03-12-2010, 07:46 PM
I strongly endorse JoAnne's suggestion that HPP property owners attend the board meeting next week. The lack of participation has always been sad to me because the the neglect of the County makes the HPPOA a critical community body. The questions posed by JoAnne represent just a few of the issues which concern many in our community.
The piece posted by the HPP Board President on the Association website is not an accurate portrayal of the recent General Membership Meeting. Mr. Rainie makes it appear that all the dissent was stirred up by one individual and a group of supporters. I can tell you all from personal observation and experience that most of the people who gave dissenting views were there out of personal and genuine concern and not part of some anti-aloha clique. Owner Input is an extremely important part of any of our meetings, and Mr. Rainie called for a motion to adjourn while people were still standing in line to speak. Fortunately, he did not get such a motion, nor would it have passed had he gotten it. When I spoke, I described my embarassment at having such an anti-democratic move on the part of the chair instead of speaking on the topic I had originally planned. Mr. Rainie rather disingenuously suggests that I had nothing to complain about since I was giving an opinion as I spoke. He fails to mention that had he gotten the meeting adjourned, neither myself nor anyone else would have been speaking.
I should note that I have publicly praised the Board and HPPOA management for their support of Neighborhood Watch and I was going to praise some of the methods being used by the road crew to save money before I got side-tracked by Mr. Rainie's motion to adjourn. I try to take a balanced approach, but it is hard to support the people in charge when they refuse to respect those who are expressing different opinions.
I could go on for hours about HPP, but I will just say again that people need to get to these meetings, see what is going on, and participate. I don't necessarily care if you agree with me, just participate.
The piece posted by the HPP Board President on the Association website is not an accurate portrayal of the recent General Membership Meeting. Mr. Rainie makes it appear that all the dissent was stirred up by one individual and a group of supporters. I can tell you all from personal observation and experience that most of the people who gave dissenting views were there out of personal and genuine concern and not part of some anti-aloha clique. Owner Input is an extremely important part of any of our meetings, and Mr. Rainie called for a motion to adjourn while people were still standing in line to speak. Fortunately, he did not get such a motion, nor would it have passed had he gotten it. When I spoke, I described my embarassment at having such an anti-democratic move on the part of the chair instead of speaking on the topic I had originally planned. Mr. Rainie rather disingenuously suggests that I had nothing to complain about since I was giving an opinion as I spoke. He fails to mention that had he gotten the meeting adjourned, neither myself nor anyone else would have been speaking.
I should note that I have publicly praised the Board and HPPOA management for their support of Neighborhood Watch and I was going to praise some of the methods being used by the road crew to save money before I got side-tracked by Mr. Rainie's motion to adjourn. I try to take a balanced approach, but it is hard to support the people in charge when they refuse to respect those who are expressing different opinions.
I could go on for hours about HPP, but I will just say again that people need to get to these meetings, see what is going on, and participate. I don't necessarily care if you agree with me, just participate.