Almost time to appoint Nominating Committee

In November 2020 Auby Dellinger, Vernell Butler, and George Reynolds were elected to two-year terms. George died in April 2021. The board never declared his seat vacant and never appointed a successor to serve out George's unexpired term-of-office. George's seat is still vacant.

The By-Laws (Art. III, A, Section 5) state that the Nominating Committee is to be appointed annually. It is not a Standing Committee. Except that's not how this board operates.

"The Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors not less than thirty (30) days prior to each annual meeting of the Voting Members to serve a term of one (1) year or until their successors are appointed, and such appointment shall be announced at each such annual meeting."

So when is the annual meeting of the Voting Members?

The By-Laws were changed in about 1995 and now provide for the Annual Meeting of the Voting Members to "... occur at least thirty (30) but not more than sixty (60) days before the close of the Association’s fiscal year, on a date and at a time set by the Board of Directors." The HOA's fiscal year is the Calendar Year, ending on December 31.

So the Voting Members' Annual Meeting must be between (approximately) November 1 - December 1. 

Thus, the Nominating Committee should be appointed by the Board before October 1. This means, in effect, at the September 6, 2022 board meeting.

The Nominating Committee would do well to present some fresh faces to the Voting Members for the November 2022 election. They should carefully examine how Vernell has conducted himself in office and decide whether to nominate him for re-election. 

Vernell has asserted himself strongly and is not always correct. His most egregious conduct was trying to keep me from entering the July 12th board meeting and asking a deputy to escort me out of the meeting. The deputy refused to do so.

Vernell's monthly Treasurer reports ("everything is fine") are shallow and uninformative. Failure to obtain reasonable, safe rates-of-return on $1,000,000 in savings is costing the HOA money every month. 

The 2022 Budget contains a category of Salaries for an amount of $230, 570. But the HOA has NO employees. How does Vernell explain that?

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