ad hoc Committee - Who is the Fourth Member?

Supposedly, Danny Trapp formed an ad hoc committee to review the proposed changes to the CC&Rs and the By-Laws. But did he, really?

Every committee of the HOA should be formed and approved by the Board of Directors. There is no mention of activity by this ad hoc Committee in any set of Minutes of Board Meetings, and no members have ever been announced. That committee is not listed on the HOA's website or in the Summer Scoop. An ad hoc Committee should have a specific purpose and a limited scope of authority and time. It should get its work done and make a full report to the full Board, in public.

From sources it appears the members of this committee may be Danny Trapp (Board President), Tanisha Holmes, (Board Vice President), Patricia Pollin (not a legitimate, duly-appointed Board member), and one other.

But few seem to really know who the fourth person is. It was suggested to me that it might be Randdi Trapp (Danny's wife), so I emailed her. She had called and emailed me more than two years ago, so I have both her email address and her phone number. I asked if she is the fourth member or knows the name of that person. She has not replied.

If those are the four on this ad hoc Committee, is the committee "stacked"? Will their deliberations be open, fair, transparent, and completely reported to the full Board, to the Voting Members, and to the Members (homeowners)? Not so far. That's for sure.

Why is this committee important? Or is it? 

The Covenants Committee prepared proposed amendments more than two years ago. They were submitted to the Board, when Justin Martin was Board President. When Justin's term on the board ended in November 2024, for some strange reason the changes didn't get forwarded to the new board. The Covenants Committee re-submitted the changes to the new Board - twice. 

There should be non-Board homeowners on that ad hoc committee, because proposed changes will affect all the homeowners. 

The Board of Directors knows, or should know, that it cannot publish a Referendum to amend the CC&Rs and/or By-Laws. There is one key reason.

That reason is the lack of a sufficient number of duly-elected, legitimate Voting Members to approve the changes!

The homeowners are not represented in the Association! Only one neighborhood has a legitimate, duly-elected Voting Member.

The Boards of Directors have tolerated a scheme created years ago to bypass the By-Laws and allow people to "get signatures" to become Voting Members. That scheme is not approved in the By-Laws, and the Directors know it.

If the HOA attempts to amend the CC&Rs and/or the By-Laws before there are enough legitimate Voting Members, the HOA is going to end up in court.

Is that how you want your money spent? Will the Board fight homeowners who just want the Board to comply with the CC&Rs and the By-Laws?

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