08-24-2016, 03:51 AM
My2, I haven't been to membership meeting in a while so I can't confirm the "40 members" number. But just to be clear, 40 votes doesn't equal 40 members - members who own more then one lot get more than one vote, so association priorities can be swayed by just a handful of owners. As to the question about notification, I can't answer that. But I will point out that when proxy voting was first implemented, the only members informed about proxy voting were those recruited by Board members (many of them who are still on the "official" Board) who were looking to oust other Board members. And finally, to the poster who recommended that members attend Board meetings to express their opinions, note that the Orchidland website states members are only allowed to make comments at the end of a meeting (after business has been conducted). The Board has also been known to go into "Executive Session" to discuss and vote in private.