Barony Place I/Barony Place II

On May 30, 2024 the HOA office emailed homeowners (and at least one resident) the following message: The Safety Committee chair volunteer position is currently open and needs to be filled as soon as possible. If you or you know of someone that is interested, please contact the Summit Association office at 803-865-0609 or email  trigon@camsmgt.com  or  keyonaw@camsmgt.com  .  I responded that I would be interested, if residents will be considered. After I sent it, I realized I didn't need to ask the qualifying question. The board allows a CAMS employee to chair the Newsletter Committee, and surely a resident is a step above that. Then I read the Mission of the Safety Committee again. Here it is, from the HOA website: Mission: (The Safety Committee) Is responsible for identifying unsafe conditions that exist in the amenity areas and reporting these findings to the Association Board of Directors along with recommendations for rectifying the problems. For years the ...

Watch this interview with Sheriff Lott, when he talks about the shooting earlier this week at the pool at the Villages of Lakeshore. Two arrests have already been made. Sheriff Lott stresses the importance of the partnership between the community, parents, schools, churches, etc. In the first video shown in the press conference, you can hear automatic fire; yes, true automatic fire.  The sheriff showed a "Glock switch", an illegally-manufactured replacement part for a Glock pistol that allows the pistol to be fired on "automatic"; i.e., one trigger pull fires many bullets until the trigger is released or the magazine is empty. Treshawn Keller, 17, has already been arrested and is being charged as an Adult. Deputies caught him after he ran from the area. They caught him with a stolen pistol. More arrests are expected. Why did the Villages of Lakeshore allow large numbers of non-residents to gather at its pool? We here at The Summit must be on the alert for gathering...

The Summit's HOA has only one (1) legitimate Voting Member. It is supposed to have 28. On May 4, 2024 the Barony Place Neighborhood held a Neighborhood Meeting, elected three homeowners to the Neighborhood Committee, which chose Tracy Manderino as the Voting Member for the next 12 months. The HOA cannot conduct an Annual Meeting of Voting Members in November 2024 to elect directors, unless a quorum (15) of the 28 Neighborhoods has a legitimate Voting Member to attend and vote. The count right now is: 1 legitimate Voting Member 14 more Neighborhoods need to hold annual meetings, elect Neighborhood Committees, and select their Voting Members. Every Neighborhood should have a Voting Member. Not only is it required in the By-Laws, a Neighborhood has NO representation before the Board of Directors, if it doesn't have a Voting Member. Even 15 legitimate Voting Members might not be enough to approve any amendments to the CC&Rs or By-Laws, because 75% (1860/2480) of the Members hav...

Do not allow this sign at Summit HOA amenities and office. On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at about 8:00PM, shots were fired at a community pool about five miles west of the Summit, according to WISTV.com https://www.wistv.com/2024/05/29/4-people-shot-1-teen-arrested-columbia-neighborhood/ An 18-year-old was arrested, and four were injured. WIS-TV reported about 20 shots were fired. At a recent Summit HOA board meeting, board member and then-chair of the Safety Committee Dennis Rybicki introduced signing of all amenities in the HOA (and the office) as gun-free zones. I wrote to him then and again today that I oppose designating Common Properties as gun-free zones. Residents must have the right to defend themselves (and others), should the need arise. Be at the June 11th board meeting to express your opinion, in case that idea hits the light of day again. NOTE: this is a date-change from normal first-Tuesday board meetings. I don't want pools, tennis courts and walking trails to become wa...

From the HOA office on 5/28/2024 at 10:51AM: "The office phones and internet are currently not working. The service provider has been contacted and will be out today between 2:00 and 3:00pm.   "We apologize for this inconvenience and hope to have the issue resolved as soon as possible." Q. 1 If the internet is out, how did the office send this message out to the HOA distribution list (about 1800 of the 2480 homes)? Q. 2 What happened? The last time the phones were out, the bill hadn't been paid. Remember that fiasco? At the May board meeting there was a discussion about late fees on some bills. Some bills were being mailed to a CAMS address in North Carolina, not to the HOA office at 305 Ridge Trail Drive.  What rocket scientist ever allowed that??? The previous CAMS property manager? The previous HOA Treasurer? CAMS is paying the late fees, but it is paying them directly to the biller, rather than merely reimbursing the HOA. Opinions on that method, anyone?

Are you still wondering what happened at the May meeting of the HOA's board of directors? As of today (5/25/2024) the Minutes of the May 7th board meeting still have not been posted on the HOA's website. The Minutes could have been transcribed and prepared on May 8th and sent around to Board members for corrections, then published for all the Members on May 15th. If this new board really cared about transparency, they might start operating more on behalf of 2,480 Members of the HOA. The office also has not updated the list of Voting Members to reflect the new Neighborhood Committee for Barony Place and its Voting Member. Do you think the HOA should re-name the Newsletter Committee as the Communications Committee and appoint a homeowner to chair it, rather than a CAMS office employee? If you do, drop a comment below AND email HOA@summithomeowners.com

Rumor has it that another director of the Summit's HOA is about to quit. This one hasn't been a director very long. Why would a director quit? Is it the chaos on the board? Is it worry about personal liability of being on a board that is not duly-elected? Is it the lack of progress by the board is solving crucial problems of the HOA related to finances, board integrity, and accountability? Is it the failure of the board to comply with its own By-Laws? Two directors quit in November, after the 2023 election. One had just been re-elected to a 2023-2025 term-of-office, and the other was in the middle of his 2022-2024 term. Two appointed directors are serving those terms. A director quit in February 2023, after having been elected to the board in November 2022 to a 2022-2024 term.  A person is a Director until s/he submits a written resignation letter. Is it effective immediately or after acceptance by the board? Then the Board appoints a successor to serve the remainder of the une...