Your board has gone silent on too many important areas of information, as they govern! What do I mean? Our minutes are sanitized, they provide very little critical information, and in the last several months, now that there is no one at the board table to question, and bring information forward through questioning, there is a lot of no reporting, or vague and limited reporting, and what could appear as omission of information, with intention.
Go back and read the previous article on this blog, "A Review of the Correspondence File Begs The Questions, Who Has To Write The Board To Be Served and Heard? Who Is Telling The Truth From The Board Table?" The information provided from the official, approved minutes, regarding DeMarchi's drainage work, magnifies what I just stated. In March 2015, he states, what probably should be done. In April 2015, there is no report. In May 2015, the minutes refer you to the April Report (?????), when the minutes state there wasn't one! At the June meeting, DeMarchi appears to be on his merry drainage project way, talking about less than three bidders, on a small part, because he is going to piece meal, the project, and talk about $400 work, rather than the entire scope of work he discussed in March. They wear you out, drag it out, and quite frankly appear to count on you not following anything! He claims at some points over the months, that he got phone calls about drainage, after rains. We also had the claims of complaints, regarding speed, to justify the whole speed bump initiatives, by both DeMarchi, and McMillin. Some of this miscreant behavior, caused me to write and ask the board, the following, What is the proper procedure to bring concerns to the board?" Do all residents have the right to call board members at home? Community Liaison, Anderson, answered, stating, "All questions, concerns, complaints, etc. are supposed to be in writing and delivered to the office either in person, by mail, or email." How did we get speed bump proposals, and drainage complaints, when there was nothing in the correspondence files?????
If nothing else, whatever you may think, I follow the rules. I wrote the board. Community Liaison, Anderson, partially answered. I have both respect, and lack of respect for Anderson. He answers respectfully in his writings, in the aspect that he answers partially, and is not abusive, something some on the board don't do. I disrespect, his vagueness, and his lack of follow up, to see if other board members have responded, after his referral, and if they haven't (much the case), to report it from the board table. Same goes to you President Walton, as you are copied on everything. Twice, in his partial answer to me, Anderson uses the phrase, "to my knowledge." Probably means, didn't ask, didn't seek information, because they (In this case - McMillin, and DeMarchi), don't want to answer, because the truth might be harmful to the administration.
My questions posed in my letter to the board, for DeMarchi, follow:
"During the May WPA Board Meeting, a board member mentioned that the bookkeeper/ accountant had left, and wanted to know if she would be replaced. When did this contractor, or employee leave? What was the date? What was the reason that this person left? Treasurer DeMarchi, did not report on the date this individual left, plans to replace her, candidates, or anticipated expense to the accounting function. Please provide that information."
It has been 27 days, and DeMarchi hasn't answered. I pay my assessments, on time, every time, and I have a right to ask, and be answered. I have more of right to be served, then those individuals with drainage issues, who called DeMarchi, at home, and are being served at our expense, and didn't follow the rules. It is bad enough, that he hasn't answered a resident, but what about what this board stays silent on, doesn't care enough to question, when it involves a staff person, or contractor, handling our monies, who leaves, and the TREASURER, doesn't report it to the board, at the board table!!!! That's the kind of dysfunctional power that DeMarchi seems to have, he is a self appointed expert on numerous areas, and above answering residents, and worse, above sharing critical information, with the other elected board members, at the board table. The rest of this board, by their failure to question, from the board table, in view of their resident public, appear to possess the same characteristics. Where's President Walton? I forget myself! He appears to be one of the deviant participants! It has been 27 days, Treasurer DeMarchi, you really should come out of the hole, and answer! We'll keep counting, and publishing the count. It is important! If you reviewed the correspondence file, you'd note that there have been questions regarding inaccuracies in the financial reports, for months, with errors acknowledged, and we've lost one of the people responsible for handling our money, from DeMarchi's so called "accounting function", when not one of them has real accountant education.
