Open Letter to HOA's "Voting Members"

Do you claim to be a "Voting Member" of The Summit's HOA?

Is your name listed in The Summit Scoop? Is your name listed on the HOA's website under Voting Members?

Are you a legitimate Voting Member? How did you become a Voting Member?

Did you "get signatures"? The office provides a form for you to use. The on-site property manager told a Chapelwood resident at the September 10th board meeting to pick up such a form.

Did you assume the role of Voting Member when the previous Voting Member moved or retired or died or just quit?

Have you been the Voting Member for years and just kept doing it?

Were you elected 25 years ago and your Neighborhood just never had another Neighborhood Meeting?

Or did your Neighborhood, within the past year,  hold a Neighborhood Meeting and, after ascertaining that a quorum was present (1/3 of the homes being represented in-person or by proxy), elect three homeowners to the Neighborhood Committee, and then did that Committee elect one of the three to be Neighborhood Representative/Voting Member?

If you weren't elected by the Neighborhood Committee within the past year, how worried are you about the legality of representing the neighborhood, since you didn't become a Voting Member in compliance with the By-Laws?

If one of your neighbors sued the HOA, would you get caught up in the lawsuit, because you had claimed to represent the Neighborhood?

Are you worried about participating in a fraudulent election at the Annual Meeting of Voting Members in November?

Could you get snared in an investigation into such a fraudulent election, because the Directors and Officers, who were not duly-elected, dealt with banks, made contracts, terminated one law firm and retained a different law firm, received over $1-1¼ Million in Assessments, and controlled over $1 Million in cash?

Would it prudent for you to get a legal opinion from your own lawyer about any liability you might have? 

Should you rely on any opinion from the HOA's attorney about your own liability? That attorney represents the HOA, not you.

Barony Place got busy and held a Neighborhood Meeting on May 4, 2024. I believe that Barony Place has the only legitimate Voting Member in the entire HOA.

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