July Scoop - new Directors and Officers? Maybe not.

The July Summit Scoop has been published. On Page 2 the names of two new directors are listed and the officer positions they are now holding.

The new directors are listed as William Hill and Noel Weatherbee.

The new Secretary is listed as Noel Weatherbee, and the new Treasurer is listed as William Hill.

In view of the serious parliamentary procedural errors made in the July 1st Board Meeting, Hill and Weatherbee may or may be the new directors, If they aren't, then they cannot be the new officers.

They were chosen in what was actually a pre-board workshop, not an Executive Session. Regardless of what that meeting before the Regular Session is called, there should not have been decisions made outside of the Regular Meeting as to who would be appointed and who would be elected.

The appointments of new Directors should have been made in the open, Regular Board Meeting.

The election of the Secretary and of the Treasurer should have been conducted in the open, Regular Board Meeting.

The HOA desperately needs a Parliamentarian! Or it needs a Property Manager with knowledge of parliamentary procedures and enough influence with the board to be respected and accepted.

Because of the parliamentary procedural errors last Tuesday, at this time the Board still has two vacancies and has no Secretary and no Treasurer. It also has a person on the board who was not eligible when she was appointed and who is not eligible today to be on the Board. A third vacancy should be appointed.

Because of the errors on July 1st, Hill should be very cautious about putting his name on the bank signatory cards and taking any financial action in the name of the HOA. 

I haven't heard yet whether there was a Resolution passed at the July 1st Board meeting to name the two directors who are authorized to direct HOA funds. Did anyone hear a Motion for such a Resolution?

For years The Summit's HOA has operated as if it never got legal advice on how to conduct business correctly. Many lawyers are unwilling to offer unsolicited advice; it looks like they are drumming up business. But the Board should recognize its need for advice and the Board should seek it. 

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