08-03-2014, 06:59 AM
"The HPP Board" -- no matter who is on it -- is the longstanding target of verbal abuse.
The HPPOA Board is made up of volunteers, with quite substantial responsibilities, including: 130+ miles of road, 260+ miles of road shoulder, millions of dollars, 6 to 10 employees, an office building, garage, activity center, and 120 acres in six parcels of mostly undeveloped land meant for community services.
At the same time, the actual authority of the HPPOA Board is very limited beyond what happens to the roads. Matters involving crime (illegal dumping, traffic, etc) and general community welfare fall into a void between the Hawaiian Paradise Park Owners Association and Hawaii County.
The most important elements for the HPPOA Board, no matter who may be on it, are membership participation and adherence to the membership-approved bylaws. The best hope HPPOA has is for genuine membership participation and respect for the processes laid out in the bylaws.
That said, I have come to give real consideration to the sentiment articulated in Chunkster's Post on another thread (HPP Owner Meeting), 07/19/2014, 08:44:52 "...I have come to the conclusion that HPP is essentially ungovernable as it is constituted."
(And, I suspect the same applies to most Puna subdivisions).
The challenge of governing HPPOA with volunteer Directors and minimal authority is difficult enough when there is membership participation and respect for the bylaws. When that participation wanes, as it sometimes has, to there not even being a quorum at General Membership Meetings, there are problems. When the Board thoroughly disregards the processes established in the bylaws, those problems are magnified.
It would seem, the majority of the current board has brought HPPOA to the brink of very hazardous legal circumstances because they have disregarded the most basic processes for transparency.
The HPPOA Board is made up of volunteers, with quite substantial responsibilities, including: 130+ miles of road, 260+ miles of road shoulder, millions of dollars, 6 to 10 employees, an office building, garage, activity center, and 120 acres in six parcels of mostly undeveloped land meant for community services.
At the same time, the actual authority of the HPPOA Board is very limited beyond what happens to the roads. Matters involving crime (illegal dumping, traffic, etc) and general community welfare fall into a void between the Hawaiian Paradise Park Owners Association and Hawaii County.
The most important elements for the HPPOA Board, no matter who may be on it, are membership participation and adherence to the membership-approved bylaws. The best hope HPPOA has is for genuine membership participation and respect for the processes laid out in the bylaws.
That said, I have come to give real consideration to the sentiment articulated in Chunkster's Post on another thread (HPP Owner Meeting), 07/19/2014, 08:44:52 "...I have come to the conclusion that HPP is essentially ungovernable as it is constituted."
(And, I suspect the same applies to most Puna subdivisions).
The challenge of governing HPPOA with volunteer Directors and minimal authority is difficult enough when there is membership participation and respect for the bylaws. When that participation wanes, as it sometimes has, to there not even being a quorum at General Membership Meetings, there are problems. When the Board thoroughly disregards the processes established in the bylaws, those problems are magnified.
It would seem, the majority of the current board has brought HPPOA to the brink of very hazardous legal circumstances because they have disregarded the most basic processes for transparency.