Town Hall Meeting Today

Five residents sat at the table in front of the Town Hall Meeting this morning: Ellen Nimon, Ron Herb, Pat Hecker, Diane Woods, and Rosemary Mann. Ron opened the meeting with a prayer and recognized the couples newly returned to the park. He announced that the coffee and donuts were provided by Lisa Wheaton of the Barefoot Realty Group. The following represents some tidbits of the meeting:
The Town Hall meetings are held to insure transparency and to keep communication alive. Residents have concerns about the board meetings, i.e. the routine waiving of the minutes at meetings, financial reports could be more detailed by describing the financial activities. Another concern is how are board conclusions are arrived at, because of the volume of emailing among board members.
 Pat continued by questioning the use of a proxy to select a board member at the last board meeting, and cited the section in our documents prohibiting this very thing. The president Dennis Kralick was available for comment and said that the board was unaware of the resignation and the proxy before the meeting started. Why are some board members so secretive that they can't even share among themselves?
Residents were encouraged to read our documents. Whether you have a gray book or a blue book, they are our governing documents and are, by law, required for inspection before the sale of every unit. The seller should be held liable for providing the buyer with the documents, not the board and not the manager. If you don't have them, buy them. R&Rs should also be provided for inspection before the sale.
On Respect-
Residents are discouraged from booing at board meetings. Conversely, board members are encouraged to listen to the residents and show equal respect. Workshops and Town Hall meetings will be used to promote open discussion after the agendas are posted. The agenda lately has been posted on the website.
On The Survey-
Support was overwhelming in favor of the recently distributed survey. Not every item was favorable i.e. equal maintenance fees. There was discussion on the size of the board, and the feeling I got is that the folks in charge are looking forward to a 7 man board. Many opinions were voiced.
On Parking and Motorcycles-
A committee has been formed to study the issue. Again. The motorcycle rule was omitted in a very sneaky way, when the board approved the rules that were written by a very secretive president.  Rule changes have historically been presented to the people with bold print and strike-throughs.These were not. Let's see how this shakes out.
On double lots-
Equitable maintenance fees, taxes, and sale of partial lots were discussed and will become future agenda items. Although one past board member admitted to promoting the idea years ago, no one person is to blame. Its a park issue that arose during the Ron Herb administration, was turned over immediately to our attorney, and needs to be resolved quickly.
More than two people in a home-
Please refer to section C of our documents, in the Master Occupancy Agreements, Article Four. You can't get any clearer than that.
The 2 Year Rental Rule-
I happened to be on the board when that was changed, and it was understood then that the change was only temporary. Its time to discuss this again. Another future agenda item.
The Canadian Flag-
Fly it or not? Most people said to leave it alone.
The next board meeting is Oct. 19 at 1:00. After that, Nov 16, with the agenda posted around the 6th. The next Town Hall is scheduled for Nov 12.
First Friendship Club dinner Oct 17.
First Yacht Club Dance is Oct. 22.

This was a good meeting. We've had good Town Hall meetings in the past. Let's hope this movement stays alive and strong, and  that the board  listens to the residents.