The Diamondhead Community
continues to welcome many new property owners each year. We thought it might be helpful to inform
them of the process used to elect members to the community’s Board of Directors
as well as to refresh the memory of those of us who have been property owners
for a few years.
The Diamondhead Board of
Directors is composed of nine property owners; each director serves a
three-year term of office. The
Diamondhead Property Owners Association By-Laws require that each year three
new members be elected to serve on the Board.
These newly elected members will replace the three members of the
existing board whose terms are expiring that year. This process attempts to guarantee a certain
level of corporate memory is preserved by ensuring there are always 3 members
with 2 years experience and 3 members with 1 year of experience on the board at
all times. Of the three newly elected
directors, two must be resident property owners, while the third position is
considered “at large”, meaning that either a resident or non-resident property
owner can fill the post.
Each year the President outgoing
Board appoints a nominating committee.
This committee, chaired by the Board’s Vice-President, is responsible
for seeking out qualified candidates to be nominated for each open position in
the upcoming yearly election. There is
no limit to the number of candidates who can be nominated. The only requirement is that each nominee
must have been a Diamondhead property owner for at least one year with all dues
and fees current and not under suspension of privileges. The close of the business day on the last
work day prior to May 1st is the deadline for nomination of candidates. After that date, nominations are closed.
The list of candidates is formally
announced to the membership in the May issue of the Focus. Additionally, each person is introduced
to the community at “Candidates Night”, held on the third Thursday of
June. Approximately the first work day
in July, the ballots are mailed to property owners whose dues and fees are
current. Mailed ballots must be
postmarked prior to midnight, July 31st. Ballots are counted in early August. The
winners are formally announced and take their place as members of the Board at
the annual meeting on the last Saturday evening in August. Once the new members are seated, the new
board retires to an executive session and selects the officers for the coming
year.
Even though Candidate’s Night in
June seems far away, it will be here before we know it. Since candidate resumes are due to the
Nominating Committee in April, now is the time for each property owner to
decide to get off the sidelines and put their energy, enthusiasm and expertise to use by becoming a candidate for one
of these open positions. If you’ll just
stop and look around, you can see that The Diamondhead Community is a wonderful
place to live. Now more than ever, our
community needs dedicated and aggressive leadership so that we can
continue moving forward.
If you are ready to serve your
friends, neighbors, and community, or if you need more information, contact the
DPOA office or call one of the following committee members:
Joe Claflin 304-2017
Jim Hannon 655-2691
John Combs 282-1014
Bob Jones 276-3778
