George Reynolds' term - still vacant

Long-time HOA Treasurer George Reynolds died in April 2021.

Why did the HOA's Board of Directors never declare his position of Director vacant? Why did the Board of Directors never appoint a successor to George, to serve the remainder of his unexpired term-of-office to November 2022.

What the board did do was set up the Voting Members to elect five directors in November 2021, apparently under the mistaken belief that it was replacing George. The VMs should have elected only four. That's what the By-Laws say.

I explained their error leading up to the 2021 election and urged the president and the board to seek a legal opinion. Obviously, it did not.

Three Directors will be elected in November 2022. George's seat is one of the three.

The board is about to create a new problem, because Dennis Rybicki (who was appointed to success Paul Hill) has been told by Justin Martin that he must run for election.

Dennis should not resign before he is elected in November 2022 by the Voting Members.

If Dennis is elected, then he will have to resign as Paul Hill's successor. And the result will be that Paul Hill's seat (2021-2023) becomes vacant again. The board will then have to appoint someone to succeed Dennis (who succeeded Paul) and serve the unexpired term-of-office to November 2023.

If Dennis is not elected in November, then he is still a legal board member, having been appointed to succeed Paul Hill. The By-Laws provide that the successor serves the remainder of the unexpired term. The HOA president can't arbitrarily change that, although he is trying.

The board hasn't learned yet that you cannot fix one mistake by making another.

Why won't the board get legal advice?

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