Why the HOA has NO Legitimate Directors

I am often asked why I keep harping away that The Summit's HOA has NO legitimate directors.

Here is the current line-up of homeowners who are pretending to be directors and their terms-of-office:

Danny Trapp (2023-2025)
Tanisha Holmes, VP (2024-2026)
Noel Weatherbee, Secretary (2024-2026)
William Hill, Treasurer (2024-2026)
Patricia Pollin (2023-2025)
Brenda Bryant (2023-2025)
Linda Potter (2023-2025)

To be legitimate, they must be duly-elected or duly-appointed in compliance with the By-Laws.

Trapp, Bryant, and Potter were "elected" by the Voting Members in November 2023. However, 2023 Annual Meeting of Voting Members was not properly convened, because there was not a quorum of legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members present.  Trapp, Bryant, and Potter were "elected" by homeowners who were not eligible to vote for directors. I have referred to that as "voter fraud".

Danny Trapp was one of the "Voting Members" who attended the 2023 Annual Meeting of Voting Members. What is the date of the most-recent Hunters Pond Neighborhood Meeting prior to the November 7, 2023 Board Meeting? Was he a legitimate, duly-elected Voting Member on that date?

Pollin was appointed in November 2023. She was not eligible to be appointed, because she was not a Member of the HOA and was not the spouse of a Member. Some on the Board were not informed that Pollin was ineligible before they voted to appoint her.

Holmes was "elected" by the "Voting Members "on November 12, 2024. However, the 2024 Annual Meeting of Voting Members was not properly convened, because there was not a quorum of legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members present. Holmes was "elected" by homeowners who were not eligible to vote for directors. This was another instance of "voter fraud".

Weatherbee and Hill were purportedly appointed to the Board during what was described as an "executive session". It was not. Actions (decisions, appointments, elections) are not to be taken in Executive Session, only in open meetings. Their appointments and (s)election as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, were just announced during the open Board Meeting on July 1st.

The Board of Directors has three vacancies and four illegitimate members. 

State law requires a South Carolina non-profit corporation to have a (legitimate) President, Secretary, and Treasurer and to have a (legitimate) Board of Directors. The Summit's HOA does not.

Should the HOA's attorney attend a monthly Regular Board Meeting and explain to the Board in public that they are violating the CC&Rs, By-Laws, and State law?

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