TThe Wedgefield Examiner is back from vacation. The rumors and phone calls carrying rumors about who will run for board have been flying. WHEN THE INFORMATION ON THE EXAMINER HAS COME FROM RUMORS WE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE RUMORS.
Obviously, by the calls, residents are concerned about who is going to run for board. Yet, I'm told that the Nominating Committee is having difficulty getting people to agree to run for board. Your board would probably say it is just things like The Wedgefield Examiner that keeps people from running. I'm told by individual board members that no one on the board reads it, so how could that be? Yet, despite those statements, the board treasurer's wife found it necessary to speak about that certain publication, at a board meeting. The Wedgefield Examiner isn't so arrogant that it believes that is the problem.
Since The Wedgefield Examiner works with documents and transcription of board meeting tapes, it would seem unlikely that anyone would be afraid to run, because of what might be printed on this blog. If you, the board, or anyone else believes The Wedgefield Examiner is a problem, I have a few questions for you. Why would any decent, above board, individual be afraid to have their very own words or written documents presented to the membership readers? If a board member, current or potential, believes that they are acting according to our governing documents and in the best interests of the association, voting and making decisions independently using their own brain power, why wouldn't they want to be quoted, or their documents displayed? Aren't, or shouldn't they be proud of their work? Could it be that without deals, good old boys' network deals, that people are afraid of the potential of being harassed, ignored, and laughed at, at the board table, by their own fellow board members? Far fetched? Attend the meetings and listen to the board meeting tapes for yourself.
THE RUMORS:
*The committee is having difficulty finding people to run for board.
*One of the current board members who still has two years left on his/her term, is telling people that she/he will resign after the annual meeting. Why not now, when you as residents would have the opportunity to vote and fill that board seat? If true, it is either one of two scenarios. The first is this individual may just want begging - please don't leave, what would the board do without you? It could also be that members of our very own board are advising this individual to wait until after the annual meeting (an old Concerned Citizen trick), so the board can select one of their own "kind", to fill the seat, taking away your power to vote.
*Two of the current board who will have completed their term, are going to run again.
*A well known Concerned Citizen who has previously sat on the board will run. In this event, one of the current board members, who has to run again to stay on the board, would decide not to run, so she/he could be contracted with by the board, to do work for the association.
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Think about attending the August board meeting. Hopefully, the Nominating Committee will provide a report and you'll know who is going to run for board. As to the rest of the RUMORS you'll just have to let the events roll in. Stay tuned. It will be an interesting few months. It is important. This is where we live and much of our quality of resident community life depends on good governance.
