Board Meeting ~ July 27, 2017

Board Members Present:

President Gary Pritsch                     Sharon Carr

Vice President DJ Bell                     Diane Jones

Treasurer Martha Lindvall               Jim Ott

Secretary Diane Porterfield

Board Members Absent:

James Meredith

President Gary Pritsch opened the meeting by announcing the election of Diane Porterfield as Board Secretary.

The June Board minutes were approved unanimously.  Director Jim Ott made the motion to approve.  Director Sharon Carr seconded this motion.

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Town Meeting ~ April 20, 2017

Board Members Present:

President Gary Pritsch            Dan Hodson

Vice President DJ Bell             Sharon Carr

Treasurer Martha Lindvall

Secretary Diane Jones

GM Dennis Dubuque

Board Members Absent:

Jim Ott                      Debbie Clement

James Meredith

Meeting was called to order at 7:pm with the Committee Reports.

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Town Meeting ~ March 17th, 2017

Board Members Present:

President Gary Pritsch                 Jim Ott

Treasurer Martha Lindvall           Sharon Carr

Secretary Debbie Clement           James Meredith

GM Dennis Dubuque

Board Members Absent:

Vice President D.J. Bell               Diane Jones

                                                    Dan Hodson

Meeting started at 7:04pm

President Gary Pritsch announced that seven (7) new families have moved into Diamondhead since. January.

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The Nominating Committee Wants You !

 The Nominating Committee Wants You!

 

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. This year, 
due to the resignation of one board member, we will also be electing 1
additional board member to serve out the remaining 2-year term
 of the director who resigned.

 

Each year the 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 prior to the election, 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. Returned ballots
must be postmarked prior to midnight, July 31^st. 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 third 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, enthusiasmand 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:

 

D. J. Bell                     617-6533

Jim Hannon               655-2691

Dave Orel                   276-6102

Don Oseroff               609-5125

Bob Jones                   276-3778

Board meeting ~ March 24, 2016

Board Members Present:

President Chris Wasson                 Gordon Moore

Vice President Larry Hibbs             Suzie Combs

Treasurer John Porter                    Sharon Carr

Secretary Diane Jones                   Jim Ott

(only 8 Board members since John Coleman resigned)

General Manager Ed Malloy

The meeting opened with the approval of the February minutes.

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Agenda & Town Meeting ~ March 17, 2016

Board Members Present:

President Chris Wasson               

Vice President Larry Hibbs

Secretary Diane Jones

Treasurer John Porter
Sharon Carr

Board Members Absent:

Gordon Moore

Suzie Combs

Jim Ott

No current General Manager

The Town meeting opened with President Chris Wasson explaining the new arrangement of chairs for the membership.  All chairs were placed in a semi-circle around the room.  Members seemed pleased to be facing each other in a casual atmosphere.  Even the Board members sat among the membership throughout the room.

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Agenda & Town Meetings ~ February 18, 2016

Board Members Present:

President Larry Hibbs                     Gordon Moore

Vice President Chris Wasson          Sharon Carr

Secretary Diane Jones                     Jim Ott

Treasurer John Porter

Board Members Absent:

Suzie Combs

John Coleman

No Current General Manager

Agenda meeting began at 6:30pm with Vice President Chris Wasson acting as moderator.

Chris asked the Board and Town members what subjects they would like to discuss during the Town meeting. Here is the list compiled:

1. Committee Reports
2. Brock Suggestion regarding Dues Rewards
3. 103 Fairway Ct. – vacant house
4. Geese population
5. Front Gate Security
6. GM Search

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Agenda Meeting ~ May 20, 2015

Board Members Present:

President Mary Pracht         Joe Claflin

Suzie Combs                        Sharon Carr

Larry Hibbs

GM James Turner

President Mary Pracht announced the resignation of 2 Board members: 

1. Ken Benck – moving to Hot Springs
2.  Gordon Moore – moving to Little Rock

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New Board Members

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE 

As of the close of nominations at 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 30th, only 3 property owners had submitted their names as candidates for election to the Diamondhead Board of Directors. They are: Jim Ott, Sharon Carr and John Engles.  

Article IV, Section 3 of the Diamondhead By-Laws states, in part:

... if the time set by the Association for nominations to the Board of Directors expires and the number of vacancies on the Board of Directors to be filled at any election and the number of candidates for those positions are the same or less, the Association shall not be required to follow the election procedure outlined in Section 2 above. Rather, for reasons of economy, the Board of Directors shall declare the candidates elected as officially as if elected by the ballot procedure, and they shall take and hold office accordingly.

Therefore, pursuant to our by-laws, the three above named candidates will be considered to be elected. There will be no need for a "Candidates Night" in June, and no election ballots will be mailed out. As usual, these new board members will be sworn in at the annual meeting in August.

On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I would like to congratulate the new board members.

Bob Jones,

Nominating Committee member