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Board Fails to Acknowledge or Respond

At the May 7th monthly board meeting a report was distributed about Violation Letters send to HOA homeowners. On May 11th I emailed all members of the board. Not one board member replied or even acknowledged my message. Are all residents and homeowners being treated this way? A reply from a board member is requested.  Please reply within seven days. Did you look carefully at the Violation Report for 4/1-30/2024 that was distributed at the May 7, 2024 board meeting?  Was that activity an income-generator for CAMS? How much did it cost the HOA for Teresa to handle 395 complaints (including 73 parking violations), take pictures, send letters, record responses? How many hours were spent on complaints? Does the HOA pay a per-letter cost for CAMS to mail out Violation Letters? A while back I was told the per-letter cost was $15.00. At the  April  board meeting Teresa acknowledged that she sends parking violation letters to homeowners, in front of whose houses a vehicle is parked. Here are th
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Update the Website

When will the HOA update the website at www.summithomeowners.com ? The photo in the banner on the homepage has been there for years ! The Neighborhood News section is stale and contains some erroneous information. The Surveys section is dead in the water. The RCSD Crime Report in the Public Service Announcements is more than two years old (March 2022) and is incomplete. It was a nine-page report, but the five odd-numbered pages are missing. I reported those pages missing at the time. There are no Upcoming Events. The Sponsors section is blank. The Upcoming Events button contains no information. Message Boards are unused. Recent News contains the current issue and past issues of The Summer Scoops. The Ask A Question button previously linked to a webform for sending a question to the HOA office. That's been broken for months. And that's just what's wrong on the Homepage! Communications with Members and residents is not a priority for the Board of Directors!
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Read about this Arizona HOA

This headline is on WISTV.com Homeowners upset at HOA for spending more than $167K in legal fees No, it's not about the Summit's HOA. The story is about a HOA in Gilbert, Ariz. Click on the headline to read the story. But it has points that should concern homeowners in The Summit.  The Summit's HOA should be more forthcoming about legal fees for its attempts to collect unpaid dues and also about its hope to change law firms. The current Board of Directors does not have authority to make any decisions, because the directors were not duly-elected. I believe it cannot terminate the current law firm OR retain the services of a different law firm. The HOA needs legal advice how to come into compliance with the By-Laws. For many years voter fraud occurred in the November elections of directors. That's because there were no (or too few) eligible Voting Members to cast votes for directors. Nobody cared. The officers of the HOA didn't care. The Nominating Committee didn'
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Can the Board change law firms?

At the May 7, 2024 monthly board meeting there was discussion of the board's intention to replace the current law firm with the Columbia law firm of Turner Padget. Can the HOA's directors or officers do this? If they are officially in office, they can. The problem is that no director on the board was legitimately elected. And the two who were appointed, were appointed by directors who were not legitimately elected. Past elections by Voting Members have been fraudulent elections. There was not a quorum of legitimate Voting Members present. Most, if not all, at the November 2023 Annual Meeting of Voting Members were not eligible to attend or vote! Upon information and belief, none of the 28 Neighborhoods in the HOA have been holding Annual Neighborhood Meetings, elections of Neighborhood Committees, or selecting their Voting Member from that Committee. Hence, no one was eligible to vote for directors. The November 2023 meeting should have been continued from November 7 until a qu
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Restore the HOA's Neighborhood Committee

Should the HOA restore the Neighborhood Committee?  This Committee is a committee of the HOA and is distinct from the Neighborhood Committee of each of the 28 Neighborhoods in the HOA. The Neighborhood Committee  (of the HOA)   was abolished shortly after the November 2023 election. The Neighborhood Committee is a vital Committee of the HOA. According to the Procedures Reference Manual (Art. II, Section B. 8)), it is a standing committee. Because of this designation in the PRM, the President of the HOA probably cannot unilaterally abolish it. "This Committee is responsible for helping each Community in the Summit to locate  and elect  a local neighborhood committee that will represent their community at SCA Board meetings and there by [ sic ] allow their Voting member ( elected by  the local neighborhood committee) to vote on vital issues that affect the Summit and their local neighborhood. The Neighborhood Committee will assist and advise local neighborhoods with problems that th
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Magnolia Pool - out-of-service May 15-16

This message was emailed to homeowners today from the HOA office. " The Magnolia Pool unfortunately will be closed today and tomorrow, May 15th and May 16th. There are issues with the key fobs not working and a technician will be out tomorrow at some point to make the necessary repair.  "Keep in mind that Myrtle Pool is open and located at 305 Ridge Trail Drive.   "Thank you for your patience and understanding.  " The HOA spent over $40,000 on a gate-lock system, and they thought they'd be able to avoid hiring pool monitors for $40,000/year. Turns out that pool monitors will still be needed. Why wasn't this problem identified before the pool season began???
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HOA Directors and Their Terms

The Board of Directors of the HOA consists of seven (7) Directors. They serve two-year terms. In November 2023 four directors were elected. Linda Potter and Danny Trapp were elected, and Brenda Bryant and Greg Thomas were re-elected. They joined the three directors who were elected in November 2022: Vernell Butler, Tanisha Holmes, and Dennis Rybicki. Soon after, Greg Thomas resigned from the board, and Vernell Butler resigned after he was not re-elected as Treasurer. The board appointed Patricia Pollin to succeed Greg Thomas and Tommy Williams to succeed Vernell Butler. Current board members and their terms of office are: Term-of-office, 2022-2024: Tanisha Holmes Dennis Rybicki Tommy Williams Term-of-office, 2023-2025: Brenda Bryant Patricia Pollin Linda Potter Danny Trapp Current officers are: President, Danny Trapp Vice-President, Brenda Bryant Secretary, Tanisha Holmes Treasurer, Linda Potter Officers are elected by the Directors and serve one-year terms. Officers are elected in Nov
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