Quorum was met for POA’s Special Election

The Special Election ballot measures include removing proxy voting (Articles of Incorporation), removing cumulative voting (Bylaws), extending future board of director terms to four years to eliminated the need for director elections every year (Bylaws), modifying five-foot fence height restriction (CC&R) and empowering ACC to select and designate appropriate roofing materials to modify roof material (CC&R).

These measures were selected to help modernize and enhance the POA’s governing documents by adapting to the needs of the community and industry standards and to better stabilize the governing board.

Quorum was met on Monday for the Bylaw and Articles of Incorporation measures for the Special Election. Quorum was not met for the CC&R measures. The results of the three measures that quorum was met for are as follows:

Proxy Voting

Yes: 907
No: 320

This measure eliminates all language in the Articles of Incorporation that reference the use of proxies to be consistent with the 2016 Bylaw Amendment, eliminating the use and practice of proxies.

Proxies were already removed by vote of the POA members; however, the Articles of Incorporation included conflicting language that presented an inconsistency with the Bylaw Amendment. Therefore, an update to the Articles of Incorporation was needed to provide for clear declaration in all of the POA’s governing documents as to the discontinued use of proxies. The quorum requirement for this item is one-third of the voting power.

Cumulative Voting

Yes: 843
No: 383

The stability of the governing board depends on a balanced representation of the membership within the community. This can be hampered by both the ability for interested groups to collect proxies and encourage cumulative voting to elect a candidate of their choice. This process, when coupled with the two-year terms and annual elections, has led to a new board every year that can radically change the course of the community every year based on the actions of a minority of members.

This measure was on the ballot in 2016 where it failed by approximately 10 votes. It was proposed as a measure on the ballot in this special election based on member feedback and industry standards that recommend the elimination of the outdated practice of cumulative voting. The quorum requirement for this item is one-third of the voting power.

Board Terms

Yes: 591
No: 626

Terms for future POA Board of Directors will not be extended from two to four years. The quorum requirement for this item is one-third of the voting power.

Ballots were processed by the POA’s Inspector of Election. To view election results, visit myhoavote.com and click on the Canyon Lake POA link.