May 4th Board Meeting Postponed

At 6:21PM the office sent out an email that tonight's board meeting (scheduled to start at 6:30PM) was canceled "due to unforeseen circumstances".

Seriously?

The board of directors meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30PM. That would have been tonight, May 4, 2021.

What could possibly cause the cancellation of a Zoom board meeting? People don't even have to leave their homes, so there was no traffic or bad weather with which to contend.

Was one member not going to make it? That would leave five; still a quorum. It should leave six, but the board has not yet filled the vacancy left by the death of the Treasurer. Did they really not know until ten minutes before the start of the meeting?

Did the board plan to discuss its decision to post a message on the website after the protests in the Lakes of Barony Place on April 14?

The unforeseen circumstances? Did the power go out at the home of the HOA office manager and she couldn't start the Zoom meeting? Why wasn't there a contingency plan for a simple matter like loss of power? And why not just give the reason in the announcement postponing the meeting? It's called unprofessionalism and lack of accountability. 

Maybe it's time to have some new people running things.

Isn't there a back-up plan? What big non-profit association that hires a management company doesn't have a back-up plan in place? Why did the Board of Directors (let's say, the President of the HOA) not see that a back-up plan was established and ready to implement? Isn't a co-host for a Zoom meeting in place? 

Maybe it's not a big deal for the people on the board, but community members have other meetings to attend, such as on May 11th. That's the date of the next Richland 2 School Board meeting. Many Summit residents have children in Richland 2 schools and might be wanting to attend that meeting. 

And for those who passed up the County Council meeting at 6:00PM, in order to attend the HOA meeting at 6:30PM, you missed both.

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