Going to the 5/6/25 BOD Meeting?

If you will be going to the May 6th Board of Directors meeting, be sure to keep the April 10th email from the office in mind. Ask who made that decision, if there was no Board vote at the April 1st meeting (which there wasn't).

     "Effective immediately a current Summit ID, is required to attend the board meetings and they will be checked prior to entering. Also, please note that the board meeting is open to Summit HOA Homeowners only. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we try to make our meetings more efficient."

Go by the office and have your Summit ID issued or updated, if necessary.

Will there be a bottleneck at the door into the meeting room? Will Board members be at the door to check your Summit ID and pleasantly greet and welcome you to the meeting? (Yeah, sure they will...) Will there be multiple sign-in sheets or just one, forcing everyone to queue up and wait impatiently for those in line ahead of them to figure out the form and sign it?

If you think that non-homeowner residents (renters, leasees) should be part of the community and able to attend BOD meetings, be sure to inform the board in public at the open meeting. Don't settle for the isolation of expressing yourself only in writing to the office.

The Summit could be a friendly neighborhood, run by a Board that communicates well and clearly with all residents and doesn't hide behind an electronic fence. If you write to the President or a board member, in care of the office, demand to receive a reply from that person, not from an office staff member. Keep your board engaged with the community! Demand transparency.

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