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PLEASE NOTE: Member residents if you have a comment, or concern - agree or not, you are welcome to write the blog at: wedgefieldexaminerthe@yahoo.com As always, I will remove your name - any identifying information, and publish it.
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Readers, while I received a letter on January 5th from board member Anderson, I didn't receive answers to the two questions I sent to the board on December 22nd. Instead, I received insults. One of my questions was quite simple. "What was the total number of members who voted at the 2016 annual meeting?" The stats provided on the back pages of the blog indicate that readers are going back to a article published on November 10, 2016 titled "Are You, Or Your Friends Wasting An Opportunity To Make A Difference In Wedgefield? Please Exercise Your Right As A Member And Vote." I suspect that readers are verifying for themselves why that number is so important to me, and maybe should be to you. The content of the article explains one very basic reason why knowing it is important.
There is a second reason, not noted in that article. The annual meeting cannot be held unless there is a verified quorum. From the bylaws: "Section 4: Quorum: Except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of persons having one-third (1/3) of the total eligible (members in good standing) and authorized votes shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the owners."
As you reread the article provided below, you'll note that I'm able to provide the number of the total number of people who voted at the 2015 annual meeting - 214. That's because as always, prior to this year, the board announced the number during the annual meeting, and published it on their website, along with how many votes candidates received. The total number of people who voted was not announced at the 2016 annual meeting, was not provided in president Walton's election results report during the WPA December board meeting, and is not published in the report on the WPA website. I'm not attempting to say that the board didn't have a quorum at the annual meeting. The number is important, and should be provided. Why, except to irritate, and cast aspersions, is the board ignoring, and insulting the questioner?
Go back to the blog - January 5th article and read Anderson's letter to me. It is insulting. Why?
HERE IS THE NOVEMBER 10TH ARTICLE:
Do you realize that only 214 of the 577 members of Wedgefield Plantation Association voted in the last election? That means that approximately 363 members failed to select the board that will determine assessments, use of our funds, and ultimately the direction Wedgefield will take over the next year! Do you realize that your current board has been working on a plan to use that very apathy, to go to court, and change our covenants, and restrictions?
Right now, it takes a 100% affirmative vote by the residents to change the covenants and restrictions. As of last year, your board is gathering the stats to prove to a court that because of your failure to participate - vote at all, that they can and should lower that number. This board wants the opportunity to change our covenants and restrictions - the very documents that we bought into when we bought our properties!
This board has caused enough damage, often illegally, and lowered the appearance, and the standard in Wedgefield to such a degree that some of the board acknowledge it, and don't care, because you let them. At a recent board meeting, board member McMillin, stated that "due to the fact that people were unable to sell their homes, and they were renting them, we were getting a lower standard of people here". We can't sell our homes because this board has made decisions that have allowed our community to decay, and potential buyers are refusing to even tour homes that they made appointments to tour, because of how bad Wedgefield looks as they are driving to the address!
