CVNA September 9, 2024 Minutes

Attendance: Missy Quinn, Jeannie Stroth, Allison Worthen, Steve Scherrey, Terri Johnson, Deanna Ott & Karla Braswell.

President – Missy Quinn, Vice President – Melissa Reibe, Treasurer – Jeannie Stroth, Secretary -Jessica Nichols, ACC Committee – Allison Worthen & David McClain, Security Improvements – Terri Johnson

-5:15 pm called meeting to order

-August meeting minutes approved: 1st Steve Scherrey, 2nd Terri Johnson

Treasurer Report

-Jeannie Stroth reported on the August financials.  There are still quite a few HOA dues outstanding ($17K). It was suggested that we put a “Second Notice” on the next invoice to assist with collection.  Everyone agreed and it will be done. 

Covenant violation:

-Bay Hill Dr. – Steve Scherry met with the owners and explained that a business cannot be conducted out of their home.  Also noted the parked vehicles on the lawn and overgrown yard.  Steve stated they were open to the discussion and he feels like it will be taken care of.  

Old Business:

Reminder that board members are required to attend 8 regularly scheduled meetings.

New Business:

-It was noted the security camera system had not been working properly again.  Residents have indicated this is a priority.  Terri Johnson obtained a quote from Low Voltage and will obtain an additional quote from another company.  We will then move forward from there.

-Discussed the need for 1-2 new board members since Skylar moved to Florida.

Next meeting:
-Monday, October 14, 5:00 p.m., McGee Center.

-6:15 p.m. Steve Scherrey made a motion to end the meeting.  Terri Johnson 2nd.

CVNA August 19, 2024 Minutes

Attendance: Missy Quinn, Jeannie Stroth, Jessica Nichols, Allison Worthen, David McClain, Steve Scherrey, Karla
Braswell, Terri Johnson, Melissa Reibe, Deanna Ott

-721pm called meeting to order
–July meeting minutes approved: 1 st Steve S, 2 nd David M
Treasurer Report
-Annual meeting minutes

ACC:
-Need to change landscaping company: Garden Scapes has pulled out and will no longer be doing the landscaping
for neighborhood so we will go with Cutler (based on quotes)

-Open discussion with board members on new positions:

President = Missy Q, approved 1 st David M, 2 nd Steve S
Vice President = Melissa R, approved 1 st Allison W, 2 nd Missy Q
Treasurer = Jeannie S, approved 1 st Missy Q, 2 nd Karla B
Secretary = Jessica N, approved 1 st Melissa R, 2 nd Jeannie S
ACC committee = Allison W & David M
Overseeing security = Terri S

Covenant violation:
-5560 Lost Canyon Dr. (landscaping/yard overgrown)
-Bay Hill Dr. (landscaping/yard overgrown) will drive by to get address, house is for sale by owner

Old Business:
Reminder that board members are required to attend 8 regularly scheduled meetings.

New Business:
-Allison W will be calling city about speed table & ditch
-Need 1-2 new board members, Skylar has moved to Florida, and we need a new member to take over 2yr spot for
him

Next meeting:
-Monday, Sept 9 th at 5pm
-747pm called meeting to end, approved 1 st Steve S, 2 nd David M

CVNA July 16, 2024 Minutes

Attendance: Missy Q, Jeannie S, Jessica N, Allyson W, David M, Alan K, Steve S, Skylar (phone), Terri J (phone)

-5:03pm called meeting to order

-June meeting minutes approved: 1st Steve, 2nd David

Treasurer Report

-income from CASA of $3843.90, this was paid to CVNA by mistake, refunded this amount back to CASA

-insurance policy 3yr quote of $983 yearly, approved: 1st David, 2nd Steve

-landscaping quotes: Garden Scapes $23392.14yr, Superior Scapes $31850yr, Culter Scapes $57000yr, voted to stay with Garden Scapes, approved: 1st David, 2nd Alan

-11mth reflection of budget, spending what we are taking in, $78300 budget – anticipating for 2024-25

ACC:

-none

Covenant violation:

-5125 Burnt Pine (political sign/flag in back yard facing golf course), letter sent

-4675 Sawgrass Rd. (running a business from home, dump trucks/vehicles in yard), letter sent

Old Business:

Reminder that board members are required to attend 8 regularly scheduled meetings.

