DURING THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING
YOUR BOARD TOOK AWAY PRINTING OF OUR
RESIDENT TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES.
WHAT THEY DID NEXT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF
ADDING FUEL TO THEIR FIRE THAT BURNS OUR
"OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS"!
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Does the statement under the picture make you think that this is just drama from The Wedgefield Examiner? Read the report provided below, put it in context with what has been growing under the leadership (????????) of this board for the last six to nine years, and decide for yourself whether it is my drama, or their, not so slow ride to corrupt governance. Here is the report:
During previous board meetings secretary Cline has been asking residents to get their telephone number changes into the office, because they were preparing the draft for the printing of the resident directories. Recently, she reported that they would be ready soon. During the September 2017 board meeting, she reported that there was a glitch. The printing of the telephone directories has always been at no cost to the association, because advertisers bought space in the Wedgefield Directory, that covered the cost. The board didn't sell the advertising, it was handled by the entity that sees to the printing. Prior to the meeting, Cline was notified that there weren't enough advertisers for the directory to cover the cost, and the books couldn't be provided at no cost to the association. She had been quoted a price of $1,500 for 1,000 directories. Wedgefield doesn't need 1000, in fact, about half of that, but 1,000 was the lowest number that printer would print. What to do? What to do? Could they put a directory on the WPA website? No, it was the web, and privacy needed to be considered. A resident sitting near me whispered, have they ever heard of white pages of a regular phone book? Like, where that is distributed including the web? Maybe, since they had the list all prepared, they could keep it in the office, and run copies if someone wanted it, one board member suggested. (Ever try and get a copy of any record from that office?) They take no action of that, and move on, and Garrison asks the member audience of about 18 people, how many of them use the directory? 50-60% raise there hands. In the end, there will just be no directories. Cline suggests that people hold on to their 2016 directories.
Is the fact that we won't have a resident directory so important, or dramatic? No, it is more in a chain of events of 6-9 years, with the board using our assessment dollars, on their own hidden agenda, while ignoring our governing documents. What do I mean? First quickly, at this very same meeting the board approves a motion by McMillin (VOTE HIM OFF THE BOARD) to spend $2,500 on his personal plan for the parking lot outside the office, for convenience of parking his, Johnson, and president Walton's big trucks. Garrison even asks who besides McMillin , who has been pushing this for 5 years needs this? Yet, eight board members were present at the September board meeting, and all vote for approval of the expenditure, except Ebert. There was no thought to residents needs, or Wedgefield's growth. Hmmm "I'm saving you money, volunteering my labor, so I can spend money on what I want for me, McMillin", above sound thought, gets $2,500 for HIMSELF, and $1,500 - much less if anyone offered to research other printed options for 500 copies, get a big "NO", and a snaky move by Garrison later on. Garrison goes back to the resident phone directory issue, and says that the governing documents require that the directory be printed, and he is having first reading to REMOVE this section of the manual.
The match is struck to start the fire. First up, the policy manual.
"Wedgefield Members Directory (Phonebook): Communications committee will be responsible for updating, PRINTING, and distribution of the member's directory by end of June each year."
The burning of our governing documents is about to get a another log,
on this long established burn by this board. The board has broken a by-law, that was added through a vote of the residents at the 2011 annual meeting. Here it is:
"to adopt and add to Section 2 of Article IX of the by-laws the following sentence thereto: A motion to change the policy manual must be presented at an open meeting, posted on the Wedgefield Plantation Association website for resident comments, and NOT voted on until the following Board Meeting."
Members, I needn't have checked but I went to the WPA website, and this change was not on the website. I wasn't surprised, because since the submission to ballot in 2011 by residents, placement on the ballot, and vote to approve by the residents, this board has probably made 50 + changes to the policy manual, without following this by-law. I've written, protested, and have received no answer, or change to their actions. Note how the by-law reads. There was no motion to remove at the September board meeting. Either Garrison, or president Walton, stated at the time that we didn't need a motion for first reading. They obviously, as so many times before, have chosen not to put it on the website, for comments. I forget myself in even mentioning it, because this is small potatoes when they have removed so much from their official website - official recordings of meetings, minutes, financials, postings of agendas for meetings a week prior to the meetings, and didn't feel you would notice, question, or care.
GET THESE BOARD MEMBERS OUT OF THEIR ILLEGAL
BOARD ROOM SEATS
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THREE SEATS THIS YEAR AND BEGIN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
VOTE NO FOR MCMILLIN
VOTE YES FOR:
BUTCH WILLIAMS
CONNIE DOWNS
BILL STEINER
VOTE NO FOR THE BOARD'S BYLAW CHANGE
WEDGEFIELD'S GOVERNANCE IS BEING BLOWN UP
BY THIS BOARD