Go back and read the previous article on this blog, "A Review of the Correspondence File Begs The Questions, Who Has To Write The Board To Be Served and Heard? Who Is Telling The Truth From The Board Table?" The information provided from the official, approved minutes, regarding DeMarchi's drainage work, magnifies what I just stated. In March 2015, he states, what probably should be done. In April 2015, there is no report. In May 2015, the minutes refer you to the April Report (?????), when the minutes state there wasn't one! At the June meeting, DeMarchi appears to be on his merry drainage project way, talking about less than three bidders, on a small part, because he is going to piece meal, the project, and talk about $400 work, rather than the entire scope of work he discussed in March. They wear you out, drag it out, and quite frankly appear to count on you not following anything! He claims at some points over the months, that he got phone calls about drainage, after rains. We also had the claims of complaints, regarding speed, to justify the whole speed bump initiatives, by both DeMarchi, and McMillin. Some of this miscreant behavior, caused me to write and ask the board, the following, What is the proper procedure to bring concerns to the board?" Do all residents have the right to call board members at home? Community Liaison, Anderson, answered, stating, "All questions, concerns, complaints, etc. are supposed to be in writing and delivered to the office either in person, by mail, or email." How did we get speed bump proposals, and drainage complaints, when there was nothing in the correspondence files?????
If nothing else, whatever you may think, I follow the rules. I wrote the board. Community Liaison, Anderson, partially answered. I have both respect, and lack of respect for Anderson. He answers respectfully in his writings, in the aspect that he answers partially, and is not abusive, something some on the board don't do. I disrespect, his vagueness, and his lack of follow up, to see if other board members have responded, after his referral, and if they haven't (much the case), to report it from the board table. Same goes to you President Walton, as you are copied on everything. Twice, in his partial answer to me, Anderson uses the phrase, "to my knowledge." Probably means, didn't ask, didn't seek information, because they (In this case - McMillin, and DeMarchi), don't want to answer, because the truth might be harmful to the administration.
My questions posed in my letter to the board, for DeMarchi, follow:
"During the May WPA Board Meeting, a board member mentioned that the bookkeeper/ accountant had left, and wanted to know if she would be replaced. When did this contractor, or employee leave? What was the date? What was the reason that this person left? Treasurer DeMarchi, did not report on the date this individual left, plans to replace her, candidates, or anticipated expense to the accounting function. Please provide that information."
It has been 27 days, and DeMarchi hasn't answered. I pay my assessments, on time, every time, and I have a right to ask, and be answered. I have more of right to be served, then those individuals with drainage issues, who called DeMarchi, at home, and are being served at our expense, and didn't follow the rules. It is bad enough, that he hasn't answered a resident, but what about what this board stays silent on, doesn't care enough to question, when it involves a staff person, or contractor, handling our monies, who leaves, and the TREASURER, doesn't report it to the board, at the board table!!!! That's the kind of dysfunctional power that DeMarchi seems to have, he is a self appointed expert on numerous areas, and above answering residents, and worse, above sharing critical information, with the other elected board members, at the board table. The rest of this board, by their failure to question, from the board table, in view of their resident public, appear to possess the same characteristics. Where's President Walton? I forget myself! He appears to be one of the deviant participants! It has been 27 days, Treasurer DeMarchi, you really should come out of the hole, and answer! We'll keep counting, and publishing the count. It is important! If you reviewed the correspondence file, you'd note that there have been questions regarding inaccuracies in the financial reports, for months, with errors acknowledged, and we've lost one of the people responsible for handling our money, from DeMarchi's so called "accounting function", when not one of them has real accountant education.
Next, we move to board member, McMillin. He hasn't answered in 27 days, either! Since he is Grounds Chair, it appears, this time around in the battles at the board table, of whose in charge of the project (Previously, DeMarchi handled it.), he should answer the questions regarding the gate house fix. Anderson, really didn't answer them. It doesn't count, if you don't answer all the questions, and use the term "to my knowledge", when you don't ask questions, before you answer. Here's the questions, presented in my letter to the board, regarding the gate house:
"As residents, we have had little, to nothing, in updates on the state of the almost 2 year, gatehouse fix. Have the windows, purchased almost 2 years ago, been installed? Who removed the dry wall and floor coverings? Who treated, or remediated the molds? Where were the moldy wood and dry wall debris taken for disposal? How were they prepared for disposal? Who transported the debris for disposal?
It appears, looking in the windows, that some dry wall and wood have been replaced. Who replaced it? How much did the supplies for mold remediation, and damage to dry wall and wood cost?
