July 1 Board Meeting Summary

There is an excellent summary of the July 1st Board Meeting posted on the new "unofficial" Summit HOA group on Facebook. The group's name is "The Summit Community Neighborhood, NE Columbia".  (Note: There are other Summit HOA groups on Facebook, but they are not "our" Summit HOAs.) 

Sherri Lauver, Voting Member for Chapelwood, wrote the summary and did a fine job. You'll see information in her summary that will never reach the Minutes. For example, she included these:

"Inquiry made regarding why Ms. Bryant (Board member) was not allowed to join the CCR committee, despite requesting two months ago — no response from Chair (Danny)."
and Meeting Accessibility
"Request made to reinstate microphone use for hearing assistance.
Board response: 'They will just speak louder.'"

As to the first, Director Brenda Bryant should have been allowed to join the Covenants Committee. She doesn't need Danny's permission. She should just show up for committee meetings. She is a Board Member, and there is no board member on that committee. The Covenants Committee is one of the most important committees of the Association. Putting Bryant on that Committee might improve the chances that the Board would eventually begin complying fully with the Governing Documents.

As to the second, the response from the board is not attributed. Who answered the request? At many of the monthly board meetings, members of the audience have asked for the microphone to be used. Infrequently, it was. Most often, it was not.

Sometimes it was used for a few minutes and then returned to its resting place on the table right in front of Danny. Rarely, Danny would use it to open the meeting and then put it back down on the table.

I never figured out his aversion to the microphone. As president of the HOA, shouldn't he want everyone in the room to hear everything that is said?

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