative capacity" Understanding the "business judgment rule" How to meet confidentiality requirements Tips to help you understand potential conflicts of interest and how th...

How can The Summit's HOA and the Board of Directors avoid being sued? It's really simple. Comply with the CC&Rs, By-Laws, and the published Guides, such as the PRM. Act like you really are one of the homeowners. Be friendly and courteous. Be transparent. Stop doing business in secret. Publish reports (Minutes, financial statements, etc.) on time. Stop recognizing "Voting Members" who were not duly-elected by their neighborhoods. Set up a section on the website for Q&A. When a Member or a resident submits a question, post it and answer it. Many others probably have the same questions. Set up a maintenance and/or project log on the website.  How long are those street lights on the Parkway going to be out? How many more weeks will pass before that light pole (by the hole and the traffic cone) on the Parkway between Timber Crest Drive and Autumn Glen Road is finally re-installed? Running a HOA is not rocket-science. But it's not an after-school club, either. ...

Should Members (homeowners) sue the HOA and the Board of Directors? Why would they do that? The current Board and past Boards have allowed homeowners to be recognized as "Voting Members" who have not been duly-elected by their neighborhoods. If a neighborhood doesn't have a duly-elected Voting Member, that neighborhood is not represented in the HOA. More than ninety-six percent (96.9%) of homeowners (Members) are NOT represented by duly-elected Voting Members. Four neighborhoods (20.9% (518/2480) of the HOA) have no Voting Member at all, legitimate or "recognized". The current Board has never staffed the (HOA's) Neighborhood Committee, the Mission of which is to assist neighborhoods in holding Neighborhood Meeting and elected Neighborhood Committees, which then elect their Voting Member. HOA committees have spent months (over the past four years) talking about amending the CC&Rs and the By-Laws. Without duly-elected Voting Members, neither can be amen...