Why BOD Pres. MUST Appoint NC Chair

The Board is presently dancing around the (HOA's) Neighborhood Committee (NC) and failing to take control of it. 

As an example, it tolerates a discussion that the (HOA's) Neighborhood Committee gets to appoint its own chairperson. A few months ago two women assumed the role of co-chairs. Previous Minutes referred to an election of the chairperson by that committee.

The Neighborhood Committee is one of the most-important of the Association. Why?

Because it is the Neighborhood Committee that is supposed to assist each of the 28 Neighborhoods to hold Annual Neighborhood Meetings, elect Neighborhood Committees, and elcct Voting Members who serve for one year.

The Board President should appoint the chairperson, with the approval of the Board. That's the only way to ensure that the Mission of the (HOA's) Neighborhood Committee will be carried out.

That  Committee has been AWOL for a long time. A long time! The last board president did nothing to see that homeowners were properly represented. And the president before him also did nothing. The Committee had a chairperson, in name only. 

What is the result? ELECTION FRAUD

Why? Because the Board lets people vote for Directors every November who are not eligible to vote. Every November, including last November!

The Board has improperly recognized people who "got signatures" as Voting Members. The By-Laws do not allow that.

To the best of my knowledge, there is one (1) legitimate Voting Member in the entire Association. That's the Barony Place Voting Member. Why? Because Barony Place held a Neighborhood Meeting in May 2024 and again in May 2025. With a quorum present! Barony Place complied with the By-Laws.

Rumor has it that other neighborhoods "had meetings", but I've been told that they did not have quorums present. I could tell them how to get a quorum there. The same way Barony Place did. 

If there is any other Neighborhood that held a Neighborhood Meeting with a quorum present, elected a three-Member (local) Neighborhood Committee, which then elected its Voting Member, please tell me.

With only one legitimate Voting Member, the HOA will be unable to hold a legal election next November. It won't be able to approve amendments to the CC&Rs and By-Laws, so the Covenants and ad hoc Committees might as well pause their work. The HOA won't be able to increase the Assessment or vote a Special Assessment, when it runs out of money.

If the current "Voting  Members" are to be members of the (HOA's) Nominating Committee, will all of them get busy without delay and organize Neighborhood Meetings, with quorums present, in their own neighborhoods? And will they help Autumn Run, Indigo Springs, Pineclave, and Waverly Place (almost 20% of the homeowners in the HOA) to do the same?

The HOA should hope that some homeowners don't band together and sue. Ninety-six and 85/100 (96.85% (2,402 homeowners)) of the homeowners are not legitimately represented. Past boards have liked it that way.

Will homeowners wake up?

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