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See below the email sent to all members of the neighborhood from CVNA:

The Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who attended the special meetings, voted, offered feedback and for your overall support!!!  

Here are the results:

The Board of Directors proposed three recommendations to be voted on at the May 2024 Membership meeting.  The recommendations were in summary as follows:

1. Correcting the over specific and conflicting provision in the by-laws (Article iii sec 4)
2. Grant BOD authority to raise or decrease dues by 10% once every five year period if necessary. 
3. Dues increase to $300.

Quorum was met and all three proposals PASSED by a 2/3rd vote as follows:

Total of 128 votes

1. PASSED 84%
2. PASSED 67%
3. PASSED 80%

Dues will now be $300 effective immediately.   The BOD will contact the attorney to have the by-laws amended as proposed.  The amended by-laws will be filed with the state and updated on our website.

Our Annual meeting will be held in August, we are looking into different locations and dates. We will update everyone as soon as possible.  

Again, thank you to the Membership for voting and supporting the Board’s efforts in keeping CENTENNIAL VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD the best one in Conway!

Please reach out with any questions!!

-CVNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

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See below the email sent to CVNA from LuAnn Deere & others:

To:  CVNA Board of Directors:

        Missy Quinn, Melissa Reibe, Jessica Nichols, Jeannie Stroth, Steve Scherrey, Alan Kizer, Karla Braswell, David McClain, Skylar Adams, Allison Worthen,Terri Johnson

 

We are writing this letter to contest the CVNA Meeting voting results on May 13, 2024. We sought a legal opinion and have found the CVNA Board of Directors have violated multiple CVNA Bylaws and Robert’s Rule of Order guidelines that are listed below, but not limited to these violations.  

To avoid legal proceedings we ask that the CVNA Board of Directors immediately refrain from changing the CVNA Bylaws and increasing dues as a result of the May 13, 2024 vote. 

As a point of reference please review our CVNA Bylaws Revised and approved August 6, 2015. Please note (RRO) Roberts Rule Order and remember that it applies to our CVNA Bylaws. Meetings, Section 6. Order of Business. “The order of business for all meetings shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Robert’s Rules of Order shall be recognized at any and all meetings of the association or Board of Directors.  

Please review the below violations and cease and desist immediately raising CVNA dues to $300.00 a year and making any changes to the CVNA Bylaws that were voted on May 13, 2024. 

According to the CVNA Bylaws Revised and approved : August 6 2015,  proxy voting was contaminated. Therefore, the CVNA meeting failed to establish a quorum on May 13th 2024 . 

The CVNA Board of Directors reported 128 total votes that included members present at the May 13, 2024 meeting and proxy voting. The total attending the May 13th meeting was less than 30. Which means that less than 30 members attended because of multiple members from the same household. All online proxy voting has been contaminated and must not be counted to establish the one-fourth of membership needed for a quorum. 

CVNA Bylaws, Association, Meeting IV, Quorum. The presence or in person or by proxy of one-fourth of members of the associations entitled to vote shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A proxy vote must be in writing. Another member of the association must attest the proxy with their signature on the proxy vote as well. 

CVNA “A proxy vote must be in writing. Another member of the association must attest the proxy with their signature on the proxy vote as well.”  

Proxy voting was mostly done if not all done by internet voting. This violates our bylaws because votes were not in writing and signatures can not be validated. Our bylaws do not approve Internet voting. Internet voting can be manipulated and does not protect the privacy of the vote until the votes are counted, which according to RRO, the proxy votes should not have been opened and counted except in the presence of association members attending a meeting.  It has been brought to our attention that some board members had access to the number of votes and how members were voting prior to the May 13th meeting.  It has been communicated to us that the CVNA Board were actively counting votes and had the ability to manipulate the votes and the outcome of the voting. 

