Sean,
The will of the community is what is important so if they voted for a recall then so be it. We joined this board to get things done for the community and I think we have. Some of us have had our names smeared through the mud for it by Jay and a few others, but I would simply ask the community to consider what has been accomplished. I didn’t want to post on here because I haven’t wanted to continue the nasty arguments that have characterized mine and some other Board members interactions with Jay.
My friend who has been posting has had a lot of valid things to say. I respect Jays right to edit the blog as he sees fit, I guess, but I think the posts have had a lot of valid things to say. He simply doesn’t want his name brought into it because of the vindictiveness of some of the attacks that have been put out. I wish those posts would stay up but I respect his right to anonymity.
The present Board, despite Jay’s PR campaign, has been making great strides forward in just 6 weeks We hired two maintenance staff who have been working very hard around Seven Bays. Mark gave his resignation in January, quit in May, and the previous Board still had not hired anyone capable of getting much accomplished.
I quit my paying job and have been working very hard in the office to get it organized and running smoothly. Maxine Jones, Angie Brinkman, Phyllis McFillen, and Gladys McLaughlin have all volunteered time to help. Della Graffis has taken deposits to the bank and picked up supplies when possible. I may volunteer to continue to work for free paying bills and doing payroll to save Seven Bays money for the water project or roads.
There have been many serious issues since we came on board. The Secretary quit without notice – so no one has been available to help figure out what needs to be done. Yet, staff are on board and getting paid. Bills are getting paid.
Rick has been working hard on the road and water pipe problems. A large part of the problem with the current roads is inherited from a decision by the previous board to tear up a large section of road that they couldn't complete work on. It's caused a serious dust problem to be sure. Is it their obligation to fix this problem at the expense of all else? I don't think so, maybe some do. Rick suggested that, when we get to the point of chip sealing, that Plats 1 and 2 should come before the airport (even though he lives at the airport) since Plats 1 and 2 have the largest population.
Rick has been trying to figure out how to get water shut-off issues figured out for Plats 1 and 2 especially, as those are the Plats with the most problems.
He has also been trying to figure out how we can do Phase II with mostly in-house labor and volunteers. Even though Jay has tried to make you believe that you just need to “follow the money.” My husband is one of the volunteers that Rick has recruited by getting him to offer his time and equipment for no more the replacing the fuel used. Hopefully, he will still do it after being slandered by Mr. Jump.
No, Rick did not take Nancy up on her suggestion. He told Nancy that he would prefer to meet with people more one to one and that he intends to contact them on his own. That does not mean that he is not looking out for your welfare.
George has also been working very hard on budget issues and troubleshooting many problems. Boards are made up of common people like us and usually the senior board member helps the new members along. That has not happened this time. Most years that I have been at Board meetings, the chairman has not been the best at running a meeting, but I don’t know of one that had to face a crowd such as George did.
Margot has been dealing with the issue of past overtime pay for the pool attendant. This meant trying to locate time sheets from the office (not an easy task) to try to accurately determine the correct amount of pay.
Jay has blogged.
This Board did not make the decision to have only one person working in the pool. Margot suggested the pool cards as, in her experience, they have worked fine. George and I were skeptical. I don’t remember how Rick felt about the pool cards but we said that we were willing to try them. So we actually did vote with Jay and Margot on that issue.
I actually spent some time looking at meeting minutes from the last year and found out that Jay missed at least half the meetings last year. At one meeting only two Board members were present and stated that they could not make a decision as they did not have a quarum (3). I found letters that had only three signature blocks and many Building Packets that were signed by only three. So you see, it has only recently become a problem.
We want to work with Jay and Margot. Margot and I had a talk and I am hoping we can begin to work together. Jay is a little harder to cope with as he loves to strike out with mean and hurtful adjectives that I feel are underserved. If I am approached with reason and respect, I am much more apt to react in a reasonable and respectful way, the same as most people would react. Now put yourself in my place and read the email that Jay wrote to me putting yourself in my place and ask yourself how you would react. . In all honesty I have felt hurt about some of the things that have been said. I am working to get past that but, to be honest, sometimes it is hard.
Thank you for reading this.
Linda Schindler
Board Member
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