Who will be nominated for the BOD?

On Saturday, October 26, the Nominating Committee was to meet and interview applicants for the three positions open on the HOA's Board of Directors. 

Only the members of the Nominating Committee and any interested Voting Members were to be present at that interview session. Current members of the Board should not have been there.

The requirements of a candidate are
  • are quality candidates
  • are of the highest caliber
  • possess [good] interpersonal skills
  • are dedicated to the betterment of the Association
  • are free of any personal agenda
Following that interview session, the members of the Nominating Committee were to meet in closed session and select which candidates (if any) to nominate for election. 

The Nominating Committee does not have to nominate a candidate (applicant). 

The HOA must notify all Voting Members in writing of the scheduled election date (November 12, 2024) at least ten days in advance of November 12. So, they must be informed by November 2, 2024. That's this Saturday.

Will the Nominating Committee inform the Voting Members who is being nominated? Will the Voting Members then survey their respective neighborhoods before deciding for whom to vote? (Four neighborhoods (Autumn Glen, Indigo Springs, Pineclave, Waverly Place) do not even have a Voting Member. That's 487 homes (19.6% of the homeowners) who are not represented!

This will be easy. There may be only one legitimate Voting Member (Barony Place). There might possibly be a second. 

There must be a Quorum of [legitimate] Voting Members at the Annual Meeting of Voting Members on November 12, 2024. A quorum may be 15 (28 x 51%). This will be impossible.

Will the HOA convene an Annual Meeting of Voting Members without the required Quorum, as it has done in past years? Should there be a judicial penalty, if the Board allows that? Could current Board members be jailed for conducting a fraudulent election?

None of the six directors was duly-elected. The HOA does not have a legitimate board of directors, as required of non-profit corporations by South Carolina law. 

Is the current board getting good legal advice on this issue? Are they disregarding it?

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