How does the HOA Thank Past Board Members?

How does the HOA thank past Board Members?

Or does it?

Dennis Rybicki was appointed to the Board after Paul Hill died in April 2022. Paul had just been re-elected to the board in the previous November (2021), and his two-year term was 2021-2023.

When Dennis was appointed by the Board (Justin Martin, President) to succeed Hill in mid-2022, he should have been appointed to serve the remainder of Hill's term, which was to end in November 2023.

However, Martin told Dennis that he would have to run for election in November 2022. That was likely because there was an undeclared vacancy on the board. George Reynolds had died in April 2021, shortly after having been re-elected in November 2020 to a 2020-2022 term of office. 

Martin and the Board should have filled that vacancy by appointment of a successor, but Martin left that director's seat empty for 18 months.

Dennis did not protest too vigorously, because he wanted to serve on the Board. Dennis did run for election in November 2022, and he won a two-year seat on the board. 

Martin left the board in November 2023, when he was not re-elected. Danny Trapp was elected to the board and became President, and Trapp and Rybicki did not enjoy a cozy relationship.

When the November 2024 election result was announced, Dennis did not win re-election. During no time of the board meeting was he referred to, and Danny did not thank Dennis for his past service.

I cannot think of any excuse for such rudeness, unprofessionalism, and lack of respect. Did any board member privately thank Dennis?

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