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Saturday, May 7, 2011
REPORT?
MYSTERIANS
My analysis of this unread anonymous document.
First paragraph.
The nameless writers opened the report thanking the Board for respecting their request to peruse the election they tried to thwart.
The second paragraph.
"We did not take lightly the decision we made to sacrifice our right as owners to vote." Sacrifice their right to vote? What rubbish. Their plan from the beginning was to not register and convince as many others as they could to do the same in order to stop the meeting by not having enough registered owners to make a quorum. If their actions had been successful it would have sacrificed your rights, my rights, and each and every owner’s rights who registered personally or by proxy. All this turmoil, all this division, all this money wasted because an unnamed group was having some personal qualms over new candidates. Fact is many have had reservations over Board members, but they didn’t sue or act like this. It's twaddle that this was the only way of being heard. It was the only way of getting your way. Ends do not justify the means people.
The third paragraph.
The resisters of the register seem upset at being denied the privilege to speak at the Annual Meeting. When one does not register, privilege restrictions applies because you are officially recognized as NOT being present at that meeting and cannot do business. Our Village attorney was accused at using outside rules instead of our By-laws. Our By-laws say to use such outside rules, e.g. PARLIAMENTARY RULES in ARTICLE XV of our Bylaws describe usage of the Roberts Rules and the Condominium Act.
The fourth paragraph.
This unnamed group said it was an invasion of their privacy and very bad taste when the Board gave out a list of names who didn’t vote. The list was those who didn’t register, not those who didn’t vote. Get it right.
The report said the two issues that remain are:
Issue One.
These Mysterians believed the meeting quorum was not achieved. They feel 30 of the 538 registered owners should not count due to their electing not to vote for any candidate, a “NO VOTE”. The Robert Rules are quite clear on this subject if this secret faction would have taken the time to research it. “(Part I, Art. XI, #64) A Quorum of an assembly is such a number as must be present in order that business can be legally transacted. The quorum refers to the number present, not to the number voting”.
Issue Two.
They spoke about being uncomfortable because the container that held the votes they wanted recounted was sealed with plastic tabs. It was made very clear from the beginning that the box was locked between the two meetings. When it was decided to give the box to the Village attorney immediately after the election, the lock was removed and tabs were used to secure the lid from the wind. Ramona carried it directly to her car. So owners are to believe this unscrupulous innuendo that our Village attorney “tampered” with the votes after March 12th?
The Mysterian report begins and ends using the words respect and trust. Use them
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In the national press Donald Trump and other "birthers" are rightly being described as the "lunatic fringe". This description applies to some people in LIV.
This nonsense just detracts from discussions of issues that really matter.
Why do they care if the box was unlocked (but still sealed--while in the attorneys possession), when they counted every single vote and it was the same as reported. Each bundle was counted separately and correct numbers were reported the day of the election. Get over it and move on.
It seems that it is time for Catherine and Company to move on. Not just to a different subject, but a different location, far away from the Valley!
I am an owner at LIV and I certainly do not like that this was signed, 'Owners of LIV'!
Respect and trust are not simply words; they are actions that need to be utilized. However, as a newcomer to the village, from what I can determine is there have been several prior situations, during prior boards with some of the same members it seems, that those actions were not taken. My take is that several of these unsigned individuals have some concern of some type of retaliation, which has seemingly previously taken place. I am obviously speculating based on various conversations since I was not a resident during these occassions. Name calling does little to no good and only continues to divide the masses. Should we get over it? At this point yes. There seems to be a great deal of defensive behavior and I guess I'm at a loss as to why this is taking place. If there is no wrong doing, in any given situation on any side, why be defensive about it? I would think getting it out in the open would be welcomed.
Interesting that you would seemingly mock the words trust and respect. This letter was given to the board, not read and basically disregarded. The issue should be over but here we go again. My question is how did this letter become public? Who released this letter? If it was released to everyone I didn't get a copy. Common sense would dictate it came from a board member. If that is indeed the case, is this the trust and respect we can expect on future issues where disagreements occur. Forget the situation for a minute and look at the bigger picture. This seems to be nothing more than an attempt to intimidate anyone who questions or disagrees. If the issue was done and over with why release it? These are the types of situations that accomplish nothing from a positive standpoint and I, for one, am sorry to see it happen and quite frankly am back to square one on the trust issue. So maybe someone can tell me where the letter came from and hopefully I will stand corrected and it was from someone other than a board member.
My first thought was a board member may have passed this letter on to Joey, and that may still be true....but why? If they wanted it public, they would have read it at the coffee. On the other hand, Ms. D & Ms. P "did" want it read and made public.....it really makes more sense that they handed out additional copies.
In the Village, loaded car trunk, Out of the Village: 5/18/2011.
All the fine owners who contested the election "missed" the Coffee today, and maybe Corpus Christi is in the process of getting two "valuable" new residents.
Dare we hope that a certain x-gm and wife are moving? Be still my trembling heart!! If so then the air will be fresh and major strife gone from our Village.
It just gets better&better!!!
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