May President's Report - Part II

Paragraph 3 of the President's Report in the May 2025 Summit Scoop reads:

"For those who are not aware of our history, be patient and do not allow yourselves to be used for someone or some group's personal agenda. There are individuals who do not own a single piece of wood in this community that are creating dissension and division. The old formula - divide and conquer."

Paragraph 4 reads:

"The efforts and decisions made in the best interests of the Summit as a whole are not allowing a select few to control our environment or finances. Pay attention, listen and learn. Creating disruptions only enhances the opposition to change. Thank you for your support."

Ask yourself these questions.

Do Paragraphs 3-4 make any sense at all?

If you are aware of the HOA's history, you will know that this Board of Directors and previous Boards have not complied with the CC&Rs and By-Laws in many significant areas.

Is there "someone" or any group that has a personal agenda that is trying to use you? Who is that person or group? What is their "personal agenda"?

Who is creating "dissension and division"?

What does this incomplete sentence even mean? "The old formula - divide and conquer."

Is the only person who is trying to "divide and conquer" the HOA president himself by eliminating public comments at monthly board meetings? Does prohibiting public comment "divide and conquer"?

Who are the "select few" who are trying to "control our environment or finances"? (Please tell me (Gus Philpott); I'd like to meet them.) Is there even one, much less a "select few"?

At first, I thought Danny might be referring to me. But he surely wouldn't be that unwise, since he is a prominent party in the HOA's lawsuit against me. 

Even he must know that for five years I have been urging the various Boards of Directors to comply with the CC&Rs and the By-Laws and to seek competent legal counsel before making important decisions.

Who is "creating disruptions"? Hint: no one.

The best interests of the Summit, as a whole, were not served by the Board of Directors last October (2024) in a private, closed, secret, pre-board meeting, when they refused to favorably consider a $50 increase in Annual Assessment. That would have raised $124,000 in badly-needed revenues.

That forced the Finance Committee to violate the Budget Preparation Procedures in the Procedures Reference Manual (Art. III, §C, ¶4 (Page 17)) and re-work the Proposed 2025 Budget, reducing it to last year's expected income. They removed any allowance for bad debt (Line 5020) which, in 2024, was $100,000. At least, they did put in a miniscule, totally-inadequate $3,000 for Reserves.

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