Barony Place I/Barony Place II

Homeowners, do you know who represents you in the HOA? It is not the Board of Directors. The Voting Member of your neighborhood is your legal representative, according to the Governing Documents of the HOA. For Barony Place (I and II), this is Tracy Manderino. Too many of the 28 neighborhoods are not represented, at all. The September 2026 Summit Scoop names the Voting Members of only ten (10) neighborhoods. This means that 18 neighborhoods have no representation. This is an injustice that has existed for many years. It was not until earlier this year that the current board began an effort to increase the number of legitimate Voting Member above one (Barony Place), about which I have been complaining for 4-5 years. If you live in one of the 10 neighborhoods with a Voting Member, urge your representative to correct this situation. The Board wants to take power away from the Voting Members. Do not allow this. The Board wants to change the Governing Documents. Do not allow this. The Votin...

Who ran last night's Board Meeting? Brenda Bryant, the legitimate Board President? Or Noel Weatherbee, the wannabe Board President? Did the Board explain what happened at last week's pre-board meeting ("workshop")? Did the Board explain that it is not supposed to take any actions (votes) at pre-board meetings?  Did the Board announce which four directors voted to oust Brenda? See Page 1 in the September 2026 Summit Scoop. Did the Board announce the name of the CPA who was retained to conduct the 2025 Annual Audit (which was due on 8/31/26)? Has one been retained? Why hasn't the Board ever commented on the cause of the $445,000 drop in Cash & Cash Equivalents in 2025, when Danny Trapp was Board President and William Hill was Treasurer? Why isn't anyone demanding an answer? Why hasn't the Board ever announced the total cost of suing Gus Philpott (me) in Circuit Court? The lawsuit was prohibited by the CC&Rs, because the Voting Members never approved ...

You are seeing Flock cameras all over Richland County, including in The Summit. Read this about use of Flock cameras in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This was posted on Facebook. Authenticity has not been verified. If this story is true, someone should call Sheriff Lott and ask him the same question about a heat map. "A police chief in Oshkosh, Wisconsin caught Flock lying to his city council, and killed the $8 billion surveillance company's contract less than a day after the council had approved it. Here's how it happened. The night before, Oshkosh's council was set to renew its deal with Flock Safety, the license plate camera company backed by a16z and Tiger Global. One council member asked the Flock rep a plain yes-or-no question. Does this system build a heat map of everywhere a specific car travels over time? Flock's rep said no. The council believed him and voted 5 to 2 to renew. By the next morning, Chief Dean Smith's own officers had told him that answer was fals...

The HOA will be unable to hold an election of three directors in November, if there aren't enough Voting Members to make a quorum. Since the Board has failed in its responsibility to populate a Neighborhood Committee (of the HOA) and charge them with carrying out its Mission to assist every neighborhood to elect a local Neighborhood Committee, including a Voting Member, the legitimate Voting Members should get busy right now and work with the neighborhoods that do not have a Voting Member and two Alternates. The Governing Documents require an election.  Past Boards have done an abysmal job of running the Association in compliance with the By-Laws and the CC&Rs. The financial condition of the HOA is prime proof. A professional Management Company is supposed to guide the Board.  Time is running out.

According to sources, Brenda Bryant was removed as President of the HOA last week. The Board made a decision at its pre-board meeting (workshop) to replace her with Noel Weatherbee. The Board is not supposed to make decisions at workshops. Decisions should be made only at Regular Board Meetings or Special Board Meetings. Earlier this year the same group of what I will refer to as "dissident" Directors removed Jeff Lummel as Vice President and replaced him with Noel. Apparently, she thinks she is now the President. Who is Noel Weatherbee? I sent an email to all Board Members on February, 26, 2026. Less than an hour later, I received the following response from Noel.  " I did not give permission for you to have my email address. You are hereby put on notice with this email that you are not welcome to have any further contact with me. This includes personal contact, telephone contact, mail contact, electronic contact (including but not limited to email, text messages, or so...

The next scheduled Board Meeting will be Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Every Member (homeowner) should print the attachment from last Monday's email blast from the office. Take it to the Board Meeting and demand answers. Is the HOA solvent? Has the 2025 Annual Audit been ordered? (It was due 8/31/2026.) Who is the CPA selected to conduct that Audit? When will it be delivered? Has a Reserve Study been started? What happened to $445,000 (unexplained drop in Cash & Cash Equivalents) in 2025? How many legitimate Voting Members are there? Will there be enough legitimate Voting Members to convene the Annual Meeting of Voting Members and elect three directors to replace those whose terms expire in November?w Who is on the Nominating Committee? Is the Board planning a substantial increase in Annual Assessment or a Special Assessment? (There aren't enough legitimate Voting Members to approve either.) Please forward this post to everyone you know in The Summit. Use the SHARE button a...