11-02-2024, 01:09 AM
At HPPOA's annual October Membership meetings, the order of business per the bylaws is that the Nominating Committee is supposed to be formed to handle the owners' annual board elections. Since approx 2019, it has become an occasional board playbook to run the clock out, bc ppl leave = no quroum, so the NC can't be formed. Since it is the order of business at that meeting, one would think the board would put that agenda item in the upper half of the agenda to ensure this business was accomplished. Well, here it happened again. The board is aware that trying to amend bylaws at a membership meeting is a very time consuming. They put the NC formation AFTER this. By the time someone asked for a quorum count, quorum was gone, the meeting had to be adjourned and the president announced that the NC hadn't been formed and that an Adhoc NC would be formed and said something to the effect that at the Feb 2025 membership meeting, the membership could vote for the NC. It rolled off her tongue as if she prepared in case that happened. The NC is supposed to meet in Nov and start working on their duties. Over the recent years, we have had serious issues with the BOD involving themselves in the elections, beyond just approving the allocation of monies for the costs of ballots, and hiring a ballot counting firm. At a recent election, the NC was totally left out of the loop of viewing the applications as is part of their duties. The president and the NC chair were the only ones who got to see them, and the president was a candidate. There have been efforts to bully watchdog lot owners and/or remove them from this committee bc they want to make sure the bylaws are followed and to ensure there is integrity in the elections. Asking questions is not welcomed. HPPOA has had election problems and hopefully people will start to pay attention. The VP's term ends in Jun 2025. The president's term doesn't end until Jun 2026. Both of these directors can run again for 3 yr terms.