Neighborhood Committee - what is it?

There are between 25-30 Neighborhoods in The Summit Community Association - the HOA. Barony Place I and Barony Place II comprise the "Barony Place" Neighborhood, which contains 78 homes. (The Lakes at Barony Place are not part of Barony Place; they have their own neighborhood.)

You the homeowner do not elect the directors of the homeowners association. Did you know that? Read down to see how directors are elected.

The CC&Rs and the By-Laws provide that the directors of the Association are elected by Voting Members. Who are the Voting Members?

Each year, every year, each Neighborhood is supposed to have a Neighborhood Meeting. The Board of Directors has been very lax in enforcing this  Do you know when the last Neighborhood Meeting of Barony Place was? I was told that, in Barony Place, decisions are made at card nights and monthly luncheons. And that, if residents don't show up, it's because they don't care.

At the annual meeting of the homeowners a three-member Neighborhood Committee is to be elected each year. The Voting Members and two Alternates are designated from that Committee according to a selection plan specified in the By-Laws.

Then it is the Voting Member who represents the interests of all the homeowners in the Neighborhood (Barony Place), when it's time to vote; for example, for three or four directors at the Annual Meeting of the Board. Voting Members also have other important responsibilities and duties, as outlined in the By-Laws.

Where in the By-Laws? Art. V, Section 3. The By-Laws can be found under Documents in the homeowners' section of the Summit website. www.summithomeowners.com

The Summit has approximately 2,400 homes. With, say, 27 Neighborhoods, this means that 27 people elected the directors. Or, looking at a majority, only 14 Voting Members can elect new board members on behalf of 2,400 homeowners. 

If one board member controls 14 Voting Members, guess what happens???

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