CVNA Bylaws “Association Meetings, Section 7. Notice. “Delivery of notice of a meeting by certified mail or in person to anyone owning an interest in a lot shall constitute adequate notice of the meeting of the Association. The notice shall be given at least 14 days prior to the meeting time and shall provide a time and place of the meeting.  

No certified mail was sent to any CVNA members. Certified mail or in person is not a suggestion. To deliver a notice of a meeting other than certified mail or in person would require a bylaw change. Multiple  members have testified that they were not made aware of the meetings and voting on May 13th, 2024. Therefore, contaminating the voting percentages (2/3) of yeses or nos, and contaminating the 25% of the membership to constitute a quorum. Further, vote contamination was present because members did not have the opportunity to vote. 

Roberts Rule of order. “Don’t open the ballots until it is time for the teller to count the vote. The first thing the tellers do is open each envelope and take out the inner envelope. The signature on the envelope is checked against the membership list to see that only one vote is cast per member. After this is done, the inner envelopes are open and folded ballots put into a receptacle. After all the envelopes are opened and the folded ballots are placed in the receptacle, the ballots are counted.” 

Transparency in the counting, validating the vote and not manipulating votes is outlined in RRO. Any other procedure is a contamination of votes. Counting votes by only a board member or board members is a blatant violation of RRO.  “Roberts Rules of Order shall be recognized at any and all meeting of the association or Board of Directors” which is part of the of the CVNA bylaws. 

CVNA Bylaws Members, #5, Voting Rights. “Each member is entitled to one voter per set of dues paid.” 

CVNA Board Members do not pay dues, therefore counting a board members vote in a meeting in which they are making a recommendation to its member is a contaminated vote and should be deducted from all totals on each of the boards recommendation.

CVNA Bylaws, Dues, Section 1. Annual Dues. “The board of Directors will recommend to the Association the annual dues of the Association. The recommendation must be approved by the majority of the membership present or by proxy at the annual meeting. Majority being defined as fifty percent (50%) plus one. There are no discounts for prepayment.”

Dues can’t be increased except during an annual meeting. To vote to increase dues other than the annual meeting would require a CVNA Bylaw change. Therefore, The vote on May 13, 2024 to increase our dues is a direct violation of our bylaws. 

Due to multiple CVNA Bylaw and RRO violations we are demanding that the May 13, 2024 vote on all board recommendations not be adopted because of contaminated votes, not establishing a quorum due to contaminated votes, board members voting and increasing dues outside of an annual meeting. 

Failure to suspend May 13, 2024 votes within the next 14 days (June 11, 2024) may result in legal proceedings, and filing a claim against the CVNA Surety Bonds.

Respectfully submitted by LuAnn Deere and others 

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See below the email sent in response to LuAnn Deere & others:

Good afternoon, Ms. Deere.  

Please find attached a letter to you in response to your recent email to the CVNA Board of Directors.  I appreciate your time and consideration in advance. 

Respectfully,

Jenifer Kendrick

Jenifer H. Kendrick, Attorney

Shane Henry & Associates, PLLC

335 Hogan Lane, Suite 100

Conway, AR 72034

P: (501) 329-3889 F: (501) 329-3890

 

PDF Letter Response: CVNA Response to Deere

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New Business:

-Annual meeting: August 19 @ Centennial Valley Country Club 19th Hole

-Need 1-2 new board members

Next meeting:
-Monday, Aug 19th at 6pm

-627pm called meeting to end, approved 1st David, 2nd Steve 

 

CVNA June 10, 2024 Minutes

Attendance: Missy Q, Melissa R, Jeannie S, Jessica N, Terri J, David M, Alan K, Steve S, Skylar & Allyson W (phone)

-5:08pm called meeting to order

-May meeting minutes approved: 1^st Melissa, 2^nd Jeannie

Treasurer Report

-$25K in bank currently with 2mths left of our year

-invoice for sprinklers & lighting

-10 new move-ins this year 2024

-aging report: 60 days past due money for certified letters being sent to Davis & Berry

ACC:

-none

Covenant violation:

-5430 Lost Canyon Dr. (trash cans being left on street), letter sent

-1680 Warwick Hills (unkept yard), letter sent

-5345 Burnt Pine Dr (dogs unleashed), letter sent

-approved all letters: 1^st Steve, 2^nd Jeannie

Old Business:

Reminder that board members are required to attend 8 regularly scheduled meetings.

