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HERE IS THE UNEDITED RESIDENT LETTER (PLEASE NOTE: MY COMMENTS FOLLOW):
Madeline,
Please feel free to publish my name with this message. I am writing this in hopes of helping out residents who want to keep up with Wedgefield business. I hope the information is helpful as this is my agenda.
To the resident who wrote your blog about the absence of the meeting minutes from the HOA website. I actually requested copies of minutes and the monthly budget statement from the HOA office 2 weeks ago.
In regards to the minutes, Lee responded by telling me that they were posted on the HOA site under "Board." I attempted to pull them up several times and got no results. After letting Lee know the situation, she sent me the link to the minutes and there they were. I have the link in my email system and will be happy to forward the message to anyone who wants access to the monthly meeting minutes. They can email me at constancedowns559@msn.com and I'll be happy to help you out. But the best answer to this problem is to attend the board meetings if you can. Being present is much more informative than reading the minutes.
As for the monthly budget statements, I am picking up my requested copies tomorrow. I inquired about this Tuesday night before the board meeting. I spoke to Lee about the fact that they are no longer posted on the website and she told me that due to privacy reasons they are no longer available on line. I know that during some board meetings the statements are not always available because either the accountant didn't get them done in time or he was on vacation. There needs to be a system of having this information available to residents in a timely manner. You can request copies, but it's taking me two weeks to get them so there has to be an easier way of solving this problem. Perhaps we can work with the board on this one?
You should also know that phone directories will not be available this year due to the cost. Apparently the Printer couldn't get enough advertisers to pay for the cost of the directories so it would cost Wedgefield $1500.00 to get them printed. The answer the board came up with was to eliminate them,but if you want a copy of the resident contact list you can go to the office and request one. I recommend all new residents get this list.
I hope this helps,
Connie Downs
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COMMENTS: First, these comments are The Wedgefield Examiner's thoughts. I have not spoken to the writer prior to, or since her article submission, regarding this subject. With that said, I thank her for her writing, and information.
I give no thanks to our board for removing the financials, monthly meeting minutes, or the recordings of meetings, and to many other things to mention. The privacy excuse does not work. First, the board just removes these items, says NOTHING from the board table - no discussion, no vote, - NOTHING. Additionally, our board took down our old website which was security pass worded, so only members could view these materials. Your board should have hired a specialist to build the new site which would be secure, utilize pass words for members, and quit playing games about trying to protect information. Your board already knew how to do that, and it is more of their half baked, mostly illegal - against our governing documents - moves. They should have done the right thing for members. That would have been a first!
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COMMENTS: First, these comments are The Wedgefield Examiner's thoughts. I have not spoken to the writer prior to, or since her article submission, regarding this subject. With that said, I thank her for her writing, and information.
I give no thanks to our board for removing the financials, monthly meeting minutes, or the recordings of meetings, and to many other things to mention. The privacy excuse does not work. First, the board just removes these items, says NOTHING from the board table - no discussion, no vote, - NOTHING. Additionally, our board took down our old website which was security pass worded, so only members could view these materials. Your board should have hired a specialist to build the new site which would be secure, utilize pass words for members, and quit playing games about trying to protect information. Your board already knew how to do that, and it is more of their half baked, mostly illegal - against our governing documents - moves. They should have done the right thing for members. That would have been a first!
DON'T LET THE BOARD BELIEVE YOU ARE SHEEP!
I FIND NO HUMOR IN THEIR RIDICULOUS GOVERNANCE!
