JUNE 2023
By Ernie Knobloch
President’s Report FOR JUNE 2023
By the time you read this you should have received your ballot for the Annual Members Meeting that will be held on Saturday, June 17, 2023, in the Community Center from 9 AM – 1PM with the results announced at 4 pm. This meeting DOES NOT include voting for new Board members as that will occur in June 2024. This meeting DOES INCLUDE voting on 4 proposals, which if adopted, will have the following effect. 1) Members not in good standing will no longer be able to vote in the future elections of officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer). 2) The Board will continue to have monthly open meetings and not have to schedule two additional Friday evening meetings. 3) Members in good standing will be able to vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee vote in all future POA elections. 4) Three unbuildable parcels of land will be transferred to the City of DH to help improve drainage.
PROXY VOTING IN THE JUNE 17, 2023, MEETING. IMPORTANT!!!! READ CAREFULLY! Presently the only way a property owner can vote in the upcoming meeting is either in person or by proxy since there’s no voting for Board members during this meeting. This requirement is in our governing documents. If you cannot attend in person to vote, you can vote by proxy. You can give your proxy to any member who is in good standing. To make it easier to use a proxy, you can complete your ballot and check off the name of either Bill Blackwood or Ronnie Lafontaine. Both names are on the ballot and both will vote to approve the four suggested changes. After completing your ballot and checking off either name or listing the name of a member in good standing who will be your proxy, you MUST mail your ballot using the enclosed envelope to the auditing firm supervising the election or deposit your proxy forms in the lock box located in the POA Administration office no later than 4:30 pm on June 16, 2023. Time is required to verify the information on the submitted proxy forms. YOU CANNOT JUST SHOW UP AT THE MEET-
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ING AND SUBMIT PROXY VOTES! The information is also on the POA’s website. Your vote is important so that we can ensure a quorum for the meeting. I suggest that, if you do not plan to attend the voting meeting between 9 am – 1 pm on Saturday, June 17, 2023, you complete your proxy form immediately and mail it to the auditing firm using the self-addressed stamped envelope included in the election packet you received. REMINDER—ONLY MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING CAN VOTE IN THIS ELECTION!! The results of the voting will be published on the POA’s social media sites as soon as possible after conclusion of the voting. Section 7 in the 1970 POA Charter included “…shall vest each member the right to vote in the election of officers…” Section 3.7 of the POA bylaws states that only members in good standing can vote. Because of the wording in Section 7, members not in good standing have been allowed to vote for Officers only. The Board’s position is that members not in good standing should NOT be able to vote and
have an effect on the outcome of any POA elections. To solve this discrepancy, the Board has proposed a motion for the Annual Members Meeting on June 17, 2023, to remove the sentence includ-
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ed in Section 7 in the Charter as noted above. If approved, only members in good stand-
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