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Whispering Oaks Homeowners’ Association

Minutes From Interim Board Meeting

January 2, 2005

Minutes of the Open Communications Committee

January 2, 2005

The Open Communications Committee of the Whispering Oaks Homeowner’s Association met at 7 pm on January 2^nd, 2005, at John Ragosta’s house on Spanish Oaks Court to plan the transition between the former board and the election of its replacement. 

In attendance were Pat Moyer,  Marty and Micader Zydell, Bill and Marlene Griffith, Bill and Bette MacDowell, Bob Parker, John and Chris Ragosta, and John Blackford. 

Dave Anderson said the necessary 32 votes of no confidence to remove the now former board had been forwarded to it and the next step was to establish an interim board to facilitate the election of a new managing body.  To that end, he then made a motion to nominate John Ragosta as the chairman of the Open Communications Committee.  It was seconded by Bill Griffiths, favored by all, and opposed by none.

John Ragosta gave an update of occurrences since the December 22^nd meeting: Former WHOA President Bill Douglas called to indicate the board had received the votes; it had met this afternoon (January 2nd) to dissolve and transfer management; and in accordance with Florida Statutes, it had filed a statement with the state for official records at that level.  Therefore, the 72-hour transfer of WOHA management had begun.

Open Communications Committee chairman John Ragosta then passed out for confirmation a list of members and their roles (see letter dated ?).

With this set, the meeting actually began.  The December 22^nd meeting minutes were read by John Blackford and approved with two corrections: the street on which the Ragostas live and the omission of Joe Price’s name in the list of those present.

Open Communications Committee chairman John Ragosta made a motion to nominate John Blackford as secretary of the interim board of WHOA which was seconded by Dave Anderson (?), favored by all, and opposed by none.  Then, John Ragosta made a motion to nominate Dave Anderson as vice president of the interim board of WHOA  which was seconded by Bob Parker (?), favored by all, and opposed by none.  John Ragosta made a motion to nominate Pat Moyer treasurer of the interim board of WHOA which was seconded by Bill MacDowell, favored by all, and opposed by none.  Finally, Dave Anderson made a motion to nominate John Ragosta as president of the interim board of WHOA, seconded by Bill Griffith, favored by all, and opposed by none.

Interim WHOA board President John Ragosta made a motion for the formation of special and standing committees which was seconded by Bill MacDowell, favored by all, and opposed by none. The former category includes the election and covenant review committees, and the latter includes the communications and operations committees. 

For the election committee, Dave Anderson, Bill Griffith, and Bill MacDowell will act as board representatives.  For the covenants review committee Dave Anderson will act as representative and Joe Price will be chairman.  For the communications committee, John Blackford will act as representative and Linda Anderson will be chairperson.  And for the operations committee, Bill MacDowell will be representative, and Bob Parker will be chairman. 

The need for a new architectural review committee representative and chairperson was mentioned, with no one interested as of yet.  However, Betty MacDowell and Marty Zydell offered their membership, and it was mentioned that Paul Gaumont might advise. 

A motion was approved to look into getting cased bulletin boards for the benefit of communications.

The next major item was the discussion of a letter to be sent to WOHA.  It was decided the letter should include information about the transfer of management, the formation of the interim committee, an update on the assessment situation, and the need for participation in the upcoming election.

John Ragosta then communicated by phone with Bill Douglas to learn and pass on that the former board would hand off materials at 7 pm on the night of Tuesday, January 4^th.

Meeting adjourned at 8:49 pm.

Next meeting scheduled for 7 pm on the night of Tuesday, January 4^th.