RESIDENT WRITES THE WEDGEFIELD EXAMINER ASKING ALL RESIDENT'S TO ATTEND TOMORROW NIGHT'S BOARD MEETING

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Madeline,

You can post my name with this email.  Thank You. 

At the conclusion of the April board meeting, Jacky Walton requested that we get our neighbors to attend the May meeting.   I am putting out a plea to ALL of Wedgefield to attend tomorrow nights meeting.     

Of interest:

1. The final cost of dredging.  How much money was raised voluntarily to date?   It was reported in the April meeting that the exact cost of dredging would be known on 4/27.   The board agreed to use HOA funds to pay for a third of the cost, (utilizing canal reserves).  The canal owners are footing the bill for two-thirds using volunteer funds.   What are the final figures?  
2. Signs.   Are we getting new signs throughout the plantation?     The last bids were for $2,000 and $8,000.   I don't know about anyone else but if we can put $2500 into a driveway extension and $4,000 into an electronic sign, I'm not opposed to $8,000 for professional signs that will make the plantation look better than it does now.  REMEMBER:  Mitch will be opening his course soon.... new signs will benefit him as well.   Don't we owe it to him?    
3. Update on security cameras.   Butch has been working on getting cost estimates and again, this is something that could only improve the safety of our plantation and whatever the cost, I vote in favor of them. 
4. We will have 2 speakers for the 5 minute speaker spots; both on the topic of the "Request to Review Documentations" form that appeared out of nowhere the past month.   Madeline Claveloux will speak during one spot and Larry McMillan promised  a "public forum" on the controversial topic during the other 5 minute spot.

Typically there are the same old 9 or 10 residents who show up at this meeting.   We are thick skinned and probably should go out for drinks afterward.     Things are happening that you should be aware of and you can only get answers and have a voice if you attend the meetings......   PLEASE don't rely on Facebook as your voice, it's not as effective as standing up in a meeting and facing the board with your concerns.    Give tomorrow night a try.    

Connie Downs

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Wedgefield Examiner Comments:  Our resident writer is right on in what she states.  The following words are my words alone.  Will the board have the audacity to place McMillin on the agenda, in one of the two speaker spots allowed in our governing documents for members. First, your board quit publishing the agenda a week prior to the board meeting a long time ago.  I checked the WPA website before writing these comments, and NO, there was no May agenda posted for the meeting.  

As is the case for all board members, McMillin is a member of our rank and file - general membership, so technically one would assume that he would be eligible to ask for one of the speaker spots.  Should the board allow him to step from his seat at the board table - with his board member status, at a time when he made the THREAT to speak in one of the speaker spots when performing as a poorly functioning board member, when your board is well aware that he lied about policy, and has been called on it by the very leadership sitting at the board table?  

If McMillin speaks on his illegal moves as board member, and your board hasn't done anything about his illegal acts, and appear to be afraid to rein him in from the board table, the entire board is complicit in his actions - condones them, and the board's very "omission of fact of policy, and the violations", is just one more blatant indication that WE DON'T HAVE A REAL FUNCTIONING BOARD AT ALL, BUT A FAN CLUB FOR ONE BOARD MEMBER MCMILLIN, SERVING MCMILLIN, RATHER THAN LEGAL, ETHICAL GOVERNANCE UNDER OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 

GET TO THE MEETING, BRING YOUR POPCORN, AND RECORDERS.  AS ED SULLIVAN USE TO SAY, "WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SHOW TONIGHT"