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The Brookstone annual meeting was held on Thursday, April 24. Congratulations to Danny Sanchez and Ralph Vought for being elected to the Board of Directors. The turnout was massive, with over 205 households participating directly or by proxy. This represents over 50% of all homeowners in the Brookstone subdivision.

The vote count for each candidate was:

Danny Sanchez - 108
Ralph Vought - 100
Matthew Slavis - 95
Greg Fitts - 91
Dave Ingham - withdrew from election

Here’s an interesting article from the N&O published in January 2006. A group of homeowners, unhappy with the performance of their Board, collected signatures and removed all the Board members at their annual meeting.

Cary homeowners rebel, oust board

More recently,  a Raleigh HOA made the newspaper with a very public dispute within the Association.

Board tempest roils Raleigh suburb

In January of this year, the Brookstone HOA Board announced through its website that all of its quarterly meetings would be open to homeowners. In practice, the Board’s idea of an open meeting is laughable.

Homeowners are given 15 minutes at the beginning of each meeting to talk about any issues they may have. Homeowners are then asked to leave the premises before any actual Board business is discussed! Why is it that the Board finds it necessary to conduct ALL of its business behind closed doors? How does it justify excluding its members from the decision making process?

The following article from Reality Times explains the necessity of requiring HOA Boards to operate in the sunshine.

http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20030122_hoameetings.htm