With appreciation extended to leadership for the abundance of enlightening information provided at the July 18th Town Hall meeting, we now know what many property owners have suspected all along. The board has, in fact, been conducting closed meetings or “work sessions” for some period of time that have not been publicized to the POA membership. (1) Continue reading “Let the sunshine in . . .”
Category: Governance
The metamorphosis of our capital funding . . .
Last month’s board meeting was certainly full of surprises. Not only did we learn of the bleak 2020 financial projections, but we were also presented with a completely new approach and purpose for what has now become known as the Board Designated Cash – Capital Fund (Board Fund). Continue reading “The metamorphosis of our capital funding . . .”
Lost in Translation . . .
With the proposed changes to the rules and regulations regarding the suspension of voting rights, it was suggested that the board give those revisions a closer look as both the approved and unapproved amended bylaws specified the concurrent loss of voting and amenity rights rather than the selective enforcement of only one. Continue reading “Lost in Translation . . .”
Here and there . . .
It is certainly good to see that the consent agreement for the Hubbard Road property sale has now been posted to the POA website. (1) Continue reading “Here and there . . .”
Hubbard Road revisited . . .
Neglecting to include key components of a transaction fully demonstrates a lack of transparency.
With a barrage of new details and information trickling in regarding the sale of the 5.25 acres on Hubbard Road, even more concerns have become immediately apparent. Research of 2007 recordings and transfer tax documents led to the mistaken conclusion that the property was purchased by the POA in 2007 for $50k. Continue reading “Hubbard Road revisited . . .”
More water talk . . .
It is certainly observed that proper protocol for the release of information in this community can be both confusing and elusive. While there have been attempts by leadership to address some of the issues raised in a previous post to this blog on the subject of our water, (1) questions submitted by this author to AsktheBoard@bigcanoepoa.org for inclusion in the May 14th board work session were ignored. Continue reading “More water talk . . .”
Hubbard Road Real Estate Transaction . . .
It has been naively assumed that while leadership was dealing with the ongoing negotiations with Bobby Jones Links, the remainder of their resources and energies were being directed at addressing the challenges and effects of covid19 in our community. Instead, unfortunately, and much to the disappointment of this writer, we find it is business as usual as much business of the POA continues to be done in secret. Continue reading “Hubbard Road Real Estate Transaction . . .”
Looking back at First Quarter 2020 . . .
Wow . . . the first quarter of 2020 has already come and gone in Big Canoe complete with elections, sweeping changes to management via BJL, a pandemic and year to date net income from operations of $250k. But before delving into any financial observations, the cursory mention of a few governance details might be in order. Continue reading “Looking back at First Quarter 2020 . . .”
Let’s talk about our water . . .
What different times we now find ourselves in. Yet, if one must practice social distancing, what better place to be than within the boundaries of our beautiful Big Canoe. With nature at our doorstep and wildlife oblivious to the problems of the world beyond our mountain ridges, we are sheltered in a truly special place. Continue reading “Let’s talk about our water . . .”
The deception, the questions and the reality . . .
Chaos in our community as a result of the continued missteps by leadership has culminated in what may become a complete redefinition of the character of Big Canoe as our board has chosen to outsource the entire POA operations to Bobby Jones Links (BJL). Our employees will become employees of BJL. (1) This decision was made by a board with some members seated well beyond their elected term Continue reading “The deception, the questions and the reality . . .”