[Nhhoa] Governing Documents Voting Extended

Thu Apr 2 22:15:35 CDT 2009

To simply state that a non-response is a "no" holds no merit.  As a past HOA President at a prior subdivision that has undergone these modifications before, I know the difficulty of getting 2/3 majority.  We had to send 4 mailings and still did not get enough responses over a 9 month period.  Board members went door to door and I stood at the common mail place for two weeks from 5 to 6 PM.  It is not an overnight process and does take some endurance to finish the race.  If it is a no vote, then have 2/3 vote no....but until you get a large enough majority, you must keep on.  We had to get 80% of the subdivision of 200 to get the 67% needed.  It took 9 months.  It passed and home prices started increasing due to uniformity.  The ACC serves a serious purpose when it comes to those involved in trying to sell a house here.  When riding thru to see a house and you are greated with several eyesores, it makes it difficult to sell your home.  It is
 not fair to those who work so hard to improve their home and subdivision value when the HOA has no ability to ask for change.  I have never seen so much hostility from residents as I have here.  The bickering turns off so many residents that they choose to delete or block emails all together and then are uninformed of the changes at all.  

In  terms of privacy, it needs to remain just that.  You can approach or contact those who have not voted, but to publish a list is not the best course of action.  A simple request as this is all that is necessary, not a threat of a law suit.

I am as concerned as everyone when it comes to our subdivision.  Those that have served on previous boards, here or otherwise, know the frustrations involved.  A board will never please all the people all the time, they can simply make the best decisions in the interest of the subdivision as a whole.

With respect to all involved,

Ty Hudson
11 Centerport 

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, smith <sssvpg at comcast.net> wrote:

From: smith <sssvpg at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Nhhoa] Governing Documents Voting Extended
To: "'North Hampton Homeowners Association'" <nhhoa at nhhoa.org>
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 9:29 PM

I  do not believe you can extend the
deadline without doing a new mailing. This is wrong, you have set a date and
should stick to it. The votes that have not been cast are no votes because the
2/3’s need cannot be achieved. This is a perfect example of what is going
to happen with giving the board more power. They will keep extending the date
till they get what they want.  

I do not believe you can
publish a list to the public without it becoming slander and a law suit to
follow.  

I guess over 50% of the neighborhood
did not want to make the investment in these documents to start with and so
these funds could have been spent better. I believe some of this is wasted
already.   

Sorry if you see my frustration,
but for those of us who do not want these documents, I do not believe it is
fair to extend the date. The rules were set by the board with a date and it is not
right for the board to just extend it because they did not get what they
wanted.  

Yes I have not resent my vote in. Mine was one of the first the
board received and it was given back to me in hopes that I would change my
mind, but I was not given another SASA to return it a second time.  It is even a stronger NO now that I have
seen what has went on in this email string.  

Scott Smith 

13 vineyard  

From: nhhoa-bounces at nhhoa.org [mailto:nhhoa-bounces at nhhoa.org] On
Behalf Of NHHOA Treasurer

Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:56 PM

To: 'North Hampton Homeowners Association'

Subject: [Nhhoa] Governing Documents Voting Extended 

Governing Documents -  Voting extended until May 1st
due to less than 50% of the 130  homes in the neighborhood taking the time
to vote.  That’s right folks, you read it right.  We even provided
you with a SASE to vote and less than half the neighborhood has cast a vote,
one way or the other.  Some of you even used the SASA to send in your
assessment payment without voting.   

Being busy is one thing, but the shear level of apathy is simply
amazing to me.  

 In order to answer any questions you may have about the
Governing Documents, we are going to host a teleconference on Sunday, April 19th
at 4:00PM to answer your questions..  To join the teleconference, simply
call toll free 1-877-396-6518.  When asked for your passcode, simply enter
8191178#.   

PLEASE take the time to vote.  If you vote no, it would be
most helpful to identify why you are voting no.  That way, the board can use
the input to restructure the documents to try to address the issues, while
protecting the investment made in the documents. 

Sorry if you see my frustration.  I hope you all know that
the board is honestly trying to make the neighborhood a better place to
live.  It just is totally frustrating! 

Roger Hackler 

Director/Treasurer 

NHHOA 

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