I have reviewed the most recent bids for the gatehouse. One licensed, insured contractor said the following, “"Removal of dry wall and floor coverings. (This will be done by a mold remediation company due to the severity of MOLDS that are growing so this will take care of Gate House Proposal # 1-2 as well." He ends with, "This is a good faith estimate for work described in the bid proposal as well as extras. highly advise to be done." He goes on in another area to say, "Anything with a asterisk is highly advised extras to prevent this problem from happening in the future. Due to the fact the building was built with no extra plywood an water barrier there are no guarantees the elastic membrane and vapor barrier are highly recommended to take the place of the plywood an water barrier to prevent water coming in that penetrates the brick." As a resident, I am very concerned about what is happening with this project, particularly because our board, for whatever reason, has failed to report on it."
Board Member, McMillin, it has been 27 days, and you haven't answered. President Walton, you are copied on all resident correspondence with the rest of the board. You are copied on any responses from Anderson, as Community Liaison. Where is your leadership and responsibility? Is your failure to see that responses are given due to your failure to respond, when I asked you how you could have submitted a bid from your company, when you had signed a "Conflict of Interest", at the time, that excluded you, or any board member, from bidding, let alone accepting a contract from the WPA? Some say, "silence is golden", it doesn't apply in these situations, in fact silence now, and as often as it happens from this board, may be a question of integrity, and sound governance.
Board Member, McMillin, in the past, you have bragged, bragged, and bragged, from the board table, about your volunteer efforts. Why the silence about the gate house? I have been asked by the people I've contacted about this project, if I asked the board. I can respond, that the board won't address this subject. I'm just covering my bases. The last time, the board wouldn't answer, and I wrote the governor's office, they asked whether I had asked the board about the particulars of that project. I told them, that under President Walton's long run as president, that there was a period of time, that we went over a year, without residents being answered, and hell would freeze over, and the devil would dance on it, before this board answered. Board Member, McMillin, there is ice in hell, and you haven't answered, and the devil is putting on his dancing shoes. If you don't answer soon, I'll just provide my correspondence from and to the board. President Walton, it is time to wake up, and serve according to good governing practices.
"As residents, we have had little, to nothing, in updates on the state of the almost 2 year, gatehouse fix. Have the windows, purchased almost 2 years ago, been installed? Who removed the dry wall and floor coverings? Who treated, or remediated the molds? Where were the moldy wood and dry wall debris taken for disposal? How were they prepared for disposal? Who transported the debris for disposal?
It appears, looking in the windows, that some dry wall and wood have been replaced. Who replaced it? How much did the supplies for mold remediation, and damage to dry wall and wood cost?
I have reviewed the most recent bids for the gatehouse. One licensed, insured contractor said the following, “"Removal of dry wall and floor coverings. (This will be done by a mold remediation company due to the severity of MOLDS that are growing so this will take care of Gate House Proposal # 1-2 as well." He ends with, "This is a good faith estimate for work described in the bid proposal as well as extras. highly advise to be done." He goes on in another area to say, "Anything with a asterisk is highly advised extras to prevent this problem from happening in the future. Due to the fact the building was built with no extra plywood an water barrier there are no guarantees the elastic membrane and vapor barrier are highly recommended to take the place of the plywood an water barrier to prevent water coming in that penetrates the brick." As a resident, I am very concerned about what is happening with this project, particularly because our board, for whatever reason, has failed to report on it."
Board Member, McMillin, it has been 27 days, and you haven't answered. President Walton, you are copied on all resident correspondence with the rest of the board. You are copied on any responses from Anderson, as Community Liaison. Where is your leadership and responsibility? Is your failure to see that responses are given due to your failure to respond, when I asked you how you could have submitted a bid from your company, when you had signed a "Conflict of Interest", at the time, that excluded you, or any board member, from bidding, let alone accepting a contract from the WPA? Some say, "silence is golden", it doesn't apply in these situations, in fact silence now, and as often as it happens from this board, may be a question of integrity, and sound governance.
Board Member, McMillin, in the past, you have bragged, bragged, and bragged, from the board table, about your volunteer efforts. Why the silence about the gate house? I have been asked by the people I've contacted about this project, if I asked the board. I can respond, that the board won't address this subject. I'm just covering my bases. The last time, the board wouldn't answer, and I wrote the governor's office, they asked whether I had asked the board about the particulars of that project. I told them, that under President Walton's long run as president, that there was a period of time, that we went over a year, without residents being answered, and hell would freeze over, and the devil would dance on it, before this board answered. Board Member, McMillin, there is ice in hell, and you haven't answered, and the devil is putting on his dancing shoes. If you don't answer soon, I'll just provide my correspondence from and to the board. President Walton, it is time to wake up, and serve according to good governing practices.
