Barony Place I/Barony Place II

When the Board of Directors of The Summit's HOA holds a Special Board Meeting and conducts business of the HOA, should it follow all the rules? Should it give Notice of that Special Meeting by email blast to all Members (property owners)? Should it publish an Agenda for that Meeting, stating what so important that it can't wait for the next Regular Board Meeting? Should the Special Meeting be open to Members, just as Regular Board Meetings are? Should Minutes be prepared and published on the HOA's website, just as Minutes of Regular Meetings are? Do Members have the right to know what the Board is doing in those Special-Called Meetings? The answer to each and every one of those questions is "Yes".

The Summit HOA has invested considerable funds in security cameras. From the fancy equipment in the office, you'd think the HOA is running a high-tech security firm. Does anyone even know where all the cameras are and what their functions are? The latest expenditure may be the cameras for Summit Parkway and Summit Ridge Drive. What is their purpose? (That could be explained on a page of the HOA's website, but it's not.) The Summit's HOA has no authority over the public roadways. So why were cameras bought for those roadways? The sheriff's department operates cameras that can read license plates. Their functions may be much wider, reminding us of the question, "How much is Big Brother watching?" The CAT officer (RCSD deputy assigned to the C ommunity A ction T eam) is not the HOA's personal hired cop.  She is a deputy of the county sheriff's department, and she gets her marching orders from RCSD. Why does she have virtual access to the security reco...