Email to my Neighborhood
The following email was sent to my neighbors in the Barony Place Neighborhood of the Summit's HOA. This Neighborhood includes both Barony Place I and Barony Place II.
Be sure to attend the regular board meeting on (this) Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 6:30PM, at the Brookland Baptist Church NE, 1203 Summit Parkway.
Remind the board that this is YOUR Association, not their private playground.
Dear Neighbors in Barony Place,
The Summit's HOA Board of Directors decided in a secret, private, Special Board Meeting on or about August 22, 2023, called on short notice, to prohibit homeowners/HOA Members from attending monthly Board meetings.
Do you agree with that?
The HOA is your Association. If you disagree with their decision, please attend the next board meeting on this Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 6:30PM, at Brookland Baptist Church NE, 1203 Summit Pkwy.
Over the past four years I have raised many questions about the Board's non-compliance with the By-Laws. I have urged them to get legal advice. One of my major issues is that there is not a legitimate Board of Directors. This is because there are no legitimate Voting Members. Barony Place Neighborhood (78 homes) itself does not have a legitimate Voting Member, because there have been no Annual Neighborhood Meetings/Elections in more than five years. Some of the issues are:
1) The Board never filled the vacancy created by George Reynolds' death in April 2021;
2) The Board scheduled the election of five directors in Nov. 2021, instead of only four;
3) The Board appointed Dennis Rybicki to succeed Paul Hill after Hill's death in April 2022. However, Rybicki was appointed for only 6 months, not for the 18-month unexpired term of Paul Hill;
4) There is an undeclared vacant seat on the board right now. Rybicki had to resign, when he was elected to his own two-year term in Nov. 2022. Hill's seat is now vacant-by-resignation. A board seat should not be left vacant for a year!
5) For years the HOA's budget showed $100,000+ for "Salaries", when the HOA had no employees;
6) The budget includes $140,000 for On-Site "Maintenance"; this is actually On-site Management (CAMS employees' compensation);
7) The HOA stopped sending Parking Violation Notices to Barony Place II residents only after I proved to the HOA that it had no jurisdiction over the publicly-owned street (Barony Place Circle);
8) The Board has not published the 2022 Annual Audit (2001-2021 Annual Audits are on the website);
9) The Board wanted to charge me up-to-$265 for a copy of the 2022 Annual Audit.
No one on the current Board has been elected by legitimate electors. What we have right here, in The Summit, is Classic Voter Fraud; i.e., the election of people (Directors) by those who are not entitled to vote (people calling themselves "Voting Members" (when they are not)).
It is time for the homeowners (Members of the HOA) to take control of the Board. Show up Tuesday night, Sept. 5, and tell the Board to rescind its August 22, 2023 Resolution. Anticipate being rebuffed at the door. Demand admittance. Insist that the Board comply with the By-Laws. It is your Association.
The Barony Place Neighborhood (Barony Place I and Barony Place II) needs an Annual Neighborhood Meeting and Election in September or October, so that we will have a legitimate Voting Member before the next election of four Directors on November 7, 2023. Watch for the announcement soon of that Meeting.
Any questions? Please read my blog and contact me.
Gus Philpott
Resident, Barony Place II (since January 2018)
847.971.7083
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