Some are still Collecting Signatures

Some people are still "collecting signatures" to become a "Voting Member". Why are they doing that?

They apparently think they are becoming official Voting Members, but they aren't. The By-Laws provide the one and only way of becoming a legitimate Voting Member; "getting signatures" is not it.

With the same effort, they could collect Proxies and then hold a Neighborhood Meeting.

I guess one reason they think that is allowed is because the Board of Directors tolerates and promotes it. The members of the Board know better. Or they should know better. Aren't they obligated to comply with the By-Laws?

Why doesn't the President of the Board, Danny Trapp, make it clear to the chair of the (HOA's) Neighborhood Committee that his job is to follow the Mission of the Committee and help the 28 Neighborhoods to elect (ELECT) a Voting Member.

A few meetings ago, that chair even put forward his idea of electronic voting for Voting Members. And maybe lengthening their term to two years, not one.

That would require a change in the By-Laws and there aren't enough legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members to do that. 

Should the members of the Board of Directors follow the By-Laws, whether anyone is looking or not? Of course, they should. But they don't, because only 2-3-4 people, out of 2,480, are watching and caring. 

How does this get fixed? Either the Board itself can fix it, or the homeowners (Members of the Assn.) should sue the Association, the Board, and the members of the board, as Directors and individually.

The Plaintiffs (homeowners) should ask that Association funds not be used to defend those who have failed to uphold their fiduciary duties.

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