Hanky-Panky on the BOD

How much hanky-panky is going on with The Summit's HOA Board of Directors?

I mean, aside from the fact that it is not even a legitimate, duly-elected Board.

Earlier this year I was told that the Board had ceased making decisions in private, secret, closed, pre-board meetings. Those are the planning meetings usually held one week before the regular monthly board meetings. There are no Minutes published of pre-board meetings, and there are no announcements of actions that had been taken at pre-board meetings.

That changed in May 2024, when the Board decided to make the Myrtle Pool and the office a gun-free zone, restricting all homeowners from visiting the office while legally armed. That is, for some, a significant restriction of use and enjoyment of Common Property and should have been considered at a public monthly board meeting and publicized. It would probably have required the approval of the Voting Members. All that happened was the posting of a No-Guns sign on the gate. The Board has never announced this severe restriction to the Members (homeowners).

Now, apparently the Board is interfering in the election of directors to be conducted on November 12, 2024. 

With the frenzy of national attention to voter fraud, I guess the Board believes that interference in the election process of HOA directors will be overlooked. It won't be!

A. How many candidates/applicants for the board were interviewed by the Nominating Committee?
B. How many were nominated by the Nominating Committee on October 26, 2024?
C. How many names will be on the ballot for the November 12, 2024?

The answers to B and C should be identical.

Did the Board over-ride the Nominating Committee and add a name that was not recommended? Why would it do that?

Could any Member (homeowner) apply to run for the board and, if not nominated, then just threaten to sue the HOA and end up on the ballot? When did the Board meet to decide to allow that applicant to be on the ballot? Are there Minutes of that meeting or decision?

The fact is that there cannot even be a legitimate election on November 12th. There will not be a quorum of legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members at that meeting. There is only one (1) legitimate Voting Member in the Association. A quorum of 28 is 15. 

Where is the HOA's attorney in all this??? 

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