 

**See below the email sent to all members of the neighborhood:

The Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who attended the special meetings, voted, offered feedback and for your overall support!!!

Here are the results:

The Board of Directors proposed three recommendations to be voted on at the May 2024 Membership meeting.  The recommendations were in summary as follows:

1. Correcting the over specific and conflicting provision in the by-laws (Article iii sec 4)
2. Grant BOD authority to raise or decrease dues by 10% once every five year period if necessary.
3. Dues increase to $300.

Quorum was met and all three proposals PASSED by a 2/3rd vote as follows:

Total of 128 votes

1. PASSED 84%
2. PASSED 67%
3. PASSED 80%

Dues will now be $300 effective immediately.   The BOD will contact the attorney to have the by-laws amended as proposed.  The amended by-laws will be filed with the state and updated on our website.

Our Annual meeting will be held in August, we are looking into different locations and dates.   We will update everyone as soon as possible.

Again, thank you to the Membership for voting and supporting the Board’s efforts in keeping CENTENNIAL VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD the best one in Conway!

Please reach out with any questions!!

-CVNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

New Business:

-Annual meeting: August 19 @ Vincent’s BBQ & Catering

-Quotes from Garden Scapes and Cutler

-Sliver lot: possible sale by Reserves Entrance

Next meeting:
-Monday, July 8th at 5pm

-617pm called meeting to end, approved 1^st Melissa R, 2^nd Steve S

CVNA May 13, 2024 Minutes

Attendance: Missy Q, Melissa R, Jeannie S, Jessica N, Karla B, Terri J, Allison W, David M, Alan K

-5:09pm called meeting to order

-April meeting minutes approved: 1st David M, 2nd Alan K

Treasurer Report

-$31K in bank currently

-unpaid business: to Shane Henry-paid $749 for 2023 review of bylaws, paid $980 for 2021 solar panel & voting requirements

-Insurance payment April 30 $1862

-aging report: past due money for certified letters being sent to Davis & Berry, Reserve cash/CD 2018 had $124K and 2023 had $84K, recommended reserve cash/CD is 70-100% of yearly expenses

ACC:

-none

Covenant violation:

-5430 Lost Canyon Dr. (trash cans being left on street), letter sent

-1680 Warwick Hills (unkept yard), letter sent

-Burnt Pine Dr (dogs unleashed), letter sent 

Old Business:

Reminder that board members are required to attend 8 regularly scheduled meetings.

-landscaping quotes 2024-25, send companies to Missy

-as of today we already have 100 votes

-need more dog bags & trash bags for waste stations

New Business:

-Annual meeting: in August (possibly 12, 19, or 26), find a location that is cost effective

Next meeting:
-Monday, June 10th at 5pm

-552pm called meeting to end, approved 1st Melissa R, 2nd Alan K

 

CVNA Special Meeting #2 Minutes

-601pm started meeting

-presentation on website (April 8, 2024) can be viewed

-261 lots billed for annual dues, 272 lots in total, $65250 collected yearly currently

-increasing annual dues to $300 will bring in $78300 collected yearly

-suggestions: Bay Hill entrance – add plants, more color with flowers

-suggestions: neighborhood directory – PDF format with names, addresses, email

-suggestions: welcome package with information “what’s going on in the neighborhood”

-suggestions: get quotes for Christmas lights

-socials in neighborhood: have street parties with food trucks, designated streets at certain times

-find information about neighborhood: email and Facebook

-voting results will be announced in next few days from meeting

-651pm ended meeting